Blackwood, Gary L.
Summary: When seventeen-year-old Harry Fogg undertakes a race against time to win a wager with a member of his famous father's club, he puts to good use the recklessness and fascination with all things mechanical that have caused him trouble in Victorian England.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2010
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC BLABlackwood, Gary L.
Summary: From the ingenious ciphers of Italian princes to the spy books of the Civil War to the advanced techniques of the CIA, codes and code breaking have played important roles throughout history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton Children's Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 652.8 BLABlackwood, Gary L
Summary: Describes how people traveling on the Oregon Trail lived, discussing their reasons for going west, modes of transportation, interaction with the Indians, and activities on the Trail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1999
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 979.5 BLABlackwood, Gary L.
Summary: In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds out more about his parents along the way.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLABlackwood, Gary L.
Summary: The winter of 1602 brings many changes for Widge, a young apprentice at London's Globe Theatre, as he becomes infatuated with Shakespeare's daughter Judith, attempts to write a play, learns more about his past, endangers himself to help a friend, acquiresa new identity, and finds a new purpose in life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC BLABlackwood, Gary L.
Summary: A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script of "Hamlet," but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Puffin Books 2000