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Summary: Colorfully illustrated story of an eagle that inspired a Wisconsin infantry unit in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC WARAisholpan, Nurgaiv
Summary: "Eagle huntress Aisholpan Nurgaiv shares her story"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 AISCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People NurgaivWagler, Ira
Summary: "With his singular voice, Ira reveals his experience in BROKEN ROADS. Through difficult reunions, struggles confronted, and betrayals revisited, Ira explores burning questions of faith and identity shared by millions, whether Amish or not. Readers may recognize themselves along these paths with Ira, as he grapples with choices, faith, family, the past, and the future. Ira unapologetically, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: FaithWords 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WAGLER, IRA WAGSummary: Student reporters from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, recall the attack on their school, describe recovery efforts and their classmates' part in the struggle for gun control, and discuss their roles as journalists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 363 WEHero, Basil
Summary: Only twenty-four human beings have travelled to the Moon. Theirs were the most daring voyages in mankind's history and their view of Earth from the moon changed them and the way we see our home planet. Now in their emeritus years, the twelve remaining lunar explorers for the first time reveal the true source of courage, leadership, and the quiet patriotism that it took to accomplish their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.1 HERTyner, Artika R.
Summary: "When the United States entered World War II, it had to face its own contradictions at home. Opportunities opened up for Black people and women in support of the war effort. But ideas about race and gender didn't change as swiftly. Read the story of the first all-Black battalion in the Women's Army Corps-the Six Triple Eight-and its leader, Major Charity Adams. These women bravely confronted...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 TYNFarrell, Mary Cronk
Summary: Shares the story of the African American women who enlisted in the newly formed Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in World War II, centering the story around Charity Adams, the woman who commanded the only black WAAC battalion sent overseas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams Books for Young Readers 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 FARJohnson, Varian
Summary: Introduces the Negro Leagues of baseball, highlighting the players, coaches, owners, and teams that dominated the leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 796.357 JOHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Blk His What JohnsonHofstadter, Dan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.573 HOFMcCartney, Paul
Summary: Taken with a 35mm camera by Paul McCartney, these largely unseen photographs capture the explosive period, from the end of 1963 through early 1964, in which The Beatles became an international sensation and changed the course of music history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2023
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Summary: The daughter of a Broadway actress who performed with Lena Horne and Alvin Ailey recounts the inspiration she received from her mother and the challenges she endured as a half-white, half-African American television writer in Hollywood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2002