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Summary: In 1776, an elite group of soldiers was handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York William Tryon and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.4 MELMeltzer, Brad
Summary: George Washington was one of the greatest leaders the world has ever known. He was never afraid to be the first to try something, from exploring the woods around his childhood home to founding a brand new nation, the United States of America. With his faith in the American people and tremendous bravery, he helped win the Revolutionary War and became the country’s first president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC 2016
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Summary: "A biography of Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist leader who played a key role in helping enslaved people escape via the Underground Railroad."--Provided by publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am TubmanMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Malala Yousafzai won the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of seventeen for speaking out against injustice even when it was terrifying to do so. She was an ordinary Muslim girl who wanted to attend school, and she refused to stop protesting for her rights even after being attacked by a powerful group in Pakistan who wanted women to remain in the shadows. She continues to fight for women's rights and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Dial Press 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am MalalaMeltzer, Brad
Summary: Presents an illustrated biography of the man who spent his life pursuing his dream of equality and peace and was at the forefront of the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1968.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books For Young Readers 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am KingMeltzer, Brad
Summary: "A biography of Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who served as a translator for the Lewis and Clark Expedition."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 SACMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins' crimes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2012
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Summary: From John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, there have been fourteen assassination attempts on the President of the United States. Four have been successful. But now, Beecher White discovers a killer in Washington, DC, who is meticulously recreating the crimes of John Wilkes Booth, Charles Guiteau, Leon Czolgosz, and Lee Harvey Oswald. But what's most frightening is what all four assassins...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2013
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Summary: "Jackie Robinson always loved sports, especially baseball. He could run, leap, and throw better than any other kid around. But he lived at a time when the rules weren't fair to African Americans: Even though Jackie was a great athlete, he wasn't allowed on the best teams just because of the color of his skin. Jackie knew that sports were best when everyone, of every color, played together. He...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I Am RobinsonMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: When the wife of Ralph Dibny--the Elongated Man--is murdered in her own home, the Justice League begins scouring the country for clues and suspects.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 MELMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: It started as the perfect crime, then took a turn for the worse. Two brothers, Charlie and Oliver Caruso, learn their jobs have no future, so they leave the private bank, taking three million dollars from an abandoned account. But before the can blink, a friend is dead, and the bank, the Secret Service and a private investigator are closing in.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2002
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Summary: The author showcases the world's top conspiracies, including Leonardo da Vinci's stolen prophecy, the Kennedy assassination, and the DB Cooper story.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Publishing 2020
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Summary: Nola Brown's body was found on a plane that mysteriously fell from the sky as it left a secret military base in the Alaskan wilderness. Her commanding officer verifies she's dead. The US government confirms it. But Jim "Zig" Zigarowski has just found out the truth: Nola is still alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2018
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Summary: In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York William Tryon and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Tells the story of Frida Kahlo, the renowned Mexican painter and activist. After surviving a bus crash, she made her mark in art history for her unique way of looking at the world and integrating her own image and life into her paintings. -- adapted from Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am KahloMeltzer, Brad
Summary: This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Jim Henson, for example, was always dreaming up something new, and always expressing his belief in the goodness of people. Henson was a born performer with a terrific sense of humor, and he used those talents to help create two of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J BioI Am HensonMeltzer, Brad
Summary: This volume of ordinary people change the world features Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice. She is proof that with opportunity comes justice.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am SotomayorMeltzer, Brad
Summary: The littlest readers can learn about Rosa Parks in this board book version of the New York Times bestselling Ordinary People Change the World biography. This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great--the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. In this new board book format, the very youngest readers can learn about one of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books 2020
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Summary: Shines a spotlight on American scientist Temple Grandin, whose experience being on the autism spectrum has informed her advocacy and her work as an animal behaviorist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Bio I am GrandinMeltzer, Brad.
Summary: "A two-hundred-year-old code devised by Thomas Jefferson becomes the key to a present-day conspiracy at the highest levels of Washington and the power elite of Palm Beach"--Provided by the publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2006
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Summary: In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was killed by three gunshots to his chest. While mourning, his son dreamed of a bulletproof man and created the world's greatest hero: Superman. And like Cain's murder weapon, the gun used in this unsolved murder has never been found. Today in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cal Harper comes face-to-face with his family's greatest secret: his long-lost father, who's been shot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2008
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Summary: Michael Garrick, a young White House lawyer learns what it is like to fall in love with the world's most powerful daughter - the President's daughter. When they become ensnared in a scheme by a White House insider Michael trusts no one, not even Nora and battles to prove his innocence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 2001
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Summary: After an accident leaves her with no memory, Hazel Nash must put together the pieces of her past and present to find the truth about her father and his connection to a corpse found with a book found in his chest.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2016
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Summary: Presents the life of the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, who mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 2014