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Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vi, 312 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents an account of the legendary hurricane to assess its destruction of Galveston, role in thousands of deaths, and influence on American history and culture.
62) Forever hidden
Author
Series
The treasures of Nome volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For Havyn Powell, growing up on her grandfather Chuck Bondrant's dairy outside the 1904 gold-rush boomtown of Nome, Alaska, offered all she needed. She had the love of her mother, two sisters, and grandfather. But now, at 23, Havyn realizes the stability of her life may soon vanish. Havyn is determined to find a way to keep the family together, but her grandfather's health is declining and everyone seems to be holding secrets from each other, including...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Lena is aware of racism, but she lives a comfortable life in the segregated but relatively wealthy Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma; but on May 31, 1921 racial tensions explode, and men from downtown Tulsa invade Greenwood, set on killing and destroying the district--and as the violence escalates Lena, her parents, and her older sister search desperately for a safe place to hide from the mob.
Author
Series
Century trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
This novel picks up right where the first book left off, as its five interrelated families, American, German, Russian, English, Welsh, enter a time of enormous social, political, and economic turmoil, beginning with the rise of the Third Reich, through the Spanish Civil War and the great dramas of World War II, up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In July, 1916, Chet Roscow is fascinated by news accounts of the great white shark said to be attacking people along the New Jersey shore not far from his home, but when he goes swimming in Matawan Creek he discovers the truth of the stories.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
x, 320 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of a sensationalized 1934 trial involving an Appalachian Virginia teacher's alleged murder of her tyrant father, novice journalist Carl Jennings is denounced by a greedy media determined to portray the defendant as a backwards mountain girl.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Killing the Mob is the tenth book in Bill O'Reilly's #1 New York Times bestselling series of popular narrative histories, with sales of nearly 18 million copies worldwide, and over 320 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. O'Reilly and co-author Martin Dugard trace the brutal history of 20th Century organized crime in the United States, and expertly plumb the history of this nation's most notorious serial robbers, conmen, murderers, and especially,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Joe and Rose Kennedy's strikingly beautiful daughter Rosemary attended exclusive schools, was presented as a debutante to the queen of England, and traveled the world with her sisters. Yet rosemary was intellectually disabled, a secret fiercely guarded by her powerful and glamorous family.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Anne Lamott's new book, she confronts the harsh truth that many of us grapple with every day: How can we recapture the confidence we once had in the world and in the future as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad news piles up every day -- from climate crises to threats to democracy to daily assaults on civility -- how can we mere mortals cope? Where, Lamott asks, "do we start to get our joy and hope and our faith...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"As a hurricane gathered in the Caribbean, blue skies covered Galveston, Texas. Scientists knew a storm was coming. But none of them were able to prepare Galveston for the force of the hurricane that hit on September 8, 1900. The water from the storm surge pulled houses off their foundations, and the winds toppled telephone poles and trees like toothpicks. And amid the chaos, Galveston's residents did all they could to rescue one another. From the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
Autumn 1944. World War II is nearly over in Europe but is escalating in the Pacific, where American soldiers face an opponent who will go to any length to avoid defeat. The Japanese army follows the samurai code of Bushido, stipulating that surrender is a form of dishonor. Killing the Rising Sun takes readers to the bloody tropical-island battlefields of Peleliu and Iwo Jima and to the embattled Philippines, where General Douglas MacArthur has made...
74) Anybody shining
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
In a series of letters to her cousin, twelve-year-old Arie Mae relates her life in a mountain valley of North Carolina in the 1920s.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Between the World Wars, the six Mitford sisters--each more beautiful, brilliant, and eccentric than the next--dominate the English scenes. Though they've weathered scandals before, the family falls into disarray when Diana divorces her wealthy husband to marry a fascist leader and Unity follows her sister's lead all the way to Munich, inciting rumors that she's become Hitler's mistress. As the Nazis rise in power, novelist Nancy Mitford grows suspicious...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables - instead,they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anneturns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear.Manga Classics® is proud to be the only authorized manga adaption of Anne of Green Gables by the Heirs of L.M. Montgomery. This trade paperback volume presents a...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After her father returns from the war moody and tired, Marly's family decides to move to Maple Hill Farm in the Pennsylvania countryside where they share many adventures, restoring their spirits and their bond with each other.
Author
Publisher
Listening Library
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hr., 36 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
My dad used to be Abraham Lincoln. When I was six and learning to read, I saw his initials were A. B. E., Albert Baruch Edelman. ABE. That's when I knew.
Mina Edelman believes that she and her family are the Lincolns reincarnated. Her main task for the next three months: to protect her father from assassination, her mother from insanity, and herself-Willie Lincoln incarnate-from death at age twelve.
Apart from that, the summer of 1966 should be...
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1918. World War I is nearing its end. But the world is just beginning to suffer from a deadly pandemic. Within months, the deadly flu virus has spread around the world, infecting and killing tens of millions of people. As you return from the war, will you go to see your family and friends or quarantine to keep your loved ones safe? Will you shut down your small store to avoid spreading the virus? Will you quit your job as a teacher in...
80) Anne of Avonlea
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
As a young woman, Anne Shirley is embracing adulthood by becoming a productive member of society making the transition from imaginative student to respected schoolteacher. In this classic coming of age story, Anne navigates various challenges that tempt old habits and test her new maturity.
A now 16-year-old Anne continues to live with Marilla in the quaint farming town of Avonlea. While poised to start a new teaching position, Anne struggles to...