Various Readers
62) Trapped behind Nazi lines: the story of the U.S. Army Air Force 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron
Author
Publisher
Capstone Young Readers, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016?]
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the midst of World War II, a group of Army Air Force medical workers found themselves trapped behind enemy lines after surviving a plane crash. What followed were two months of sheer terror. Vivid details bring to light how they survived and the emotions they faced on a daily basis. Primary-source quotes bring the story to life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Little boys, some as young as 6, spent their long days, not playing or studying, but sorting coal in dusty, loud, and dangerous conditions. Many of these breaker boys worked 10 hours a day, six days a week all for as little as 45 cents a day. Child labor was common in the United States in the 19th century. It took the compelling, heart breaking photographs of Lewis Hine and others to bring the harsh working conditions to light. Hine and his fellow...
64) The green road
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
From Booker Award-winning bestselling author of "The Gathering" comes a darkly glinting novel set mainly in a small town on Ireland's Atlantic coast. The children of Rosaleen Madigan grow up in the West of Ireland, in a world that is about to change. In the years that follow, three of the children leave home for lives they could never have imagined. Dan for the frenzy of New York under the shadow of AIDS, Emmet for the backlands of Mali where he learns...
65) Pericles
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Likely written around 1607 or 1608 and attributed at least in part to Shakespeare, "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" is an adventure-filled play that follows the extended sailing journeys of a young prince. Pericles, a young prince from Phoenicia, is forced to flee Antioch when he correctly guesses a riddle that reveals the incestuous activity of King Antiochus. Unable to stay at home in Tyre because of Antiochus' vengeance, he sails away and ends up shipwrecked...
67) Walkaway
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Hubert, Seth, and their ultra-rich heiress friend Natalie are getting a little old to hang out at the "Communist parties," techno-raveups in abandoned industrial spaces, full of insta-printed drugs and toys. And Natalie was finished, years ago, with her overcontrolling zillionaire dad. And now that anyone can manufacture food, clothing, shelter with equipment comparable to a computer printer, there seems to be little reason to to stick with the world...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Oscar Wilde's The Happy Prince and Other Stories(1888) is an inscrutable, magical fairy tale collection that has filled readers of all ages with joy and wonder. Each story explores profound truths of love, morality, and suffering; yet there is a poignant beauty that shines through each of these remarkable and timeless tales.
The opening story, "The Happy Prince" is set in a town full of suffering, where a little sparrow who had been abandoned by...
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
Lady Windermere misinterprets her husband's interest in an older woman, Mrs. Erlynne, causing a rift that could lead to both marital and societal ruin. Lady Windermere's Fan Is an intriguing tale that examines intention versus outcome in a world driven by perception.
Lady Windermere is a young wife who's concerned by her husband's connection to the mysterious, Mrs. Erlynne. She believes the woman is a threat to her marriage and livelihood. Despite...
Author
Series
Publisher
Untreed Reads Publishing
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ingrid Beaumont, flaky but prolific songwriter for B-movie soundtracks, attends her Denver high school reunion for a wild night of fun and good times. The morning-after hangover proves sobering indeed when the news of the murder of Wylie Jamestone, a popular local artist and genuine creep, reaches the ears of his classmates. He leaves a mile-long list of enemies and a challenge for Ingrid.
71) Guinea dog
Author
Series
Guinea dog volume 1
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When his mother brings home a guinea pig instead of the dog he has always wanted, fifth-grader Rufus is not happy--until the rodent starts acting exactly like a dog.
72) Henry IV, Part 1
Author
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The second play in William Shakespeare's tetralogy of plays which also includes "Richard II", "Henry IV, Part 2", and "Henry V", "Henry IV, Part 1" is believed to have been written no later than 1597. A history play, the drama concerns the unquiet reign of Henry Bolingbroke. Following the usurpation of the throne, Henry IV is plagued with guilt over his role in the imprisonment and death of King Richard II. In order to resolve himself of this internal...
73) Seventh son
Author
Series
Tales of Alvin Maker volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
[1988]
Physical Desc
241 pages : maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Book 1 of The Tales of Alvin Maker.
Young Alvin was born the seventh son of a seventh son. By his birthright, he possesses magical powers and is destined to become something great, perhaps even a Maker. Indeed, Alvin is special. But the boy remains vulnerable to dark forces who reach out to destroy him and are willing to do anything to keep him from growing up. Carefully weaving the lore and the folk-magic of the men and women who settled a continent-...
74) Ballet dancing
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and photographs present ballet dancing, including simple steps"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
While working at country music legend Wanda Jean's amusement park, polar opposites Emmett and Luke become inseparable until a long-lost secret about Emmett's idol and Luke's grandmother, a disgraced singer, comes to light.
76) Guinea dog 2
Author
Series
Guinea dog volume 2
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
When his classmates learn about Fido, the guinea pig that acts like a dog, they all want a piece of Rufus, her owner. But Rufus hates the attention, and decides to make Fido learn how to be an actual guinea pig. But when she goes missing, he feels terrible. Was she lost, or did she run away, because he no longer liked her just the way she was?
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the size, speed and agility, weapons, defenses, and attack style of the triceratops and stegosaurus, and features a story that imagines a battle between the two dinosaurs.
78) Henry VI, Part 3
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The third play of Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this "Part III" is widely regarded as the best of the three works on Henry VI. The Bard's skill in producing scenes of moving drama is readily apparent, for Queen Margaret journeys to France in search of military aid, after King Henry brokers a deal with his enemy Richard, Duke of York, for physical protection. Many bloody and heart-rending battles take place in this play as the War of...
79) Henry VI, Part 2
Author
Series
Publisher
Project Gutenberg
Language
English
Description
The second play in Shakespeare's "War of the Roses Tetralogy", this work continues Shakespeare's account of King Henry VI's reign. It commences with the marriage of Henry VI with the French noblewoman Margaret of Anjou, whose influence in court is, challenged by Duke Humphrey, the King's Protector. There is a large amount of aristocratic subversion in this play, in which the good Duke Humphrey is fatally, ensnared. Richard, the Duke of York, emerges...
Author
Series
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
1st ed.
Fountas & Pinnell
K
Physical Desc
1 volumes (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 32 cm.
Language
English
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Description
While traveling with her family to Holland to visit her grandparents, Trixie once again loses her beloved Knuffle Bunny.