Title: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman by: David A. Adler Summary

19 Pages·2010·0.53 MB·English

Title: A Picture Book of Harriet Tubman Title: A River Ran Wild
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by: David A. Adler by: Lynne Cherry

Summary: An illustrated biography of the escaped slave Summary: An environmental history of the Nashua River,
who led other slaves to freedom on the Underground Rail- from its discovery by Indians through the polluting years
road. of the Industrial Revolution to the ambitious clean-up
that revitalized it.
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4.3 20901 0.5 4.7 6238 0.5
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No Yes 1282 No No 1192
Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction
32 6 Nonfiction 43 34 Nonfiction
Title: Amelia Earhart: Aviation Pioneer Title: Back to the Day Lincoln was Shot!
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by: Roxanne Chadwick by: Beatrice Gormley

Summary: Traces the life of the pilot who became the Summary: You can't change history. That's what every-
first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. one says, but Matt and Emily's grandfather has invented
a way to travel back in time. Now Matt and Emily, and
their scientific genius friend, Jonathan, are about to take
a trip to the night President Lincoln was shot.
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54 13 Nonfiction 138 25 Fiction
Title: Brave Dog Blizzard Title: Catwings
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by: Sharon Salisbury O'Toole by: Ursula K. Le Guin

Summary: Blizzard the sheepdog fights hard to protect Summary: Four young cats with wings leave the city slums
the sheep when his family goes to the county fair for the in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two chil-
day. dren with kind hands.
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None None None 4.3 5212 0.5
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80 8 Fiction 39 6 Fiction
Title: Come Back, Salmon Title: The Dollhouse Murders
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by: Molly Cone by: Betty Ren Wright

Summary: Photographic record of how a group of dedi- Summary: Amy thinks the dolls in her aunt's dollhouse are
cated kids adopted a stream and brought it back to life. trying to tell her something about the unsolved murder of
her great-grandparents.
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5.6 8408 1.0 4.3 258 5.0
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4 28 Nonfiction 149 14 Fiction
Title: Finding Buck McHenry Title: Fish Do the Strangest Things
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by: Alfred Slote by: Leonora and Arthur Hornblow

Summary: Eleven-year-old Jason, believing the school Summary: Describes seventeen fish that have peculiar
custodian Mack Henry to be Buck McHenry, a famous characteristics and habits, including fish that spit, fly,
pitcher from the old Negro League, tries to enlist him as climb trees, blow up like balloons, and sleep out of water.
a coach for his Little League team by revealing his iden-
tity to the world.
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3.5 5361 6.0 3.3 8412 1.0
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No No 45816 Yes No 4201
Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction
250 4 Fiction 64 8 Nonfiction
Title: Follow My Leader Title: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frank-
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by: James B. Garfield weiler
by: E.L. Konigsburg
Summary: After Jimmy is blinded in an accident, he has
to relearn all the things he used to know. Then he's given Summary: Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from
the chance to have a guide dog and must work harder home and take up residence in the Metropolitan Museum
than he ever has before. of Art.
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4.5 47346 6.0 4.7 29 5.0
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191 10 Fiction 162 30 Fiction
Title: Half Magic Title: How Many Days to America?
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by: Edward Eager by: Eve Bunting

Summary: Four children spending their summer in a city Summary: Refugees from a Caribbean island embark on a
apartment enjoy a series of fantastic adventures by dou- dangerous boat trip to America, where they have a spe-
ble-wishing on an ancient coin. cial reason to celebrate Thanksgiving.
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217 21 Fiction 32 23 Fiction
Title: If You Grew Up With George Washington Title: In the Deep
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by: Ruth Belov Gross by: Mary Kay Carson

Summary: Describes life in Virginia in the 1730's and Summary: Discusses the various plant and animal life that
1740's, how people spent their time, worked, what they can be found in the deep sea, including the flashlight
ate, etc., and what George Washington would have done fish, gulper eel, and viper fish and what unique qualities
growing up. help them survive in the cold dark waters of the ocean.
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64 6 Nonfiction 24 6 Nonfiction
Title: In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson Title: Journey to Jo'burg
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by: Bette Lord by: Beverley Naidoo

Summary: In 1947, a Chinese child comes to Brooklyn, Summary: Separated from their mother by the harsh so-
where she starts to feel at home and makes friends when cial and economic conditions prevalent among blacks in
she discovers baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers. South Africa, thirteen-year-old Naledi and her younger
brother make a journey over 300 kilometers to find her in
Johannesburg.
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4.6 229 4.0 4.6 369 2.0
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169 4 Fiction 80 28 Fiction
Title: Letters from Rifka Title: Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China
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by: Karen Hesse by: Ed Young

Summary: Rifka and her family flee the pogroms in Russia Summary: Three sisters staying home alone are endan-
in 1919 and cross the Atlantic to land on Ellis Island. gered by a hungry wolf who is disguised as their grand-
mother.
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4.2 8533 4.0 3.5 5523 0.5
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No No 28448 Yes Yes 1145
Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction Number of Pages: Copies: Fiction/Nonfiction
147 23 Fiction 27 5 Fiction