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101. Pearl Harbor
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Recounts life in Hawaii before, during, and after the attack on Pear Harbor in World War II.
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Ranger in time volume 4.
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5 stars
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Once again the mysterious box takes the golden retriever Ranger back in time, and he finds himself on Robert Falcon Scott's ship, the Terra Nova, headed for Antarctica, where his mission is to save Jack Nin, a Chinese-Maori stowaway from New Zealand, fromthe blizzards, unstable ice, and the other hazards that lie ahead for the doomed expedition.
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"The American Revolution is raging in Philadelphia, and Rebecca is determined to do all she can to help. With her father stationed with Washington's army at nearby Whitemarsh, it's up to Rebecca to help her mother at home with her younger siblings. When Rebecca intercepts a message about an impending British attack against the Patriots, she knows she has to act. It's up to her to get the message to the Patriot army - before it's too late."--
104. Refugee
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Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livng in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart by violence and destruction, embark on harrowing journeys in search of refuge, discovering shocking connections that tie their stories together.
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"When lives are in danger, we are all grateful to the individuals who swoop in to the resuce. Whether trained experts or innocent bystanders, they are all extraordinary true-life heroes. Scambling from the wreckage of his school after an earthquake, a nine-year old Sichuan boy rescued two unconscious friends, 'I was hall monitor,' he said afterwards.' It is my job to look after my classmates.' Whether dragging a friend from a blazing car, leading...
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Ranger in time volume 1.
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5 stars
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When Ranger, a golden retriever, unearths a mysterious box which transports him back to the year 1850, he joins the Abbott family and travels west along the Oregon Trail.
Ranger, a golden retriever, could have been a great search-and-rescue-dog except for the squirrels--but one day he unearths a mysterious box and finds himself transported back to the year 1850 where his faithful service is really needed by a family traveling west along the Oregon...
107. Rescues!
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Looks at how emergency workers use their specialized training, equipment, and the latest technology to rescue victims of accidents or disasters in eleven different situations ranging from an earthquake to a tsunami.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 22.
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4.3 stars
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Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River.
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In November 1938, young Ruth Block is a Jewish girl in Frankfurt Germany, trying to cope with the ever tightening noose of Nazi oppression; her father's stationery store has been shut down, and her school closed; then one night her family's apartment is broken into, and her father is dragged out, arrested, and taken to a concentration camp--and it becomes clear that if Ruth and her best friend Miriam are going to survive they must somehow get out...
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In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness,...
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I survived volume 2.
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5 stars
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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.
In July, 1916, Chet Roscow's 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...
112. Shipwreck
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Island (Gordon Korman) volume 1.
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2 stars
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Six kids, Nick, J.J., Will, Lyssa, Charla, and Ian, are thrown together against their will on a small boat that will make a one-month journey on the Pacific Ocean. They have all been sent for different reasons. But these six totally different kids have to learn to work together to survive a vicious storm and a shipwreck that leave them stranded in the middle of the ocean with no food, no water, and almost no hope for survival.
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"As Jews living in 1940s Czechoslovakia, Renee, Herta, and their parents were in immediate danger when the Holocaust came to their door. As the only hearing person in her family, Renee had to alert her parents and sister whenever the sound of Nazi boots approached their home so they could hide. But soon their parents were tragically taken away, and the two sisters went on the run, desperate to find a safe place to hide. Eventually they, too, would...
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I survived volume 1.
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3.7 stars
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Excited to board the Titanic with his aunt and little sister, ten-year-old George begins to explore the ill-fated ship's first-class storage cabin when the ship is rocked by a collision with an iceberg and begins to sink.
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Introduces tsunamis, discussing how they form and when they tend to occur, and describing the devastating effects of the 2004 tsunami in Sumatra and of some of the other well-known tsunamis of the past.
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4 stars
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When the Nazis invade Czechoslovakia in 1941, twelve-year-old Michael and his family are deported from Prague to the Terezin concentration camp, where his mother's will and ingenuity keep them from being transported to Auschwitz and certain death.
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Recounts the events of superstorm Hurricane Sandy and the devasation it caused in the New York metropolitan area, discusses the longterm effects of the storm on the urban environment, and describes the rebuilding efforts.
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5 stars
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In a time when people were ruthlessly persecuted and killed, some were able to make it through alive. Whether it was thanks to lucky twists of fate or the loving sacrifices of others, they lived to tell their stories, which serve as reminders to never allow such a tragedy to happen again. These are the unbelievable true stories of six children, in their own words, of how they survived one of the darkest times in human history.
119. Sweeping tsunamis
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Introduces tsunamis, describing how they are formed, what causes them, where they happen, and the type of damage they can do, along with examples of some well-known tsunamis of the past.
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While vacationing in Thailand for the holidays, Tara and her mother are thrown into survival mode when a massive tsunami sweeps through Phuket.