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1. The boy on the wooden box: how the impossible became possible...on Schindler's list

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Author:
Leyson, Leon, 1929-2013
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East Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B LEYSON
Eva H. Perry Regional - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B LEYSON
Remote Storage - Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA B LEYSON
Description:
Traces the story of Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson, who was the youngest child in his family and possibly the youngest of the hundreds of Jews rescued by Oskar Schindler.

2. The boy who harnessed the wind

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Author:
Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
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22 copies, 4 people are on the wait list.
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Presents a story of how William Kamkwamba, an African teenager built a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his home and his village, improving life for himself and his neighbors. In this memoir adapted for young readers, William Kamkwamba describes the drought that struck his tiny village in Malawi, his subsequent interest in science, and his idea to build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought...

3. Flying machines: how the Wright Brothers soared

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Author:
Wilgus, Benjamin A.
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Science comics
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40 copies, 2 people are on the wait list.
Eva H. Perry Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J629.13 WILGU
Green Road Community - Childrens Non-Fiction
J629.13 WILGU
North Regional - Childrens Non-Fiction
J629.13 WILGU
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Follow the famous aviators from their bicycle shop in Dayton, Ohio, to the fields of North Carolina where they were to make their famous flights.