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Rachael Hanel
2) Penguins
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"Brimming with photos and scientific facts, Penguins treats middle-grade researchers and wild animal lovers to a comprehensive zoological profile of these bubbly Antarctic birds. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and a discussion about the dearth of penguin myths and folk tales"--
3) Parrots
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"Brimming with photos and scientific facts, Parrots treats middle-grade researchers and wild animal lovers to a comprehensive zoological profile of this group of brilliant birds, including macaws and parakeets. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and a parrot myth"--
4) Lions
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"A look at lions, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their hairy manes, behaviors, relationships with humans, and protected status in the world today"--
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The artifacts of Ellis Island tell the story of millions of immigrants who passed through its halls on their journey to a new life in the United States. A 1900 photograph of the Statue of Liberty, an antique stethoscope, and a jigsaw puzzle are some of the primary sources that can help students better understand the experience of journeying through Ellis Island in the early 1900s. Explore these and more in this Time Capsule History book!
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Love & Profanity features more than forty brief, brilliant, and unforgettable true stories from writers both renowned and on the rise. The special edition e-book also includes the winner and five finalists from the "Tell Your True Story" contest, sponsored by Switch Press and Wattpad, the world's largest community of readers and writers. In these stories you will discover strange and surprising scenes of people coming of age amidst the everyday intensity...
7) Not the Camilla We Knew: One Woman's Life from Small-town American to the Symbionese Liberation Army
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Behind every act of domestic terrorism there is someone's child whose life took a radical turn for reasons that often remain mysterious. Camilla Hall is a case in point: a pastor's daughter from small-town Minnesota who eventually joined the ranks of radicals in the notorious Symbionese Liberation Army before dying in a shootout with Los Angeles Police in May 1974. How could a "good girl" become one of the most wanted domestic terrorists in the United...
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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Describes the lives of knights in medieval Europe. The reader's choices reveal historical details from the perspectives of a French knight during the Crusades, an English knight during the Hundred Years' War, and a German knight during the Peasants' War.
15) Polar bears
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"Brimming with photos and scientific facts, Polar Bears treats middle-grade researchers and wild animal lovers to a comprehensive zoological profile of this marvelous Arctic mammal. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and an Inuit tale about the polar bear"--
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Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2008
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English
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"Describes the events surrounding the internment of Japanese Americans in relocation centers during World War II. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of Japanese internees and Caucasians"--Provided by publisher.
