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41) The dreamer
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Description
A fictionalized biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, who grew up a painfully shy child, ridiculed by his overbearing father, but who became one of the most widely-read poets in the world.
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
270 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Description
"For Jennifer Boylan, creaking stairs, fleeting images in the mirror, and remote whispers were everyday events in the Pennsylvania house she grew up in. But those spirits weren't the only ghosts: Jenny herself--James then--lived in a haunted body, and both her reticent father and her impulsive sister would soon become ghosts to her as well. This book is a candid investigation of what it means to be 'haunted.' Looking back on the spirits who invaded...
44) Pablo
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Publisher
Lectorum Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Explores the life of famed Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, including his childhood in Chile, his poetry, and the many political causes he fought for.
45) Young Zeus
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"This is the story of how young Zeus, with a little help from six monsters, five gods, an enchanted she-goat (that's me), and his mother, became god of gods, master of lightning and thunder, and ruler over all"--Provided by publisher.
46) Dimestore
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Description
"Dimestore?s fifteen essays are crushingly honest, wise and perceptive, and superbly entertaining. Smith has created both a moving personal portrait and a testament to embracing one?s heritage. It?s also an inspiring story of the birth of a writer and a poignant look at a way of life that has all but vanished."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher
Spellmount
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
239 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Luise Urban was born into a world about to be turned upside down. Her family lived east of the river Oder, and as the Third Reich crumbled and the Soviet Red Army advanced, she was one of 15 million Germans trapped in a war zone during the terrible winter of 1945. Weakened by starvation and forced to flee their home, it was only the bravery and ingenuity of Luise's mother that saved the family from total destruction.
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From 1972 to 1990, Alexandra Fuller grew up on farms in the remotest regions of Africa. While her father was away for long stretches of time, fighting on the side of the white government in the Rhodesian civil war, her mother managed the farming work, with a fierceness and passion fuelled by a love of life and an almost illogical love for Africa.
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Series
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Brought up in a world filled with wealth and privilege on a large family estate, young Franklin Roosevelt had an exciting childhood and a special mentor in his famous uncle who helped lead him to become the man he was and the great politician he turned out to be.
52) Fast break
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Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 6
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
155 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Young Derek bites off more than he can chew when he decides to enter the school talent show and try out for the basketball team"--
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
236 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
In 1769, thirteen-year-old Maria Antonia Josepha Johanna, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, begins a journal chronicling her life at the Austrian court and her preparations for her future role as queen of France.
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Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
xv, 302 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Documents the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet to India in 1959, describing the violent uprising in Lhasa between Tibetan rebels and Chinese occupiers and the near-death incidents that the Buddhist spiritual leader endured.
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Publisher
Skirt!, An imprint of Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
viii, 261 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
It's 1985 in a small factory town near Pittsburgh. Eight-year-old Karen's parents are lifelong workers at the Anchor Glass plant, where one Saturday, an employee goes on a shooting spree, killing four supervisors, then himself. This event splits the young girl's life open, and like her mother, she begins to seek comfort in obsessive rituals and superstitions. This beautifully evocative memoir chronicles the next fourteen years, as Karen moves through...
57) Change up
Author
Series
The contract (Derek Jeter) volume 3
Publisher
Jeter Children's, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
154 pages, 22 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm.
Description
Young Derek's dream of sailing to a championship under his father's coaching is complicated by unexpected challenges.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Description
"As a boy, Andrew Young learned a vital lesson from his parents when a local chapter of the Nazi party instigated racial unrest in their hometown of New Orleans in the 1930s. While Hitler's teachings promoted White supremacy, Andrew's father, told him that when dealing with the sickness of racism, "Don't get mad, get smart." To drive home this idea, Andrew Young Senior took his family to the local movie house to see a newsreel of track star Jesse...
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