The Ghost of Thomas Kempe -- by Penelope Lively (Author) (Book - Child)
"The ghost of a seventeenth-century sorcerer emergies as a poltergeist and attempts to make young James his apprentice." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Dragonwings -- by Laurence Yep (Author) (Book - Child)
"The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
A Spirit to Ride the Whirlwind -- by Athena Lord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Twelve-year-old Binnie, whose mother runsa company boarding house in Lowell, Massachusetts, begins working in a textile mill and is caught up in the 1836 strike of women workers." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Secret Ship -- by Ruth Kluger, Peggy Mann (Authors) (Book - Child)
"The author relates the tremendous obstacles involved in the rescue of European Jews who were being secretly and illegally trans ported to Palestine on the ship 'Hilda' to escape destruction by the...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Thank You, Jackie Robinson -- by Barbara Cohen (Author) (Book - Child)
"After Sam's father died, he became so wrapped up in the Brooklyn Dodgers that he could describe every game they'd played in the past four years. Nobody was very interested until Sam met Davy. They...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Gentle Ben -- by Walter Morey (Author) (Book - Child)
"Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Where the Red Fern Grows -- by Wilson Rawls (Author) (Book - Child)
"Author Wilson Rawls spent his boyhood much like the character of this book, Billy Colman, roaming the Ozarks of northeastern Oklahoma with his bluetick hound. A straightforward, shoot-from-the-hip...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Jewish Holidays -- by Margery Cuyler (Author) (Book - Child)
"Describes the rituals connected with the Jewish holidays throughout the year and gives instructions for making a variety of related objects from easily available materials." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Spartacus -- by Howard Fast (Author) (Book - Child)
"Spartacus, a fictionalization of a slave revolt in ancient Rome in 71 B.C., is well known today partly because of the 1960 movie starring Kirk Douglas and Laurence Olivier. It was originally...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Planned Parenthood of Maryland (Organization - Volunteer)
"The mission of Planned Parenthood of Maryland is to enable all Marylanders to have access to a wide range of high quality, affordable, reproductive health care services. By providing medical...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
