The Endless Steppe -- by Esther Hautzig (Author) (Book - Child)
Ten-year-old Esther Rudomin movingly describes 'the end of my lovely world' when her family is arrested in 1941 and taken from their home and exiled to Siberia." From Publishers Weekly
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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)
Far and Few -- by David McCord (Author) (Book - Child)
"Gems from a contemporary poet." From Choosing Books for Kids
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Empty Window -- by Eve Bunting (Author) (Book - Child)
"With his younger brother's help, C.G. captures a wild parrot for his friend who is dying." From Card Catalog
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
The Incredible Journey -- by Sheila Burnford (Author) (Book - Child)
"Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness....
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
What Every Mom Needs -- by Elisa Morgan (Author) (Book)
?Moms have needs, too! Nine, to be exact, and meeting them will help mothers to be more contented, well-rounded persons as well as better moms. Elisa Morgan and Carol Kuykendall of MOPS (Mothers of...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Five Children and It -- by E. Nesbit (Author) (Book - Child)
"When four brothers and sisters discover a Psammead, or sand-fairy in the gravel pit near the country house where they are staying, they have no way of knowing all the adventures its wish-granting...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21)
Single Mothers by Choice : A Guidebook for Single Women Who Are Considering or Have Chosen Motherhood -- by Jane Mattes (Author) (Book - Parent)
?The first handbook for the paoidly growing number of American women choosing single motherhood, written by the director of the national organization, Single Mothers by Choice.?--From the Inside Flap
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Ethnic Minority Elderly -- by American Psychiatric Association (Author) (Book)
"In response to the growing concern for mentally ill minority elders, the Task Force on Ethnic Minority Elderly was established in 1988. Since then, this task force has studied the needs of the...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Secret Lovers: Affairs Happen . . . How to Cope -- by Luann Linquist (Author) (Book)
Affairs, because of their secret nature, go unspoken. This silence has forced those involved to cope with incredibly complex problems with no support or advice. Until now. Secret Lovers is an...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
