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(0)Daniel James Brown
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English
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"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese...
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Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
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Describes the devastating events of September 1894, when two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, and surrounding communities, trapping more than two thousand people and ultimately costing more than four hundred lives.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2014
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IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Physical Desc
404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Recounts the story of nine working-class boys from the University of Washington who showed the world at the 1936 Olympics what the American spirit could accomplish in their defeat of other elite rowing teams from around the world, including Hitler's German team.
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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 337 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sarah Graves and her new husband started their westward journey with the Donner party in April of 1846. When they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass, Sarah and fourteen others set out for California on snowshoes enduring almost unfathomable hardships and horrors.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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"The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games in Berlin....