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Author
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of the young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban-controlled Swat Valley, survived an assassination attempt, and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
5) Bel canto
Publisher
Screen Media
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people are thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.
6) LET'S ROLL!
Author
Publisher
TYNDALE HOUSE
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The inspirational story of September 11 hero Welles Crowther traces his faith-based outlook on life, his position as a volunteer in his local fire department and desire to join the FDNY, and how he sacrificed his life to save people trapped in the South Tower.
9) Stronger
Publisher
Roadside Attractions Llc
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the true story. Jeff Bauman, a working-class Bostonian, was at the 2013 marathon when the bomb blast occurred and he tragically lost both of his legs. After regaining consciousness, Jeff was able to help law enforcement identify one of the bombers, but his own battle had just begun. Jeff's deeply personal journey tests a family's bond and defines a community's pride as he overcomes adversity to become the living embodiment of ''Boston...
11) Freedom's ring
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
400 pages.
Language
English
Description
"An antique ring reunites a Boston Marathon bombing survivor and the man who saved her. Together, they unearth the two-hundred-year-old history of a woman who suffered tremendous loss in the Boston Massacre, a woman torn between the love of two men - onea Patriot, and the other a Redcoat. As both women seem to forgive the wrongs done to them, each must decide whether to face their future through dependence on God's strength, or their own" --
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xv, 272 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"United Airlines Flight 93, which took off from Newark Airport the morning of September 11th, 2001, is perhaps the most famous flight in modern American history: We know of the passenger uprising, but there's so much more to the story besides its harrowing and oft-told climax. Amazingly, the definitive account of this seminal event has yet to be written. The book offers the most complete account of what actually took place aboard Flight 93 - from...