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Rachel's Journal: The Story of a Pioneer Girl (Young American Voice Books) by Marissa Moss Publisher Comments Traveling by covered wagon, young Rachel and her family follow the Oregon Trail from Illinois all the way to California. The terrain is rough and the seven-month trip is filled with adventure. Rachel's own handwritten journal chronicles every detail and... (read more) Your price: $7.00 New - Trade Paper
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Breaking Through by Francisco Jimenez Publisher Comments At the age of fourteen, Francisco Jiménez, together with his older brother Roberto and his mother, are caught by la migra. Forced to leave their home, the entire family travels all night for twenty hours by bus, arriving at the U.S. and... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Who Is Neil Armstrong? (Who Was...?) by Roberta Edwards Publisher Comments On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong stepped on the moon and, to an audience of over 450 million people, proclaimed his step a ?giant leap for mankind.? This Eagle Scout built his own model planes as a little boy and then grew up to be a test pilot for... (read more) Your price: $4.99 New - Trade Paper
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Never Fall Down by Patricia Mccormick Publisher Comments When soldiers arrive at his hometown in Cambodia, Arn is just a kid, dancing to rock 'n' roll, hustling for spare change, and selling ice cream with his brother. But after the soldiers march the entire population into the countryside, his life is changed... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Coach Carter by Jasmine Jones Publisher Comments When former Richmond High School basketball legend Ken Carter agrees to take over his alma mater's floundering team, he has the players sign a contract that demands good grades, perfect class attendance, and suits on game days. With Coach Carter at the... (read more) Your price: $6.99 New - Trade Paper
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Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln: A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! by Mary Pope Osborne Publisher Comments Includes 12 copies of Magic Tree House #47: Abe Lincoln at Last! (HC/978-0-375-86825-2) and 5 copies of Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #25: Abraham Lincoln (DG/978-0-375-87024-8)... (read more) Your price: $5.99 New - Trade Paper
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Eruption!: Volcanoes and the Science of Saving Lives (Scientists in the Field) by Elizabeth Rusch Publisher Comments “At 11:35 p.m., as Radio Armero played cheerful music, a towering wave of mud and rocks bulldozed through the village, roaring like a squadron of fighter jets.” Twenty-three thousand people died in the 1985 eruption of Colombias Nevado del... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $15.50 Used - Hardcover
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Kennedy's Last Days: The Assassination That Defined a Generation by Bill O'reilly Publisher Comments On a sunny day in Dallas, Texas, at the end of a campaign trip, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is assassinated by an angry, lonely drifter named Lee Harvey Oswald. The former Marine Corps sharpshooter escapes briefly, but is hunted down, captured... (read more) Your price: $19.99 New - Hardcover
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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Publisher Comments Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.50 Used - Mass Market
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Mary, Bloody Mary by Carolyn Meyer Publisher Comments The story of Mary Tudor's childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is to inherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evil stepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and forced to care for her... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope (P.S.) by William Kamkwamba Publisher Comments William Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read about windmills, and he dreamed of building one that would bring to his small... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Boys of Steel: The Creators of Superman by Marc Tyler Nobleman Publisher Comments Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, two high school misfits in Depression-era Cleveland, were more like Clark Kent--meek, mild, and myopic--than his secret identity, Superman. Both boys escaped into the worlds of science fiction and pulp magazine adventure... (read more) Your price: $7.99 New - Trade Paper
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Streams to the River, River to the Sea by Scott Odell Publisher Comments In this redesigned edition of Scott O'Dell's classic novel, a young Native American woman, accompanied by her infant and her cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your price: $3.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Abracadabra Kid a Writers Life by Sid Fleischman Publisher Comments The man with the spats rolled up his sleeves and proceeded to pluck a polished red billiard ball out of thin air. Presto It vanished. Abracadabra It reappeared. It turned white. it blushed red again. VoiIa Suddenly there were four billiard balls between... (read more) List Price $4.95 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Annie's Baby: The Diary of Anonymous, a Pregnant Teenager (Book Three of the Dominions of Irth) by Beatrice Sparks Publisher Comments When Annie discovers she's pregnant by her boyfriend, she's devastated. She has never felt so alone. With no one she can talk to, she pours her heart out to her diary, confiding her feelings of panic, self-doubt, and the desperate hope that some day she... (read more) List Price $5.99 Your price: $3.95 Used - Mass Market
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Librarian of Basra (05 Edition) by Jeanette Winter Publisher Comments In war-stricken Iraq where civilians--especially women--have little power, a librarian in Basra struggles to save her community's priceless collection of books.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $9.00 Used - Hardcover
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Diary of a Young Girl the Definitive Edition by Anne Frank Publisher Comments The diary as Anne Frank wrote it. At last, in a new translation, this definitive edition contains entries about Anne's burgeoning sexuality and confrontations with her mother that were cut from previous... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Hardcover
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Pitching for the Stars: My Seasons Across the Color Line by Jerry Craft Publisher Comments In early summer 1959, Texas Tech senior Jerry Craft was planning to stay home on the family ranch when Carl Sedberry, a semipro baseball manager, phoned, asking him to try out for his club. Craft had never heard of the Wichita Falls/Graham Stars, but... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Hardcover
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Papa's Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming Publisher Comments Clink! Clankety-bang! Thump-whirr! That's the sound of Papa at work. Although he is an inventor, he has never made anything that works perfectly, and that's because he hasn't yet found a truly fantastic idea. But when he takes his family fishing on... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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Daredevil: The Daring Life of Betty Skelton by Meghan Mccarthy Publisher Comments A riveting picture book biography of Betty Skelton, aviation and auto racing pioneer, from award-winning author/illustrator Megan McCarthy. In the 1930s most girls were happy playing with dolls. But one girl, Betty Skelton, liked playing with airplanes... (read more) Your price: $16.99 New - Hardcover
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