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• Mary and the Trail of Tears

  a Cherokee Removal Survival Story

  Rogers, Andrea L.,

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  It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hurricane Katrina Rescue

  Messner, Kate

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  When the mysterious first aid kit takes golden retriever Ranger to New Orleans shortly before Hurricane Katrina hits, he finds himself helping Clare Porter and her grandmother, who are waiting for Clare's father at their home in the Lower Ninth…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Dead Spy

  the Life, Times, and Last Words of Nathan Hale, America's Most Famous Spy

  Hale, Nathan, 1976-

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  Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Refugee

  Gratz, Alan, 1972-

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  Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany; Isabel, a Cuban girl trying to escape the riots and unrest plaguing her country in 1994; and Mahmoud, a Syrian boy in 2015 whose homeland is torn apart…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Wildfire

  a Novel

  Philbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman),

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  Thirteen-year-old Sam Castine is at summer camp while his mother is in rehab, but when the camp is evacuated ahead of a fast moving wildfire, he makes the mistake of going back for his phone, and finds himself left behind, disoriented, and running…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Filigree's Midnight Ride

  Berkman, Pamela,

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  Filigree the Pomeranian, the smallest dog in Boston, and nine-year-old Frances Revere help her father, Paul Revere, on his mission to warn colonists that British soldiers are coming in 1775. Includes historical notes.

• A Long Walk to Water

  Based on a True Story

  Park, Linda Sue

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  When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Journal of Biddy Owens, the Negro Leagues

  Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014

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  Teenager Biddy Owens' 1948 journal about working for the Birmingham Black Barons includes the games and the players, racism the team faces from New Orleans to Chicago, and his family's resistance to his becoming a professional baseball player.

• Fever, 1793

  Anderson, Laurie Halse

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  In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

• The Secret Mission of William Tuck

  Pierpoint, Eric, 1950-

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  William Tuck is set on justice. For his brother killed by British soldiers, for his friend Rebecca's father held prisoner by the redcoats, and for the countless other rebel Americans struggling beneath the crushing weight of British rule. The…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Escape From Aleppo

  Senzai, N. H.

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  After Nadia is separated from her family while fleeing the civil war, she spends the next four days with a mysterious old man who helps her navigate the checkpoints and snipers of the rebel, ISIS, and Syrian armies that are littering Aleppo on her…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Challenger Disaster

  Tragedy in the Skies

  Naujokaitis, Pranas T.,

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  In History Comics: The Challenger Disaster, we turn the clock back to January 28, 1986. Seven astronauts boarded the space shuttle Challenger on what would be a routine mission. All eyes and cameras were on crew member Christa McAuliffe, a high…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Overboard!

  Johnson, Terry Lynn,

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  Eleven-year-old Travis and twelve-year-old Stacey, separated from their families after being thrown into the Pacific off the coast of Washington, battle hypothermia as they struggle to survive. Includes Coast Guard-approved cold-water survival tips.

• Alone

  Freeman, Megan E.,

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  When twelve-year-old Maddie hatches a scheme for a secret sleepover with her two best friends, she ends up waking up to a nightmare. She's alone--left behind in a town that has been mysteriously evacuated and abandoned.

• Paradise on Fire

  Rhodes, Jewell Parker,

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  Bronx middle-grader Addy, who struggles with a family tragedy by drawing maps and studying mazes, joins other city youngsters on a wilderness adventure in California that turns deadly when wildfires erupt.

• The Canyon's Edge

  Bowling, Dusti

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  A year after the death of her mother in a restaurant shooting, Nora is left struggling to stay alive when a climbing trip with her father goes terribly wrong.

• Tut

  My Epic Battle to Save the World

  Hoover, P. J. (Patricia J.), 1970-

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  Embarking on a mission to find his missing brother, eighth-grade immortal Tut discovers that his brother is being held prisoner by the vengeful Egyptian god Apep, who is plotting to swallow the sun to plunge the world into eternal darkness.

• Number the Stars

  Lowry, Lois

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  In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

• Lifeboat 12

  Based on a True Story

  Hood, Susan, 1954-

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  In 1940, a group of British children, their escorts, and some sailors struggle to survive in a lifeboat when the ship taking them to safety in Canada is torpedoed. Includes historical notes.

• Escape at 10,000 Feet

  D.B. Cooper and the Missing Money

  Sullivan, Tom (Writer of children's books),

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  A minute-by-minute account of the only unsolved airplane hijacking in the United States uses reproductions of FBI files and investigation photographs to chronicle the events surrounding an unidentified extortionist's 1971 hijacking and…Read moreRead more of this annotation