Ellen Emerson White
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English
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The Vietnam War journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Determined to do his duty for his country, Patrick Seamus Flaherty joins the Marines right after graduation to fight in the Vietnam War. But Southeast Asia is a far cry from Patrick's hometown of Boston, and as soon as he arrives, he realizes that he's made a terrible mistake.Confronted with oppressive heat, dense jungles, and an enemy that...
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English
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One of the most popular dear America diaries of all time, Ellen Emerson white's bestselling voyage on the great titanic is now back in print with a gorgeous new package!
Five years ago, Margaret Ann Brady’s older brother left her in the care of an orphanage and immigrated to America. When the orphanage receives an unusual request from an American woman looking for a traveling companion, Margaret’s teachers agree that she is the perfect candidate...
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother Patrick goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the war in Vietnam and the tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.
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Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
When Webster the dog arrives at Green Meadows Farm he has already been adopted, mistreated, and given away three times and is done with people, but the other animals of the shelter will not let him give up on the possibility of a special family.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010], c1998
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English
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In her diary in 1912, thirteen-year-old Margaret Ann describes how she leaves her lonely life in a London orphanage to become a companion to a wealthy American woman, sails on the Titanic, and experiences its sinking.
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Series
President's daughter series volume 1
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Meghan Powers' happy life in Massachusetts changes drastically when her mother, one of the most prestigious senators in the country, becomes the front-runner in the race for United States President.
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c1987
Language
English
Description
After the drug-overdose death of a fellow student, Beverly breaks away from the fast crowd but finds herself friendless and full of guilt until she meets Derek who helps her come to terms with the past and look with some hope to the future.
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Series
President's daughter series volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Meg's surging emotions after her mother, the United States President, is shot, threaten her relationship with boyfriend Josh and best friend Beth, but she strives to maintain control to help her father and younger brothers.
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Series
President's daughter series volume 4
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Meg Powers, daughter of the president of the United States, is recovering from a brutal kidnapping, and in an effort to deal with her horrific experience and her anger at her mother--the president--for not negotiating for her release, Meg decides to go away for her second semester of college, where she encounters even more challenges.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
New York actress and janitor Dana Coakley is told by a boy that a fire which killed some children was not an accident as everybody says. As soon as Dana starts looking into his story, she is beaten by thugs, but the land developer behind the beating will get his just deserts.
15) Santa paws
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Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A homeless street dog struggles with cold weather at Christmas time while becoming known for his good deeds, and while searching for a permanent home.
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Series
President's daughter series volume 3
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
The President's daughter is a victim of kidnapping by terrorists.