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2001
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English
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Marie-Claire must stay home from school to help with the household chores, and to care for Emilie and baby Philippe. As if things weren't topsy-turvy enough, her aunt and uncle are moving in, to help make ends meet. Will their lives ever be normal again?
2) Oliver Twist
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"Oliver Twist, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse, only to fall into the clutches of a band of pickpockets. Can he remain the good-hearted boy that he is?"--
3) Kidnapped
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In 1751 in Scotland, cheated out of his inheritance by a greedy uncle who has him kidnapped and put on a ship to the Carolinas, seventeen-year-old David Balfour escapes to the Highlands with the help of the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart and there encounters further danger and intrigue as he attempts to clear his name and regain his property.
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The Count of Monte Cristo (Paris, 1844-45), by French novelist and playwright Alexandre Dumas, is one of the most popular novels ever written. Set in Marseilles, Rome and Paris in the nineteenth century, it tells the story of Edmond Dantès, a young sailor who is falsely accused of treason and imprisoned in a dungeon for fourteen years. A fellow prisoner tells him where to find treasure buried on a Mediterranean island called Monte Cristo. On Dantès's...
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Draw your sword and join the swashbuckling adventures of the renowned Three Musketeers, now written with young readers in mind! Young d''Artagnan is bound for the city of Paris, France, where he hopes to join the royal guard, the Musketeers. But on his way to fulfilling his dreams, hotheaded d''Artagnan finds himself caught up in duels, traitorous schemes, and the mystery of a missing jewel. And this is just the beginning of his adventures!Can the...
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
Pub. Date
1981, c1953.
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English
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A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 3
Pub. Date
c1953
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English
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Nine-year-old Almanzo lives with his family on a big farm in New York State at the end of the nineteenth century. He raises his own two calves, helps cut ice and shear sheep, and longs for the day he can have his own colt.
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Little house volume 1
Pub. Date
c1981.
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English
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
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2011
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English
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Fourteen-year-old Jamie Laidlaw is returning to Canada from England aboard the Titanic. In his four days on board, he busies himself with new friends, finding ways to explore the ship's forbidden areas, and generally landing himself in trouble. When disaster strikes and the horrifying scramble for survival ensues, Jamie is on the front lines - struggling to help free the lifeboats and get people on board them. When a huge wave washes over the ship's...
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I survived volume 4
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English
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Sand flew up into Danny's eyes. And then from behind him, a huge explosion seemed to shatter the world. The force lifted Danny off his feet and threw him onto the ground. And then Danny couldn't hear anything at all.
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I survived volume 21
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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"It's 1900, and Charlie feels lucky to live in Galveston, Texas. Sure, there are storms sometimes. But nobody worries about hurricanes. Even a famous weather expert says it's impossible for a strong hurricane to strike Galveston. Which is why few people worry on the morning of September 8, when a big storm starts to brew. but Charlie watches with growing horror as monster waves rise up from the sea, as the wind starts to scream. by night, much of...
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Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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Ivy Weatherall is just 11 years old when her family leaves England for the promised riches of Canada's expanding West. They've come to join her uncle for the available land, the lush harvests, and the opportunity for success. But in Milorie, Saskatchewan, their dreams crumble into dust when they reach Uncle Alf's small sod hut and discover that jobs are scarce, and that they can barely make ends meet. Ivy's relatives pack up and head back to England,...
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I survived volume 23
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English
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It was 1964 in the brand-new state of Alaska, a vast land of staggering beauty and heart-stopping dangers. Eleven-year-old Jack had grown up living happily with his parents in an off-the-grid cabin, miles from their closest neighbors. Grizzlies and wolves outnumbered people, and dark winter days were 30 degrees below zero. Jack had always thought of himself as strong--"Alaska tough". But then the most powerful earthquake in American history--the Good...
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Wolf hollow volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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Several months after the tragic events set in motion by bully Betty Glengarry, Annabelle McBride is struck by lightning during a powerful summer storm, leaving her with heightened senses that give her a new understanding of animals and help her learn about compassion and forgiveness.
17) Lines of courage
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From the assassination that triggers World War I in 1914 to Armistice Day in 1918, the story follows the fates of five young people on both sides of the conflict--each facing their portion of the war with courage, until the end of the war brings them together. Includes information on the history of the war.
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c2013
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English
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In 1866, young Rosie Dunn has just gone into service with Mr. Bradley, a civil servant working in Quebec City, the bustling capital of the Province of Canada, but when the capital is moved to the rough sawmill town of Ottawa, Rosie must move there with the Bradleys and away from her own parents and siblings.
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