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  What My Mother Doesn't Know

  by Sonya Sones

  My name is Sophie. This book is about me. It tells the heart-stoppingly riveting story of my first love. And also of my second. And, okay, my third love too. It's not that I'm boy crazy. It's just that even though I'm almost fifteen it's like my mind and my body and my heart just don't seem to be able to agree on anything.
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  Good Brother, Bad Brother

  The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth

  by James Cross Giblin

  Edwin Booth and his younger brother John Wilkes Booth were, in many ways, two of a kind. They were among America’s finest actors, having inherited their father’s commanding stage presence along with his penchant for alcohol and impulsive behavior. In other respects, the two brothers were very different. Edwin was more introspective, while John was known for his passionate intensity. They stood at opposite poles... (more)
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  100 People Who Changed America

  Intended for young readers, in approximately Grades 5 to 8, this collection of very short biographies features photographs, lists of accomplishments, and fast facts about 100 people who changed our country. Also includes an introduction by Russell Freedman, Newberry-winning author of Lincoln: A Photobiography, biography writing tips, and a biography pop quiz.
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  The Queen's Thief: Book 1

  The Thief

  by Megan Whalen Turner

  "I can steal anything." After Gen's bragging lands him in the king's prison, the chances of escape look slim. Then the king's scholar, the magus, needs the thief's skill for a seemingly impossible task -- to steal a hidden treasure from another land. To the magus, Gen is just a tool. But Gen is a trickster and a survivor with a plan of his own.
• STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART : MY LIFE IN POLITICS AND OTHER PLACESAnn Richards

  

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  STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART : MY LIFE IN POLITICS AND OTHER PLACES

  by Ann Richards

  This autobiography tells of Texas state treasurer Richards's upbringing, her experience as a wife, mother and grandmother, and her success in the Democratic Party. PW called this campaign literature "beguilingly candid" and wrote that Richards "projects a folksy image flavored here with self-deprecating humor, which does not conceal an astute, disciplined mind, a resourceful politician." Copyright 1990 Reed... (more)
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  Kings and Queens of Britain (Collins Fact Books)

  by Mary Douglas

  A perfect introduction to the story of the British monarchy for readers aged eight and over, including special features on Welsh and Scottish monarchs and a chronicle of important events around the world that occured during each monarch's reign. Starting with the Saxon kings of the fifth century, the book travels chronologically through history exploring the achievements of consecutive monarchs, from King John's... (more)
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  Black and White Airmen: Their True History

  by John Fleischman

  Here is the true history of a friendship that almost wasn’t. John Leahr and Herb Heilbrun grew up in the same neighborhood and were in the same third grade class together. They were classmates—not friends—because Herb was white and John was black. John and Herb were twenty-one when the United States entered WWII. Herb became an Army Air Forces B-17 bomber pilot. John flew P-51 fighters. Both were thrown into the... (more)
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  Courage: Eight Portraits

  by Gordon Brown

  What is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? Why is it that some people - like the undercover heroes working for SOE in Occupied France or the passengers of the United 93 flight on 9/11 - have the courage to dare? To answer these questions, Gordon Brown explores the lives of eight... (more)
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  History's Monsters

  by Simon Sebag Montefiore

  Some devised methods of torture cruel beyond belief, some killed members of their own families, others ordered the murders of millions of innocents; some were admired statesmen, some were maniacs - others simply butchers. Vlad Dracul, prince of Wallachia, impaled his enemies on a forest of bloody stakes; the Byzantine empress Irene had her son's eyes gouged out; the Crusaders massacred 70,000 innocent Muslims and... (more)
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  Kid Who Named Pluto: And the Stories of Other Extraordinary Young People in Science

  by Marc McCutcheon

  The Kid Who Named Pluto , an updated collection of stories about exceptional young inventors and scientific pioneers, is sure to inspire.
• Twenty Campaigners for Change (Twenty Names)Nigel Hunter

  

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  Twenty Campaigners for Change (Twenty Names)

  by Nigel Hunter

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  A Testament of Hope

  The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr.

  by Martin Luther King, Jr., James Melvin Washington

  "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land." These prohetic words, uttered... (more)
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  A Single Shard

  by Linda Sue Park

  Tree-ear is an orphan boy in a 12th-century Korean potters’ village. For a long time he is content living with Crane-man under a bridge barely surviving on scraps of food. All that changes when he sees master potter Min making his beautiful pottery. Tree-ear sneaks back to Min’s workplace and dreams of creating his own pots someday. When he accidentally breaks a pot, he must work for the master to pay for the... (more)
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  Sinclair Lewis

  An American Life

  by Mark Schorer

  Sinclair Lewis - American Writers 27 was first published in 1963. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
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  Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

  by Chris Crutcher

  Sarah Byrnes and Eric have been friends for years. When they were children, his fat and her terrible scars made them both outcasts. Later, although swimming slimmed Eric, she stayed his closest friend. Now Sarah Byrnes -- the smartest, toughest person Eric has ever known -- sits silent in a hospital. Eric must uncover the terrible secret she's hiding, before its dark currents pull them both under.
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  The Orton Diaries: Including the Correspondence of Edna Welthorpe and Others

  by Joe Orton

  Orton, the bad boy of British theater (Entertaining Mr. Sloan, etc.), kept a journal during the eight months before he was murdered in 1967 by his homosexual lover at age 34. This diary reflects the playwright's nose-tweaking at the establishment and his increasing disdain for conventional morality. It also graphically records his multiple sexual adventures in and out of public lavatories. Included are comments on... (more)