John Kachuba
Yonder
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Danny Timmons looks up to Jack Bailey, an older boy, when Jack saves the lives of two little girls caught in a flood. ...Read Review
The City Beautiful
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Chicago in 1893 is home to thousands of immigrants from all around the world, each of them hoping to realize a new and prosperous ...Read Review
The Flutist of Arnhem: A Story of Operation Market Garden
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In German-occupied Holland in December 1943, all the British Special Operations Executives had been captured by the Nazis—all except one. John Hewson, carrying ...Read Review
The Life and Deaths of Frankie D.
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Frankie lives the life of a teenage outcast, someone who finds it difficult to trust others. And why not? Born with a rare ...Read Review
Flight: A Novel of a Daring Escape During World War II
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At least twice during their long history, the famed Lipizzaner horses of the Spanish Riding School had to be removed from their home ...Read Review
Poison Priestess (Lady Slayers)
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Times are difficult for women of little means in 17th-century France, especially if they are young, poor orphans working in the candle-making sweatshop ...Read Review
Tell No Tales: Pirates of the Southern Seas
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This graphic novel recounts the adventures of real-life 18th-century pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read, with cameo appearances by Jack Rackham. Anne’s ...Read Review
Malcolm and Me
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In 1974 Philadelphia, thirteen-year-old Roberta Forest calls Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite for being a slaveowner, and her eighth-grade teacher, Sister Elizabeth, retaliates by telling ...Read Review
The Peacemakers
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Not every Virginian is pleased with the 1861 state referendum that allows Virginia to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of ...Read Review
Sicilian Dreams
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In 1907 Sicily, Santo Regina, a young widower, finds it difficult to make a living in a society divided into landowners and peasants. Seeing ...Read Review
