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In 1943 ten-year-old Lida is torn away from her home in the Ukraine, separated from her little sister Larissa, and sent to a slave labor camp in Germany, but when she is moved and set to making bombs she sees a way to strike back at the Nazis.
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Juvenile Historical Fiction
Newbery Medal Winners & Honors, 2015-2020
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Perfect Escape Reads
Newbery Medal Winners & Honors, 2015-2020
OBD YA Historical Fiction - YOUTH
Perfect Escape Reads
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"1242. On a dark night, travelers from across France cross paths at an inn and begin to tell stories of three children. Their adventures take them on a chase through France: they are taken captive by knights, sit alongside a king, and save the land from a farting dragon. On the run to escape prejudice and persecution and save precious and holy texts from being burned, their quest drives them forward to a final showdown at Mont Saint-Michel, where...
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"1800, Joseon (Korea). Homesick and orphaned sixteen-year-old Seol is living out the ancient curse: 'May you live in interesting times.' Indentured to the police bureau, she's been tasked with assisting a well-respected young inspector with the investigation into the politically charged murder of a noblewoman. As they delve deeper into the dead woman's secrets, Seol forms an unlikely bond of friendship with the inspector. But her loyalty is tested...
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Scholastic Press
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2018.
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It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American Ren Cabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death.
5) Once a king
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Clash of kingdoms novel volume 3
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HMH Books for Young Readers
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[2018]
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English
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For twenty years, Channelers have been persecuted in Malam by those without magic. Now King Aodren wants to end the bloody divide and unite his kingdom. Rumors of a deadly Channeler-made substance are only fueling people's fears. Lirra has every reason to distrust Aodren, yet when he asks for help to discover the truth behind the rumors, she can't say no. Aodren is searching for a way to dismantle his father's dark legacy. Lirra, with the power to...
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"It's been nearly eighty years since the Allies lost World War II in a crushing defeat against Hitler's genetically engineered super soldiers. America has been carved up by the victors, and sixteen-year-old Zara lives a life of oppression in the Eastern American Territories. Under the iron rule of the Nazis, the government strives to maintain a master race, controlling everything from jobs to genetics. Despite her mixed heritage and hopeless social...
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H. Holt
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2007.
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English
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Starting in 1972 when she is nine years old, Ling, the daughter of two doctors, struggles to make sense of the communists' Cultural Revolution, which empties stores of food, homes of appliances deemed "bourgeois," and people of laughter.
8) Broken song
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Viking
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2005.
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In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his baby sister after the rest of their family is murdered.
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Picarona, sello infantil de Ediciones Obelisco, S.L
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2021.
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Español
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"1242. En usa noche oscura, viajeros de toda Francia se encuentran en una posada y comienzan a contar las curiosas histories de tres niños. Sus aventuras los llevan a vivir una persecución por Francia: son capturados por caballeros, se sientan al lado de un rey y salvan la tierra de un dragón que se tira pedos. Huyendo de prejuicios y de las persecuciones y salvando preciosos textos sagrados de ser quemados, su búsqueda los lleva a un enfrentamiento...
10) Changing times
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American adventure volume 44
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Barbour Pub
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[1998]
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English
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Even as the Depression winds down, the Harringtons together with their Japanese-American friends, face hard times as they help the homeless and deal with persecution.
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