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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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2013.
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Young Adults
Back to School, More Titles - Young Adult
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"Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try"--
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Junie B. Jones series volume 19
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[2003]
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English
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When Junie B. cannot play in the school kickball tournament because of a sore toe, she brings her unique talents to the halftime show.
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English
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Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Back to School, More Titles - Tween
Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
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Texas Bluebonnet List 2022-23
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If your house were on fire, what one thing would you save? Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park explores different answers to this provocative question in linked poems that capture the diverse voices of a middle school class. Illustrated with black-and-white art.
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6th Grade Rocks
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
Asian Pacific American Heritage - Tweens
Newbery Medal Winners & Honor Books - Present to 1922
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Tree-ear, a thirteen-year-old orphan in medieval Korea, lives under a bridge in a potters' village, and longs to learn how to throw the delicate celadon ceramics himself.
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Green Hornet volume 22
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The legacies of their fathers may still cast long shadows, but the new Green Hornet and Kato have come into their own in Century City. The young heroes are busy putting away the last of the city's criminal gangs, but they haven't planned on a new threat -- the city itself! The "Outcast" arc sees a new power rising in Century City. A bureaucrat has seized control of the entire city, and to cement his position, he enlists the help of a killer who wears...
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On his first visit to the mouse amusement park, Albert claims he is not afraid, he simply does not like rides that go up and down, left and right, or around and around, but things change when he and his sister Wanda accidentally ride the roller coaster.
18) Cold shot
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Chesapeake valor volume 1
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Three friends reunite and join with a beautiful forensic anthropologist to identify skeletal remains uncovered near Little Round Top in Gettysburg National Military Park, and then become targets themselves.
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