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The inventions and inspiration of Benjamin Franklin and how they've stood the test of time
What would you do if you lived in a community without a library, hospital, post office, or fire department? If you were Benjamin Franklin, you'd set up these organizations yourself. Franklin also designed the lightning rod, suggested the idea of daylight savings time, and invented bifocals-all inspired by his common sense and intelligence. In this informative...
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 32
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English
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"Jack and Annie are whisked back in time by the magic tree house to meet Benjamin Franklin in Old Philadelphia"--
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The Left Behinds volume 1
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[2015]
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English
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Three students, Mel, Bev, and Brandon, left behind at their prestigious school during Christmas break, find themselves in 1776 New Jersey with General George Washington dead at their feet, and twelve-year-old Mel must find a way, using his iPhone, to set things right.
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2017.
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Ben Franklin is the most lovable of America's founding fathers. His wit, his charm, his inventiveness--even his grandfatherly appearance--are legendary. But this image obscures the scandals that dogged him throughout his life. In The Loyal Son, award-winning historian Daniel Mark Epstein throws the spotlight on one of the more enigmatic aspects of Franklin's biography: his complex and confounding relationship with his illegitimate son William. When...
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Arcane America volume 1
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[2018]
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English
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In 1803, young Meriwether Lewis is commissioned by old wizard Benjamin Franklin to embark on an extraordinary voyage of exploration through the Arcane Territories, to meet and document the indigenous tribes, to find a route all the way to the Pacific Ocean and to stop the growing evil that is filling the American West
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[2016?]
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Burnt brownies won't win Fiona and Finley a blue ribbon but a ribbon seems far less important than the powerful discoveries they are about to make with Benjamin Franklin. Join Fiona and Finley as they travel back in time with the remarkably gifted founding father of the United States.
57) The Leather Apron Club: Benjamin Franklin, his son Billy, and America's first circulating library
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"Billy Franklin discovers a love of learning and books through the Leather Apron Club library, run by his father, the famous Benjamin Franklin."--
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Magic tree house fact trackers volume 41
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2019.
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English
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Following their adventure with Benjamin Franklin, Jack and Annie want to learn more about the Founding Father and search out facts about his life and accomplishments, including his electricity kite-flying experiment and his most famous inventions.
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