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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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The magic tree house has taken Jack and Annie back in time to England in 1944. England is fighting for its life in World War II. Before long, Jack and Annie find themselves parachuting into Normandy, France, behind enemy lines. The date is June 5. Will the brave brother and sister team be able to make a difference during one of the darkest times in history? - Provided by publisher.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
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Logan family (Mildred D. Taylor) volume 2
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A black family living in Mississippi during the Depression of the 1930s is faced with prejudice and discrimination which its children do not understand.
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Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 21
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Travel to Ancient Greece with Jack and Annie as they meet Alexander the Great and help tame his wild stallion.
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Magic tree house volume 46, 47
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Dogs in the Dead of Night
Jack and Annie must find a rare flower to save one of their best friends! So when the magic tree house whisks them back in time to the Swiss Alps, they're confused. How can they find a flower buried under ice and snow? When they find an ancient monastery where monks and St. Bernards live, Annie offers to train a young dog named Barry. Then Barry runs away from the monastery, and Jack and Annie have a new task—find...
Jack and Annie must find a rare flower to save one of their best friends! So when the magic tree house whisks them back in time to the Swiss Alps, they're confused. How can they find a flower buried under ice and snow? When they find an ancient monastery where monks and St. Bernards live, Annie offers to train a young dog named Barry. Then Barry runs away from the monastery, and Jack and Annie have a new task—find...
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Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!
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When orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire moors, she finds it full of secrets. At night, she hears the sound of crying down one of the long corridors. Outside, she meets Dickon, a magical boy who can talk to animals. Then one day, Mary discovers the most mysterious wonder of all -- a secret garden, walled and locked, which has been forgotten for years and years. With the help of two unexpected companions,...
10) Soccer on Sunday
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Jack and Annie are taking the magic tree house to the 1970 World Cup in Mexico City! They are sure the famous soccer player Pelé will tell them a secret of greatness. The game is nonstop action, and the stands are packed. But how will they find Pelé in a crowd of 100,000 soccer fans? Will the answer come when they least expect it?
12) Secrets at sea
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In 1887, the social-climbing Cranstons voyage from New York to London, where they hope to find a husband for their awkward older daughter, secretly accompanied by Helena and her mouse siblings, for whom the journey is both terrifying and wondrous as they meet an array of titled humans despite their best efforts at remaining hidden.
13) Number the stars
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In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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To celebrate of the 50th anniversary of this American literary classic, this gift edition of O'Dell's gripping, award-winning story of young Karana, who survives by herself for 18 years on a deserted island off the California coast, features a new Introduction and a stunning new package.
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A young disabled girl and her brother are evacuated from London to the English countryside during World War II, where they find life to be much sweeter away from their abusive mother.
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Magic tree house. Original series volume 29
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"Jack and Annie use the magic tree house to travel back in time to 1947 Brooklyn, New York, where they pretend to be batboys at Jackie Robinson's first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers against the Boston Braves"--
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
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A family travels from the big woods of Wisconsin to a new home on the prairie, where they build a house, meet neighboring Indians, build a well, and fight a prairie fire.
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I survived volume 3
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In this fictional account of a boy, a dog, and Hurricane Katrina, Barry's family tries to evacuate before the hurricane hits their home in New Orleans. But when Barry's little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm.
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