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Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The 1930s in America will always be remembered for twin disasters-the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl. Michael L. Cooper takes readers through this tumultuous period, beginning with the 1929 stock market crash that ushered in the Great Depression and continuing with the severe drought in the Midwest, known as the Dust Bowl. He chronicles the everyday struggle for survival by those who lost everything, as well as the mass exodus westward to California...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Enjoying the freedom afforded her while dressing as a boy in order to earn higher pay after emigrating from Ireland, Jennie Hodgers serves in the 95th Illinois Infantry as Private Albert Cashier, a Union soldier in the American Civil War.
Author
Series
A series of unfortunate events volume 3
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Presents the first three books in the series which chronicles the catastrophes and misfortunes of the resourceful Baudelaire children, as they become wealthy orphans and must elude a distant relative, the greedy and dastardly Count Olaf.
25) Astrobiology
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publication Co
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Astrobiologists compare life on Earth to signs of life on other planets, study space mission photos, and listen for signals from alien civilizations. Learn all about this cool and amazing research in this fast-paced peek into future life!
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The Great Barrier Reef teems with life. From algae to a grey reef shark, the animals in this book are linked together in a food chain. Each one of them needs the others in order to live. Find out what eats what in the ocean!
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