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(0)Daniel James Brown
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Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
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Description
This is an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Stroke by stroke,...
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Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for...
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Language
English
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On September 1, 1894, two forest fires converged on the town of Hinckley, Minnesota, trapping over 2,000 people. Daniel J. Brown recounts the events surrounding the fire in the first and only book to chronicle the dramatic story that unfolded. Whereas Oregon's famous "Biscuit" fire in 2002 burned 350,000 acres in one week, the Hinckley fire did the same damage in five hours. The fire created its own weather, including hurricane-strength winds, bubbles...
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Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism and courage: the special Japanese-American Army unit that overcame brutal odds in Europe; their families, incarcerated in camps back home; and a young man who refused to surrender his constitutional rights, even if it meant imprisonment. They came from across the continent and Hawaii. Their parents taught them to embrace both their Japanese heritage and the...
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Series
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First Harper Perennial edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 337, 18 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
A chronicle of the mid-nineteenth-century wagon train tragedy draws on the perspectives of one of its survivors, Sarah Graves, recounting how her new husband and she joined the Donner party on their California-bound journey and encountered violent perils, in an account that also offers insight into the scientific reasons that some died while others survived.
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Pub. Date
2015
Lexile measure
1260L
Physical Desc
10 books (404 pages) in a bag ; 50 x 36 cm + 1 folder (30 x 24 cm), 1 large print book (743 pages (large print)), 1 audiobook (12 audio discs)
Language
English
Description
Kit contents: cloth bag contains 10 paperback copies of the title, 1 large print book and 1 audiobook, along with 1 folder containing book sign out sheets and book club discussion questions.