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(0)Brian Selznick
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.
42) Wingwalker
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
During the Depression, Reuben and his out-of-work parents move from Oklahoma to Minnesota, where his father gets a job as a carnival wingwalker and Reuben has a chance to overcome his terror of flying.
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Español
Description
Basada en la vida real de Charley Parkhurst, excelente amazona que durante toda su vida se hizo pasar por hombre y se convirtió en uno de los conductores de diligencias más famosos de su época.
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance. By the age of 12, Charlotte Parkhurst knows the world of the 1860s holds more opportunities...
Author
Pub. Date
2005.
Edition
First Hyperion paperback edition.
Language
English
Description
Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop Princess Mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind.
45) Wonderstruck
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the tale of two deaf children separated by fifty years. In 1927 New York City, Rose searches for the actress who's life she chronicles in her scrapbook; in 1977 in the Midwest, Ben runs away from home to find his father. The movie is based on the novel of the same title by Brian Selznick, which is the predecessor to his screen-adapted novel The Invention of Hugo Cabret.
46) School rules
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Frindle: When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
No talking: The noisy fifth grade boys of Laketon Elementary School challenge the equally loud fifth grade girls to a "no talking" contest.
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