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Fiddle Fever
ISBN: 9780618776825 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although it is 1914 and the world is changing all around him, Felix LeBlanc feels trapped on his Louisiana farmhouse, where nothing ever happens. When he hears his uncle, 'Nonc Adolphe, play the fiddle for the first time, he knows there's music in his blood, and he's determined to be a musician, too. However, he's too poor to buy his own fiddle, and to make matters worse, Maman has forbidden him to even touch one, fearing that he'll choose the wayward life of a fiddler. And so Felix begins to build his own fiddle out of a crude cigar box and a piece of...
Although it is 1914 and the world is changing all around him, Felix LeBlanc feels trapped on his Louisiana farmhouse, where nothing ever happens. When...
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49,22 |
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Peppe the Lamplighter
ISBN: 9780688154691 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the tradition of Lois Lowry and Paul Fleischman, Elisa Bartone's Caldecott Honor-winning book gives children a glimpse into American history and the immigrant experience. This is the story of Peppe, who becomes a lamplighter to help support his immigrant family in turn-of-the-century New York City, despite his papa's disapproval. Peppe's family is very poor, and though he is just a boy he needs to find work. Being a lamplighter is not the job his father had dreamed of for Peppe, but when Peppe's job helps save his little sister, he earns the respect of his entire... In the tradition of Lois Lowry and Paul Fleischman, Elisa Bartone's Caldecott Honor-winning book gives children a glimpse into American history and... |
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34,17 |
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One-Eyed Cat
ISBN: 9780689839702 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Single Shot
Ned fired the forbidden rifle just once, at a flickering shadow in the autumn moonlight. But someone -- a face, fleetingly seen staring at him from an attic window -- was watching. And when a one-eyed cat turns up at an elderly neighbor's woodshed, Ned is caught in a web of guilt, fear, and shame that he cannot escape -- until another moonlit night, come spring, brings redemption and surprising revelations. A Single Shot
Ned fired the forbidden rifle just once, at a flickering shadow in the autumn moonlight. But someone -- a face, fleetingly s... |
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34,17 |
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Pearl Harbor
ISBN: 9780689842146 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bringing a dramatic moment of World War II to vivid life, author Stephen Krensky answers questions about the historic importance of the military action at Pearl Harbor. Written in simple yet clear language, the book teaches readers about the political scene before and after the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in December 1941, and how this event shaped our country's place in the world.
Bringing a dramatic moment of World War II to vivid life, author Stephen Krensky answers questions about the historic importance of the military actio...
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22,76 |
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Sirens and Spies
ISBN: 9780689844577 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Past Has its Secrets
Mary and her sister Elsie's violin teacher, the flamboyant Miss Fitch, lies in the hospital, recovering from a brutal attack. Elsie, Miss Fitch's favored, talented student, refuses to visit her, declaring her a fraud, and worse. What has turned Elsie against her formerly beloved teacher? Mary can't believe the shocking secret from Miss Fitch's past that her sister has unearthed. She insists that they confront the teacher to get to the truth. But the sisters discover that truth -- about the grim days in occupied France during World War II, about the... The Past Has its Secrets
Mary and her sister Elsie's violin teacher, the flamboyant Miss Fitch, lies in the hospital, recovering from a br... |
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37,97 |
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Moonshiner's Son
ISBN: 9780689855504 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more than to please this rough, distant man.
Then a preacher comes to the wilds of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to rid Bad Camp Hollow of the "evils of liquor." This is when Tom and his father begin their campaign to match wits with the preacher and try to outsmart the law officers he calls... Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, T...
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30,37 |
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Weedflower
ISBN: 9780689865749 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flower farm in California, Sumiko is used to being the only Japanese girl in her class. Even when the other kids tease her, she always has had her flowers and family to go home to. That all changes after the horrific events of Pearl Harbor. Other Americans start to suspect that all Japanese people are spies for the emperor, even if, like Sumiko, they were born in the United States As suspicions grow, Sumiko and her family find themselves...
Twelve-year-old Sumiko feels her life has been made up of two parts: before Pearl Harbor and after it. The good part and the bad part. Raised on a flo...
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87,38 |
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Weather Boy: A Story of D-Day
ISBN: 9780759609471 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,39 |
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Yankee Doodle Boychik
ISBN: 9780759686762 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Funny and sad, "Yankee Doodle Boychik" brilliantly captures the pain and joy of a Jewish boy struggling to come into his own in the 1920s. Jack pitts himself against the old country values of his Ma that conflict with his need to be an American boy.
Funny and sad, "Yankee Doodle Boychik" brilliantly captures the pain and joy of a Jewish boy struggling to come into his own in the 1920s. Jack pitts ...
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61,73 |
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Letting Swift River Go
ISBN: 9780785780366 / Angielski / Prebound / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For use in schools and libraries only. Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Swift River towns in western Massachusetts to form the Quabbin Reservoir.
For use in schools and libraries only. Relates Sally Jane's experience of changing times in rural America, as she lives through the drowning of the Sw...
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100,92 |
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Sporty Creek
ISBN: 9780813109657 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With illustrations by Paul Brett Johnson Sporty Creek is a series of short stories set in the Kentucky hills. Narrated by a young boy (a cousin of the narrator of Still's classic novel River of Earth), the book tells the story of his family during the Great Depression. With work in the coal mines sporadic, they move from place to place, trying to earn a living the best they can. The story is told with gentleness and humor. With illustrations by Paul Brett Johnson Sporty Creek is a series of short stories set in the Kentucky hills. Narrated by a young boy... |
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63,86 |
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Cherub in Stone
ISBN: 9780875651392 / Angielski / Miękka / 115 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1927 stonemason Zoli Mednick is chosen to carve a tombstone for a prominent North Texan. He moves his family from the community of Westland in Central Texas, where almost everyone is Czech and Catholic, to Castle Falls, where Czechs are outsiders and everyone attends the Baptist and Methodist churches. Fifteen-year-old Sari Mednick's biggest concern is making friends--she wants to be as popular in her new school as she was in Westland.
But even as she faces prejudice and snobbery and yearns for Westland and her friends there--including that special young man--Sari is drawn into much... In 1927 stonemason Zoli Mednick is chosen to carve a tombstone for a prominent North Texan. He moves his family from the community of Westland in Cent...
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48,53 |
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Galveston's Summer of the Storm
ISBN: 9780875652726 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When fourteen-year-old Abby Kate boards the train in Austin to spend three weeks with her grandmother in Galveston, she's full of excitement--about the train ride and the prospect of days on the beach, exploring Galveston with her cousin Jane, family picnics, and her grandmother's good food. But things go wrong even before she gets to her grandmother's house. Abby Kate gets off the train briefly in Houston--and the train leaves without her. Stranded in the railroad station, she is befriended by a man traveling with his two sons and eventually reaches Galveston safely.
Then word comes that... When fourteen-year-old Abby Kate boards the train in Austin to spend three weeks with her grandmother in Galveston, she's full of excitement--about th...
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67,96 |
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Farm Crossing: The Amazing Adventures of Addie and Zachary
ISBN: 9780963619150 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This charming adventure story uses true-to-life stories of northwestern Wisconsin farm families through children s eyes. Recomended for ages 9-14.
Distributed for the Chippewa Valley Museum, Eau Claire, Wisconsin" This charming adventure story uses true-to-life stories of northwestern Wisconsin farm families through children s eyes. Recomended for ages 9-14. |
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38,82 |
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A Sweet Smell of Roses
ISBN: 9781416953616 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathered, ready to march for freedom and justice. Inspired by countless children and young adults who took a stand, two Coretta Scott King honorees offer a heart-lifting glimpse of children's roles in the civil rights movement.
There's a sweet, sweet smell in the air as two young girls sneak out of their house, down the street, and across town to where men and women are gathe...
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34,17 |
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Secrets in the Sky: Lone Star Heroines
ISBN: 9781556227875 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It's 1943 and the world is at war, but 12-year-old Bethany Parker is stuck at home in Sweetwater, Texas. When the Women Air Force Service Pilots come to town, she is thrilled. They are glamorous and daringoand they befriend Bethany When one of the women dies during a training flight, Bethany is convinced the mysterious crash was the work of a Nazi spy, and she sets out to prove it. The Lone Star Heroines series brings to life real events in Texas history and shows young readers how girls living during those exciting times experienced and even contributed to those dramatic events. Each book...
It's 1943 and the world is at war, but 12-year-old Bethany Parker is stuck at home in Sweetwater, Texas. When the Women Air Force Service Pilots come ...
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45,24 |
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Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906
ISBN: 9781561453696 / Angielski / Miękka / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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34,17 |
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The Return of Gabriel
ISBN: 9781571316387 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the summer of 1964, freedom workers come to a small Mississippi town to register blacks to vote. The quiet pace of the summer changes dramatically for Cooper and his friends Jubal, who is black, and Squirrel, who is Jewish. The only white member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Cooper must decide how to react when his father makes him attend Ku Klux Klan meetings. His uncle Chicago helps guide him through the turbulent times.As the summer progresses, the pastor at the church learns of the Klan's plans in advance. He says the news comes from the Angel Gabriel. When Cooper discovers Gabriel's...
In the summer of 1964, freedom workers come to a small Mississippi town to register blacks to vote. The quiet pace of the summer changes dramatically ...
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26,42 |
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I Am Lavina Cumming: A Novel of the American West
ISBN: 9781571316554 / Angielski / Miękka / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on the true story of Lowell's grandmother, this acclaimed novel offers a a compelling look at life in early 20th-century California as it tells the story of a young girl struggling to find her place there. Includes an Afterword by the author. Illustrations. Map.
Based on the true story of Lowell's grandmother, this acclaimed novel offers a a compelling look at life in early 20th-century California as it tells ...
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45,61 |
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The Wright Twist
ISBN: 9781933197197 / Angielski / Twarda / 151 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Josie Daval writes a story about a plucky young girl in 1906 who, along with her brothers, witnesses the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Set against a backdrop of summertime fun in the country, it is full of adventrures and mishaps throughout that first summer of flight. Takes place in Dayton, Ohio. Highly educational and a perfect read for 5-8th graders.
Josie Daval writes a story about a plucky young girl in 1906 who, along with her brothers, witnesses the first flight of Orville and Wilbur Wright. Se...
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56,83 |
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