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Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
2) Chains
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Seeds of America trilogy volume 1
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Framingham - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
1 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
2 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
2 available
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When their owner dies at the start of the Revolution, Isabel and her younger sister are sold to Loyalists in New York, where Isabel is offered the chance to spy for the Patriots.
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Al Capone at Alcatraz volume 1
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Framingham - YA - Paperback
Y PB MIDDLE GRADE Choldenko
1 available
Y PB MIDDLE GRADE Choldenko
1 available
Framingham Bookmobile - Children's
J FICTION Choldenko
1 available
J FICTION Choldenko
1 available
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A twelve-year-old boy named Moose moves to Alcatraz Island in 1935 when guards' families were housed there, and has to contend with his extraordinary new environment in addition to life with his autistic sister.
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In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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Framingham - Children's
J FICTION Park
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J FICTION Park
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J FICTION Park
1 available
J FICTION Park
1 available
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Dakota Territory, 1880. When Hanna arrives in the town of LaForge, she sees possibilities. Her father could open a shop on the main street. She could go to school, if there is a school, and even realize her dream of becoming a dressmaker--provided she can convince Papa, that is. She and Papa could make a home here. But Hanna is half-Chinese, and she knows from experience that most white people don't want neighbors who aren't white themselves. The...
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Framingham - Children's - Paperback
J PB Blankman
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J PB Blankman
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Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J FICTION Blankman
1 available
J FICTION Blankman
1 available
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"On a spring morning, neighbors Valentina Kaplan and Oksana Savchenko wake up to an angry red sky. A reactor at the nuclear power plant where their fathers work--Chernobyl--has exploded. Before they know it, the two girls, who've always been enemies, find themselves on a train bound for Leningrad to stay with Valentina's estranged grandmother, Rita Grigorievna. In their new lives in Leningrad, they begin to learn what it means to trust another person....
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Arriving in America, the so-called beautiful country, Anna, a young Taiwanese girl, finds it anything but beautiful as she and her family struggle to make a place for themselves in this world and learn the true meaning of home.
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Told in two voices, two outcasts in an Iron Age village befriend each other, as disabled, orphaned Varick helps Estrild achieve her dream of becoming the first female warrior. Inspired by the Windeby bog body.
10) Prisoner B-3087
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Based on the life of Jack Gruener, this book relates his story of survival from the Nazi occupation of Krakow, when he was eleven, through a succession of concentration camps, to the final liberation of Dachau.
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Twelve-year-old Hanako and her family, reeling from their confinement in an internment camp, renounce their American citizenship to move to Hiroshima, a city devastated by the atomic bomb dropped by Americans.
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Door of no return volume 1
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71 copies available. 1 copy on order.
Framingham - Young Adult
Y FICTION MIDDLE GRADE Alexander
1 available
Y FICTION MIDDLE GRADE Alexander
1 available
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Framingham Bookmobile - Children's
J WONDERBOOK FICTION Alexander
1 available
J WONDERBOOK FICTION Alexander
1 available
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"A novel in verse about a boy escaping slavers during the nineteenth century"--
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a...
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Becoming Ali volume 1
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Framingham - Children's
J FICTION Patterson
1 available
J FICTION Patterson
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J FICTION Patterson
1 available
J FICTION Patterson
1 available
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A biographical novel tells the story of Cassius Clay, the determined boy who would one day become Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers of all time.
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Framingham - Children's
J FICTION Draper
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J FICTION Draper
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's - Paperback
J PB Draper
1 available
J PB Draper
1 available
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Stella lives in the segregated South -- in Bumblebee, North Carolina, to be exact about it. Some stores she can go into. Some stores she can't. Some folks are right pleasant. Others are a lot less so. To Stella, it sort of evens out, and heck, the Klan hasn't bothered them for years. But one late night, later than she should ever be up, much less wandering around outside, Stella and her little brother see something they're never supposed to see, something...
15) Pony
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Framingham - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Palacio
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Y HISTORICAL FICTION Palacio
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Framingham McAuliffe - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Palacio
1 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Palacio
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Twelve-year-old Silas is awoken in the dead of night by three menacing horsemen who take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared, and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenwool...who happens to be a ghost. When a pony shows up at his door, Silas makes the courageous decision to leave his home and embark on a perilous journey to find his father. Along the way, he will face his fears to unlock the secrets of his past and explore...
16) Show me a sign
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Show me a sign volume 1
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67 copies available. 2 copies on order.
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J FICTION LeZotte
1 available
J FICTION LeZotte
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Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J PLAYAWAY FICTION LeZotte
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J PLAYAWAY FICTION LeZotte
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"Deaf author Ann Clare LeZotte weaves a riveting Own Voices story inspired by the true history of a thriving deaf community on Martha's Vineyard in the early 19th century. This piercing exploration of ableism, racism, and colonialism answers the call to dig deep, examine core beliefs, and question what is considered normal. Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. Her great-great-grandfather was an...
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Twelve-year-old Ariel Goldberg's life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she is forced to grapple with both her family's prejudice and the antisemitism she experiences, as she defines her own beliefs.
18) Fever, 1793
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Framingham - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
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Y HISTORICAL FICTION Anderson
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Framingham McAuliffe - YA - Paperback
Y PB HISTORICAL Anderson
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Y PB HISTORICAL Anderson
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In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic. Includes discussion questions and related activities.
19) Out of the dust
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Newbery medal book volume 1998
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Framingham - Children's - Paperback
J PB NEWBERY Hesse
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J PB NEWBERY Hesse
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Framingham - Children's
J FICTION NEWBERY Hesse
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J FICTION NEWBERY Hesse
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J FICTION NEWBERY Hesse
1 available
J FICTION NEWBERY Hesse
1 available
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A poem cycle that reads as a novel, "Out of the Dust" tells the story of Billie Jo, a girl who struggles to help her family survive the dustbowl years of the Depression. Fighting against the elements on her Oklahoma farm, Billie Jo takes on even more responsibilities when her mother dies in a tragic accident. A testament to the American spirit, this novel is an instant classic.
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Based on the experience of real-life Auschwitz prisoner Dita Kraus, this is the incredible story of a girl who risked her life to keep the magic of books alive during the Holocaust. Fourteen-year-old Dita is one of the many imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. Taken, along with her mother and father, from the Terezín ghetto in Prague, Dita is adjusting to the constant terror that is life in the camp. When Jewish leader Freddy Hirsch asks Dita to...