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Framingham - Adult
940.5314 Katz
11 available
940.5314 Katz
11 available
Framingham Bookmobile - Adult
940.5314 Katz
3 available
940.5314 Katz
3 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Adult
940.5314 Katz
6 available
940.5314 Katz
6 available
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"The untold story of the three intelligent and glamorous young women who accompanied their famous fathers to the Yalta Conference in February 1945, and of the conference's fateful reverberations in the waning days of World War II Tensions at Yalta threatened to tear apart the wartime alliance of Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin just as victory was close at hand. Catherine Grace Katz uncovers the dramatic story of the three...
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Framingham - Young Adult
Y940.5449 Wein
3 available
Y940.5449 Wein
3 available
Framingham Bookmobile - Young Adult
Y940.5449 Wein
2 available
Y940.5449 Wein
2 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Young Adult
Y940.5449 Wein
3 available
Y940.5449 Wein
3 available
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"n the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment--nicknamed the "night witches"--Faced intense pressure and obstacles both in the sky and on the ground. Some of these young women perished in flames. Many of them were in their teens when they went to...
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The gripping true story of the only women to fly in combat in World War II-from Elizabeth Wein, award-winning author of Code Name Verity.
In the early years of World War II, Josef Stalin issued an order that made the Soviet Union the first country in the world to allow female pilots to fly in combat. Led by Marina Raskova, these three regiments, including the 588th Night Bomber Regiment-nicknamed the "night witches"-faced intense pressure and obstacles...
4) Flygirl
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Framingham - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
4 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
4 available
Framingham Bookmobile - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
2 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
2 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Young Adult
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
4 available
Y HISTORICAL FICTION Smith
4 available
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During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
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Framingham - Children's
J PIC Tokuda-Hall
4 available
J PIC Tokuda-Hall
4 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J PIC Tokuda-Hall
3 available
J PIC Tokuda-Hall
3 available
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"To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren't human--that was miraculous. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast--elderly people, children, babies--now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn't know when...
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War that saved my life volume 01
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Framingham - Children's
J FICTION Bradley
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J FICTION Bradley
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's - Paperback
J PB Bradley
1 available
J PB Bradley
1 available
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Framingham - Children's
J PLAYAWAY FICTION Bradley
1 available
J PLAYAWAY FICTION Bradley
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J PLAYAWAY FICTION Bradley
1 available
J PLAYAWAY FICTION Bradley
1 available
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Framingham - Children's
J CD FICTION Bradley
1 available
J CD FICTION Bradley
1 available
Framingham McAuliffe - Children's
J CD FICTION Bradley
1 available
J CD FICTION Bradley
1 available
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Ten-year-old Ada has never left her family's one-room apartment. Her bitter mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. But when her little brother, Jamie is going to be shipped out of London to escape World War II, Ada doesn't waste a minute: she sneaks out to join him. So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take in two kids. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read,...
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In this biography, young listeners will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into the minds and activities of" Nazis, she held a pivotal role in the...
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In this picture book biography, young readers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into the minds and activities of" Nazis, Elizebeth held a pivotal...
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In this biography, young viewers will learn all about Elizebeth Friedman (1892-1980), a brilliant American code breaker who smashed Nazi spy rings, took down gangsters, and created the CIA's first cryptology unit. Her story came to light when her secret papers were finally declassified in 2015. From thwarting notorious rumrunners with only paper and pencil to "counter-spying into the minds and activities of" Nazis, she held a pivotal role in the early...