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The executioner's daughter
by Jane Hardstaff
A U.S. release of an award-winning tale follows the experiences of a girl in Tudor-era England who confronts unexpected paranormal consequences when she flees her grisly life as the daughter of an executioner and seeks refuge in the tunnels beneath the River Thames. Simultaneous eBook.
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My brother's secret
by Dan Smith
Playing war games to train for the Hitler Youth in Germany, 12-year-old Karl finds his loyalties changing in the wake of his father's murder and his brother's membership in a shadow rebel group. By the author of My Friend the Enemy. Simultaneous eBook.
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Esperanza rising
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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Out of the dust
by Karen Hesse
A poem cycle that reads as a novel tells the story of fifteen-year-old Billie Jo and his fight against the elements during the Oklahoma Dust Bowl of 1934. By the author of The Music of Dolphins.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Left alone on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, a young Indian girl spends eighteen years, not only merely surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance, but also finding a measure of happiness in her solitary life
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Number the stars
by Lois Lowry
During the German occupation of Denmark, Annemarie helps shelter a Jewish friend from the Nazis.
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An elephant in the garden
by Michael Morpurgo
Devastated to learn that a beloved elephant in the zoo where their mother works is to be euthanized to keep it from panicking if bombs are dropped nearby, Lizzie and Karl of World War II-era Dresden persuade the zoo director to let the elephant be temporarily relocated to their family garden and are challenged to move the elephant to safety when bombs begin to fall on the city. By the author of War Horse.
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One crazy summer
by Rita Williams-Garcia
In the summer of 1968, after travelling from Brooklyn, New York, to Oakland, California, to spend a month with the mother they barely know, 11-year-old Delphine and her two younger sisters arrive to a cold welcome as they discover that their mother, a dedicated poet and printer, is resentful of their intrusion and wants them to attend a nearby Black Panther summer camp. 15,000 first printing.
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Fourmile
by Watt Key
Believing that the man dating his widowed mother is a disreputable person, 12-year-old Foster bonds with a mysterious Iraq War veteran who imparts wisdom and secrets before exposing threatening character qualities that escalate into a violent personal clash. By the author of Dirt Road Home.
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Heart of a samurai : based on the true story of Nakahama Manjiro
by Margi Preus
In a fascinating work of historical fiction based on a true story of the first Japanese person to enter the United States, 14-year-old Manjiro, who dreams of becoming a samurai, is rescued in 1841 by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions stranded on a remote island.
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Bud, not Buddy
by Christopher Paul Curtis
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H. E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
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Culpeper County Library
271 Southgate Shopping Center
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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