Beatrice Gormley
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English
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A biography of Joe Biden, the 46th President of the United States: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president. The road to the presidency of the United States was a long--and determined--one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family's...
4) Adara
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English
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The soldier heaved me over his shoulder as if I were a spring lamb.
"I am not Israelite!" I screamed.
I beat his back, hurting my hands. "Let me go." Adara has always longed to do the things that well-brought-up girls of her time are not supposed to do. She wants to learn to read and write - like men. And, she wants the freedom to travel - like men - outside the boundaries of her sheltered life.
One day she awakens to a blast of trumpets as the...
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Travelers through time volume 1
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
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Traveling back through time, Matt, Emily and Jonathan wonder if they can save the Titanic before it hits the iceberg and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. And more important, will they be able to get back to the present time?
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Series
Travelers through time volume 2
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
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Matt and Emily's grandfather has invented a way to travel back in time. Now Matt, Emily, and Matt's best friend Jonathan are about to take a trip to the night the American Revolution began. They arrive in Lexington, Massachusetts, in the year 1775 just in time to see Paul Revere ride by, warning the country that the Redcoats are coming. Then they get separated. Matt is captured by the British and discovers that Paul Revere has been captured, too....
11) Mail-order wings
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Pub. Date
[1981]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Nine-year-old Andrea orders wings through the mail with a guarantee to fly. Incredibly, they work, but there is a frightening side effect.
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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Diana Frances Spencer was born in 1961 in the home her parents rented on the royal family's estate at Sandringham. Her parents divorced in 1969, and in 1975 Diana's father became an earl, making Diana a lady. Diana attended private boarding schools, although she wasn't an especially good student, she excelled at sports and dreamed of being a ballerina. After leaving school in 1978, she worked as a nanny, a waitress, and a cleaning woman before becoming...
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