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2006, c2005., Juvenile, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Boowie reads the diary that his grandmother sends him, he learns of her childhood in World War II England when American and British soldiers practiced for D-Day's invasion in the area of her home, and about her beloved cat, Adolphus Tip, and the cat's namesake.
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2019., Juvenile, Feiwel and Friends Call No: FIC MORPUGO Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After Lorenzo, a young autistic boy who loves flamingos, becomes friends with a Roma girl who teaches him to ride a carousel, their town is invaded by German soldiers and everything seems threatened, but Lorenzo comes to realize that there are people in the town he can trust.
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[2017], Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: HISTORICAL F MOR Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1940 England, stuck in a train tunnel while German fighter jets fly overhead, Barney hears an unlikely story of a highly decorated World War I soldier who once had a chance to kill young Adolf Hitler.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Square Fish Call No: [Fic] Edition: First Square Fish edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In Dresden, Germany during World War II, a zookeeper gets permission to bring an elephant that's bonded with her children home to stay in her garden until the bombing of the city stops. When their home is destroyed next, the zookeeper, her children, and the elephant are forced to flee Russian soldiers in the dead of winter.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Lizzie and Karl's mother, Mutti, working at a local zoo in Dresden, Germany, during World War II while their father is away fighting in France, brings home Marlene, a baby elephant that is slated to be destroyed as the Allied bombing grows closer, and when they are forced to flee, Mutti feels they must take Marlene with them, adding even more danger to their journey.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Lizzie and Karl's mother, Mutti, working at a local zoo in Dresden, Germany, during World War II while their father is away fighting in France, brings home Marlene, a baby elephant that is slated to be destroyed as the Allied bombing grows closer, and when they are forced to flee, Mutti feels they must take Marlene with them, adding even more danger to their journey.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: FIC MORPURGO Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Genre: Historical fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Dresden, Germany during World War II, a zookeeper gets permission to bring an elephant that's bonded with her children home to stay in her garden until the bombing of the city stops. When their home is destroyed next, the zookeeper, her children, and the elephant are forced to flee Russian soldiers in the dead of winter.
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2011., Pre-adolescent, Feiwel and Friends Call No: FIC MORPURGO Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Dresden, Germany during World War II, a zookeeper gets permission to bring an elephant that's bonded with her children home to stay in her garden until the bombing of the city stops. When their home is destroyed next, the zookeeper, her children, and the elephant are forced to flee Russian soldiers in the dead of winter.
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Ã2014, Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A collection of short stories inspired by objects connected with World War I in remembrance of the sixteen million people who died in the war.
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-- Stories inspired by items from the First World War2015., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL F GRE Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Writers of this collection of short stories were inspired to write about the First World War by physical objects associated with the war.
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[2017]., Barron's Educational Call No: F MOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This collection of the greatest animal stories was gathered by award-winning children's writer Michael Morpurgo. There are brave mice and hungry wolves, mischievous spiders and ingenious cats, silly dogs, a magic cow, and more. Stories include retellings of "Puss and Boots," "The Ugly Duckling," The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," and more. Beautifully illustrated and charmingly retold, there are lots of great stories from around the great big world that children will explore and enjoy.
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[2015]., Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a young boy, Michael is told not to stare at his grandfather, disfigured in World War II. When Michael spends summers with him in the Scilly Isles, he gets to know the man behind the scars.
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2015., Juvenile, Candlewick Press Call No: E MOR Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Michael has always been afraid of his grandfather, who was disfigured during World War II, but when Michael begins spending his summers with his grandpa, he learns that behind the scars is a real man, and helps his grandpa come out of his shell.
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[2015], Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: FIC MOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a young boy, Michael is told not to stare at his grandfather, disfigured in World War II. When Michael spends summers with him in the Scilly Isles, he gets to know the man behind the scars.
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2006, c2005., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war.
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2006., Pre-adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: A man relates how he came to believe in unicorns as an eight-year-old boy while also remembering how he learned about the importance in life of books and storytelling, especially in the midst of war.
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2012., HarperCollins Children's Books Call No: FIC MOR Edition: 1st American ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Johnny Trott, a bell-boy at London's Savoy Hotel in 1912, becomes caregiver to Kaspar Kandinsky, the Prince of Cats, and soon the two are stowing away on the Titanic, where they are befriended by the Stanton family of New York.
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2003., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a deserted island, where he struggles to survive, until he finds he is not alone.
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2003, Juvenile, Scholastic Call No: Fic Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When Michael is swept off his family's yacht, he washes up on a desert island, where he struggles to survive - until he finds he is not alone.