Search Results: Returned 11 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 11
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2011., Adolescent, Walker & Co. Call No: HISTORICAL FICTION Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Joel Bloom chronicles his life experiences during the 1960's which eventually lead him to oppose the war in Vietnam and to flee to Canada rather than be forced to kill Vietnamese.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: HISTORICAL F ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldn't they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying focus on boyfriends and obsessing about marriage? Couldn't one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, and go to the upcoming outdoor hippie music festival? But life becomes more complicated when the girls meet a draft dodger who comes to live with Charlotte's Quaker family. Tom Ed expands Charlotte's horizons as they discuss everything from war to civil disobedience to women's liberation. Grappling with exhilarating and disturbing new ideas, Charlotte finds it harder and harder to stick to her unteen philosophy, and to see eye to eye with Dawn.
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2018., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1970 Vancouver, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her best friend, Dawn, are keen to avoid the pitfalls of adolescence. Couldn't they just skip teenhood altogether, along with its annoying focus on boyfriends and obsessing about marriage? Couldn't one just learn about life from Jane Austen and spend the days eating breakfast at noon, and go to the upcoming outdoor hippie music festival? But life becomes more complicated when the girls meet a draft dodger who comes to live with Charlotte's Quaker family. Tom Ed expands Charlotte's horizons as they discuss everything from war to civil disobedience to women's liberation. Grappling with exhilarating and disturbing new ideas, Charlotte finds it harder and harder to stick to her unteen philosophy, and to see eye to eye with Dawn.
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[2018]., Pre-adolescent, Groundwood Books / House of Anansi Press Call No: TEEN FIC ELL Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "The story of an American draft dodger who turns up to stay with thirteen-year-old Charlotte and her family [in Vancouver]"--Provided by publisher.
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By Hentoff, Nat1969, c1968], Juvenile, Dell Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: As a high school senior struggles to accept either the consequences of draft resistance of its alternatives, he must define his responsibility to himself, his family, and his country.
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2009., Adolescent, Egmont USA Call No: Historical Fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and an African father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against African-Americans and wealthy "swells" of New York City. (Racial Diversity) .
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2009., Adolescent, Egmont USA Call No: Historical fiction FIC MYERS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
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c2009., Egmont USA Call No: HISTORICAL F MYE Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
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2009., Egmont USA Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and an African father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against African-Americans and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
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2009., Adolescent, Egmont USA Call No: Historical Fic Myers Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1863, fifteen-year-old Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and a federal draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City.
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By Rufus, Rob2020., Adolescent, Flux Call No: HISTORICAL F RUF Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In small-town Florida in 1968, four teens who bond over music and their objection to the Vietnam War decide to take a stand against the U.S. government and violent racism.
