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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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      c2006., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 636.1    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Edge books, horsesSummary Note: This book describes the Belgian horse, including its history, physical features, and uses today.
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      c2006., Juvenile, Capstone Press Call No: 636.1    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Edge books, horsesSummary Note: This book describes the Belgian horse, including its history, physical features, and uses today.
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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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      1984, Juvenile, Carolrhoda Call No: 631 Bel    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Traces a year of life on a small dairy farm in western Wisconsin where draft horses rather than modern machines do most of the farm work.
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      2001, c1997., Boyds Mills Press Call No: 636 HORSE PET   Edition: 1st Boyds Mills Press paperback ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Draft horses such as Clydesdales, Percherons, and Belgians are described in words and pictures and shown to be powerful co-workers on farms, past and present.
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      1969, 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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      2004., Chelsea House Publishers Call No: 355.223 RUS    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Point/counterpointSummary Note: Explores the arguments both for and against mandatory military service, analyzing the fundamental issues surrounding the debate over mandatory service in the United States.
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      c2008., Pre-adolescent, Greenhaven Press Call No: 808 MILITARY    Availability:2 of 2     At Location(s) Series Title: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)Summary Note: Describes the Opposing Viewpoints format for writing the expository essay, providing six viewpoints on the topic of the military draft, with model essays and exercises, and supporting research material.
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      c2007., Juvenile, Greenhaven Press Call No: 355.2 23630973    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Table of contents Series Title: Introducing issues with opposing viewpointsSummary Note: Contains twelve articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to the military draft, debating the questions of whether a military draft should be reinstated, the effects of a draft on society, and who should be drafted.
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      2019., Adolescent, New York Times Educational Pub. in association with The Rosen Pub. Group, Inc. Call No: 355 MIL   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Series Title: Changing perspectives (New York Times Educational Publishing)Summary Note: "The United States, as reflected in the news media, has a long history of either requiring or requesting citizens to be participants in the military. From the Civil War, through two World Wars and the Vietnam War, to the conflicts in Afghanistan and the threat of terrorism, perspectives on military service, the draft, and citizen soldiers has changed. How has military service been portrayed through the news and perceived by the public throughout the country's history of wars and peace times? And how have the attitudes of American citizens changed when it comes to serving in the military? This collection of articles explores these questions and more"--Provided by publisher.
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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.