Search Results: Returned 18 Results, Displaying Titles 1 - 18
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c2009., Primary, Sterling Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Young Abe Lincoln learns the meaning of selflessness and freedom when he encounters a soldier on a country road and gives up his prized possession: a fish he caught for the family's evening meal. Includes author's note on the early life of the sixteenth president.
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-- Octavian Nothing :2006-2008., Adolescent, Printed at the Sign of the Bear and Flame, by Candlewick Press Call No: HISTORICAL FIC AND Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian , from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as a part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
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2010., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Clone codes Volume: [bk. 1]Summary Note: On the run from a bounty hunter who arrested her mother for being part of a secret society devoted to freeing clones, thirteen-year-old Leanna learns amazing truths about herself and her family as she is forced to consider the value of freedom and what it really means to be human in 2170 America.
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[2013]., General, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Science Fiction LOW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Given his lifetime assignment at the Ceremony of Twelve, Jonás becomes the receiver of memories shared by only one other in his community and discovers the terrible truth about the society in which he lives.
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2008., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st pbk. printing. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Table of contents only Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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2009], c2007, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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2009], c2007, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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2009], c2007, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada--a haven for slaves fleeing the American South in 1859--uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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2007, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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2007, Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Press Scholastic Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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[released 2008], c2008., Pre-adolescent, Playaway Digital Audio : [Manufactured and distributed by] Findaway World, LLC Call No: PWY FIC CUR Edition: Unabridged. Summary Note: In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
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By Lowry, Lois[2018]., Juvenile, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: I712.45 Edition: 25th anniversary edition. Genre: Science fiction, Dystopias, Science fiction, Science fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
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c2008., Primary, Barefoot Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.
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c2008, Primary, Barefoot Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning to play on a bamboo flute. Includes author's notes on his childhood in Beijing, life under Mao Zedong, and the Cultural Revolution.
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c2008., Pre-adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: [Fic] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: In parallel stories, a Ukrainian Jewish family prepares to emigrate to the United States in the late 1800s, and Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designs, raises funds for, and builds the Statue of Liberty in honor of the United States' centennial.
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1999., Harcourt Brace Call No: [E] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: A boy finally comes to understand why his grandmother insists that the family come to Ellis Island each year to celebrate Lady Liberty's birthday.
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c2006., Adolescent, Candlewick Press Call No: Historical Fiction Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Contributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.
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[2012], c2011., Yearling Book Call No: FIC VOI Edition: 1st Yearling ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Fredle, a young mouse cast out of his home, faces dangers and predators outside, makes some important discoveries and allies, and learns the meaning of freedom as he struggles to return home.