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c2013., Pre-adolescent, Wendy Lamb Books Call No: [Fic] Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn. Includes soup recipes.
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2013., Pre-adolescent, Findaway World Call No: [Fic] Edition: Unabridged. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: When her brother Rob, a Navy cook, goes missing in action during World War II, Jayna, desperate for family, leaves upstate New York and their cranky landlady, accompanied by a turtle and a ghost, to seek their grandmother, who Rob believes may live in Brooklyn.
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By Lai, Thanhha2015, Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: [Fic] Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a back-breaking straight-A school year filled with too many extracurricular activities to count, twelve-year-old Mai's parents "reward" her by sending her to Vietnam, so she can get in touch with her roots. At first miserable, not knowing the language or customs, Mai spends time with her grandmother and learns to love her heritage, and even discovers secrets about her family's past, such as what happened to her grandfather during the war.
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By Lai, Thanhha2015., Pre-adolescent, Harper Call No: FIC LAI Edition: First edition. Genre: Realistic fiction Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: After a back-breaking straight-A school year filled with too many extracurricular activities to count, twelve-year-old Mai's parents "reward" her by sending her to Vietnam, so she can get in touch with her roots. At first miserable, not knowing the language or customs, Mai spends time with her grandmother and learns to love her heritage, and even discovers secrets about her family's past, such as what happened to her grandfather during the war.
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2002., MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD FIC MIS Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social StudiesSummary Note: A Special Forces colonel, Braddock, is captured during a daring mid-air rescue operation in Vietnam. Colonel Yin will stop at nothing to break the spirit of Braddock but he will not break.
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2000., MGM Home Entertainment Call No: DVD FIC MIS Edition: Widescreen. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Social StudiesSummary Note: Special Forces colonel James Braddock (Norris) reluctantly returns to Vietnam after the war on a fact-finding mission to search for MIA's. He himself spent 10 years in a North Vietnamese labor camp until he led his men in a daring escape. He enlists the aid of State Dept. official Ann Fitzgerald (Kasdorf) and slips away to find the location of the MIA prison camp. From Bangkok, with the help of his old Army buddy Tuck (Walsh), now a smuggler, he mounts a rescue expedition.
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2005., H. Holt Call No: 823 .92 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Detective Maisie Dobbs agrees to help a dying woman find her son, who was reportedly killed in the Great War, and finds himself thrown into a case that tests her spiritual strength and her regard for her mentor, Maurice Blanche.
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2019., Pre-adolescent, Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company Call No: MYSTERY F YEL Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It's 1953 and the Cold War is on. Communism threatens all that the United States stands for, and America needs every patriot to do their part. So when a Russian boarder moves into the home of twelve-year-old Jake McCauley, he's on high alert. What does the mysterious Mr. Shubin do with all that photography equipment? And why did he choose to live so close to the Air Force base? Jake's mother says that Mr. Shubin knew Jake's dad, who went missing in action during World War II. But Jake is skeptical; the facts just don't add up. And he's determined to discover the truth---no matter what he risks.
