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2002., DS-MAX Call No: REF 973.931 TAJ Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: This book is a tribute to the people who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. It is also a salute to the matchless courage of the public servants-the police and firefighters-who selflessly laid their lives on the line to help others and who died trying to save them. Over 300 dramatic photos from the archives of the Press Association, together with the words of the principal players and world leaders as they reacted to unfolding events, make this a comprehensive and compelling document of the events of September 11, 2001.
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2012, c2011., Pre-adolescent, Puffin Books Call No: YOUNG ADULT Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mike, a fourteen-year-old boy with a math learning disability, is sent to rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, and while his plans to impress his mathematician father fall flat when Mike discovers the project has nothing to do with engineering, he learns much more valuable lessons while working with his eccentric, elderly aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl as part of a town-wide effort to adopt a Romanian orphan.
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c2011., Pre-adolescent, Philomel Books Call No: FIC ERS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Mike, a fourteen-year-old boy with a math learning disability, is sent to rural Pennsylvania for the summer to work on an engineering project, and while his plans to impress his mathematician father fall flat when Mike discovers the project has nothing to do with engineering, he learns much more valuable lessons while working with his eccentric, elderly aunt, a homeless man, and a punk rock girl as part of a town-wide effort to adopt a Romanian orphan.
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By Ribay, Randy[2018], Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: SPORTS F RIB Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood.
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By Ribay, Randy[2018]., Adolescent, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Sports FIC RIBAY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Told from alternating perspectives, Bunny takes a basketball scholarship to an elite private school to help his family, leaving behind Nasir, his best friend, in their tough Philadelphia neighborhood"--Provided by publisher.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 41 097481109033 Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 Mur Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Scholastic Inc., by arrangement with Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 MURPHY Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Publisher Description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003, Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 41 097481109033 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 41 097481109033 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Summary Note: Describes the illness known as yellow fever and the toll it took in Pennsylvania, relating the epidemic to the major social and political events of the day and to 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.
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By Murphy, Jim2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 973.4 MUR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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c2003., Clarion Books Call No: HI-INT 614.5 MUR Availability:3 of 3 At Location(s)Publisher description Summary Note: It's 1793, and there's an invisible killer roaming the streets of Philidelphia, yellow fever. The conditiions that helped the disease spread, and the heroic role that three black Philidelphians played in saving their city are vividly detailed.
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By Murphy, Jimc2003., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: 614.5 MURPHY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Provides an account of the yellow fever epidemic that swept through Philadelphia in 1793, discussing the chaos that erupted when people began evacuating in droves, leaving the city without government, goods, or services, and examining efforts by physicians, the Free African Society, and others to cure and care for the sick.
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1996., Lucent Books Call No: 973.73 COR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Battles of the Civil WarSummary Note: Provides a detailed account of this decisive battle of the Civil War including events leading up to it, the course of the battle itself, and its consequences.
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c2009., Juvenile, Enslow Elementary Call No: 973.7 349 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: What would you do?Summary Note: Examines the Battle of Gettysburg, including the important military leaders, battle strategy, and the lasting impact this battle had on the Civil War and American history.
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c1995., Juvenile, Wordsong/Boyds Mills Press Call No: 92 HOPKINS Middle School Library Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Autobiographical poems capture a thirteen-year-old boy's feelings, experiences, and aspirations in one tumultuous year of his life.
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2002., Primary, Aladdin Call No: B Edition: 1st Aladdin ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Ready-to-read.Summary Note: Young Betsy Ross is upset when her brother tells her that she cannot make furniture because she is a girl, but her mother teaches her that she can still do important things.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Dutton Children's Books Call No: REALISTIC F MYE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Axel loves everything about birds, especially eagles. No one worries that an eagle will fly too far and not come home--a fact Axel wishes his mother understood. Deep down, Axel knows that his mother is like an osprey--the best of all bird mothers--but it's hard to remember that when she worries and keeps secrets about important things. His dad is more like a wild turkey, coming and going as he pleases. His dad's latest disappearance is the biggest mystery of all. Despite all this, Axel loves his life--especially the time he spends with his friends observing the eagles' nest in the woods near his home. But when a tornado damages not only Axel's home but the eagles' nest, Axel's life is thrown into chaos. Suddenly his dad is back to help repair the damage, and Axel has to manage his dad's presence and his beloved birds' absence. Plus, his mom seems to be keeping even more secrets. But Axel knows another important fact: an eagle's instincts let it soar. Axel must trust his own instincts to help heal his family and the nest he loves"--From the publisher's web site.
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2021., Pre-adolescent, Dutton Children's Books Call No: FIC MYERS Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: After a tornado, Axel, who loves birds, finds an injured eaglet, and helps to rescue it--and also helps to resolve the problems in his broken family, and draw his father back home.
