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2020., Adolescent, HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FANTASY Edition: 1st U.S. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of the Chevron gas station for the dragon he'd hired to help on the farm... Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah can't help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn't have a soul but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe. Because the dragon knows something she doesn't. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit--and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself"--Provided by publisher.
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2020., HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Call No: FANTASY F NES Edition: First U.S. edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Sarah Dewhurst and her father, outcasts in their little town of Frome, Washington, are forced to hire a dragon to work their farm, something only the poorest of the poor ever have to resort to. The dragon, Kazimir, has more to him than meets the eye, though. Sarah can't help but be curious about him, an animal who supposedly doesn't have a soul but who is seemingly intent on keeping her safe. Because the dragon knows something she doesn't. He has arrived at the farm with a prophecy on his mind. A prophecy that involves a deadly assassin, a cult of dragon worshippers, two FBI agents in hot pursuit--and somehow, Sarah Dewhurst herself"--From the publisher's web site.
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By Lee, Harper2016., Harper Perennial Call No: Classic FIC LEE Edition: First Harper Perennial edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: *Student Pick* Twenty years after the trial of Tom Robinson, Scout Finch returns home to Maycomb to visit her father Atticus and struggles with personal and political issues as her small Alabama town adjusts to the turbulent events beginning to transform the United States in the mid-1950s.
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[2015], Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: 813 .54 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the mid-1950s, twenty-six-year-old Jean Louis Finch, "Scout," returns to Maycomb, Alabama, to visit her father, Atticus, but her homecoming turns bittersweet and her values and assumptions are thrown into doubt as she uncovers truths about her family, friends, and town which are exposed by civil rights tensions and political turmoil.
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2016., Pre-adolescent, Simon Spotlight Call No: [Fic] Edition: This Simon Spotligh Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Three middle schoolers travel back in time to the 1950s with the help of a magical library book"--OCLC.
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By Blume, Judy2015., Alfred A. Knopf Call No: 813 .54 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: It is 1987, and Miri Ammerman has returned to her hometown to help commemorate one of the worst years of her life--when she was fifteen, and in love for the first time, airplanes fell from the sky and left her community forever changed. Miri's generation, as well as the generations of her nearest family members, help one another move on.
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2022., Juvenile, Graphix Call No: 741.5 973 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: In 1953, a young girl named Peggy is recovering from polio and needs crutches to walk. While her neighbors are worried about uncovering communist spies in their neighborhood, Peggy finds a powerful artifact that allows her to fly. But the artifact forces her to confront bullies, FBI agents, and strangers from space.
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c2009., Pre-adolescent, Dial Books for Young Readers Call No: FIC PEC Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.