Don Mitchell
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Lady Is a Spy is the audacious and riveting true story of Virginia Hall, America's greatest spy and unsung hero, brought to vivid life by acclaimed author Don Mitchell.When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France.In a country divided by freedom and fascism, Virginia was...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, Virginia Hall was traveling in Europe. Which was dangerous enough, but as fighting erupted across the continent, instead of returning home, she headed to France. In a country divided between freedom and fascism, Virginia was determined to do her part for the Allies. An ordinary woman from Baltimore, Maryland, she dove into the action, first joining a French ambulance unit and later becoming an undercover...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
On June 21, 1964, three young men were killed by the Ku Klux Klan for trying to help black Americans vote as part of the 1964 Fredom Summer registration effort in Mississippi. The disappearance and brutal murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner caused a national uproar and was one of the most significant events of the civil rights movement.
The Freedom Summer Murders tells the tragic story of these brave men, the crime that...
Author
Language
English
Description
The problem of homelessness in America underpins the definition of an American city: what it is, who it is for, what it does, and why it matters. And the problem of the American city is epitomized in public space. Mean Streets offers, in a single, sustained argument, a theory of the social and economic logic behind the historical development, evolution, and especially the persistence of homelessness in the contemporary American city. By updating and...
Series
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Description
Story of voodoo power versus vampire fury when a crazed member of a voodoo cult unwittingly summons the true prince of darkness, Dracula's bloodbrother, from his eternal grave.