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Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
303 p. (large print) 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Kansas in 1924, seventeen-year-old Jessamyn takes a job as a switchboard operator in a small town far from home and soon finds that her new community is in the grip of fanatic prejudices that force her to take a stand for what she knows is right.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Berlin, Germany, 1930--When the Nazis rise to power, Jürgen Rhodes is offered a high-level position in their burgeoning rocket program. Jürgen and his wife Sofie fiercely oppose Hitler's radical views, and joining his ranks is unthinkable. Yet it soon becomes clear that if Jürgen does not accept the job, their income would be put on the line, and so would their lives. Huntsville, Alabama, 1950--Jürgen is one of many German scientists pardoned...
Author
Language
English
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Description
In The World Wasn't Ready for You, Key expands and subverts the horror genre to expertly explore issues of race, class, prejudice, love, exclusion, loneliness, and what it means to be a person in the world, while revealing the horrifying nature inherent in all of us. In the opening story, "The Perfection of Theresa Watkins," a sci-fi love story turned nightmare, a husband uses new technology to download the consciousness of his recently deceased Black...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A chilling and blisteringly relevant literary novel of social horror centered around a brutal killing that takes place in a full-contact haunted escape room-a provocative exploration of capitalism, hate politics, racial fetishism, and our obsession with fear as entertainment. On April 27, 1997, four contestants make it to the final cell of the Quigley House, a full-contact haunted escape room in Lincoln, Nebraska, made famous for its monstrosities,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Banned Books throughout American History
From Page to Screen: Part 2
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winners
From Page to Screen: Part 2
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winners
Description
"This gorgeously rendered graphic-novel version provides a new perspective for old fans but also acts as an immersive introduction for youngsters as well as any adult who somehow missed out on the iconic story set in Maycomb, Alabama."—USA Today
A beautifully crafted graphic novel adaptation of Harper Lee's beloved, Pulitzer Prize–winning American classic, voted America's best-loved novel in PBS's Great
...7) Monster High
Author
Series
Publisher
Poppy
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
xi, 257 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Frankie Stein was created in a laboratory, and when she enters Mount Hood High School camouflaged as a normi, another new student who believes that everyone should be treated equally helps her in her attempts to fit in.
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