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Pirate Secrets Revealed (Extreme!)

By: Claybourne, Anna

Price: $9.99

Publisher: Capstone Press: January 2010

Seller ID: 113675

ISBN: 1429645571

Binding: Library Binding

Condition: Used - Good

Come aboard and explore the terrors of the sea from capturing ships full of treasure to escaping from sharks, wearing wooden legs and sleeping with rats and fleas. Find out what pirates ate, and how they smelled, too.
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The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559, Mirror Lake Internment Camp

By: Denenberg, Barry

Price: $2.19

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: September 1999

Seller ID: 47793

ISBN: 0590485318

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

For almost 11 months in the internment camp, 12-year-old Ben Uchida keeps a journal and he writes, "It never seemed to matter before, but now my face was the face of the enemy".
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So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, An Irish Mill Girl, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1847 (Dear America Series)

By: Denenberg, Barry

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: October 1997

Seller ID: 113566

ISBN: 0590926675

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

My Name Is America: The Journal Of William Thomas Emerson, A Revolutionary War Patriot

By: Denenberg, Barry

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: September 1998

Seller ID: 113567

ISBN: 0590313509

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Set in Massachusetts, this is the journal of a boy, surrounded by the politics and violence of war, who becomes a spy for the rebel colonists.
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

By: Diamond, Jared

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Penguin Group USA Inc.: December 2004

Seller ID: 113581

ISBN: 0670033375

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, includes coverage of such cultures as the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, climate change, poor political choices, and other factors that were pivotal to their demise. 250,000 first printing.
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Who Was Thomas Alva Edison?

By: Frith, Margaret,HQ, Who

Price: $1.95

Publisher: Penguin Workshop: December 2005

Seller ID: 118105

ISBN: 0448437651

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly Here's an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.
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You want women to vote, Lizzie Stanton?

By: Fritz, Jean

Price: $1.95

Publisher: Scholastic: January 1996

Seller ID: 63175

ISBN: 0590998226

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Manga Mania Villains: How to Draw the Dastardly Characters of Japanese Comics

By: Hart, Christopher

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Watson-Guptill: July 2003

Seller ID: 116353

ISBN: 0823029719

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Heroes, schmeroes It's the bad guys that have all the fun With this book everyday artists and manga/anime fans can have fun, too, as they capture the worst guys the art form has to offer in all their nefarious glory.
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle Great Illustrated Classics

By: Irving, Washington

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Waldman Publishing Corp: January 2012

Seller ID: 62393

ISBN: B006Z09NPM

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards, Dalhart, Texas 1935 (Dear America Series)

By: Janke, Katelan

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: November 2002

Seller ID: 56071

ISBN: 0439215994

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In sixteen-year-old Katelan Janke's first Dear America book, we meet Grace Edwards, a little girl growing up in the heart of the Texas panhandle, in the midst of the Dust Bowl. Fierce, dust-filled winds ravage the plains and threaten the town's agricultural livelihood, creating poverty and despair among Grace's neighbors. Will her family's farm survive?
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SNOOPY SNAKE And Other Stories

By: Jennings, Elsie

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Word Making Productions: January 1963

Seller ID: 58148

ISBN: B004FOOYY0

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Dinosaur Data Book

By: Lambert, David

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Gramercy: June 1998

Seller ID: 51519

ISBN: 0517188430

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Discusses the characteristics and behavior of dinosaurs.
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Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544 (The Royal Diaries)

By: Lasky, Kathryn

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: June 1999

Seller ID: 113561

ISBN: 0590684841

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky introduces readers to young Elizabeth I and the intrigue of her father's court from 1544-1546.
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Dear America: A Journey to the New World - Library Edition

By: Lasky, Kathryn

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.: September 2010

Seller ID: 113576

ISBN: 054526233X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Twelve-year-old Remember Patience Whipple ("Mem" for short) has just arrived in the New World with her parents after a grueling 65-day journey on the MAYFLOWER.

Mem has an irrepressible spirit, and leaps headfirst into life in her new home. Despite harsh conditions, Mem is fearless. She helps to care for the sick and wants more than anything to meet and befriend a Native American.
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Standing in the Light the Captive Diary of Catharine Carey Logan (Dear America)

By: Mary, Pope Osborne

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.: January 2002

Seller ID: 113575

ISBN: 043944554X

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Acceptable

The Ultimate Guide to the Sky: How to Find Constellations and Read the Night Sky Like a Pro

By: Mosley, John

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Lowell House: June 1997

Seller ID: 52708

ISBN: 1565655966

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A guide to the constellations which provides explanations and descriptions of all 88 constellations, listed alphabetically, with star charts for each month of the year, details of tools for would-be astronomers, a glossary and an index, accompanied by a puch-out card-stock star finder.
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Who Was Abraham Lincoln?

By: Pascal, Janet B.,HQ, Who

Price: $1.95

Publisher: Penguin Workshop: November 2008

Seller ID: 118104

ISBN: 0448448866

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Born to a family of farmers, Lincoln stood out from an early age--literally (He was six feet four inches tall.) As sixteenth President of the United States, he guided the nation through the Civil War and saw the abolition of slavery. But Lincoln was tragically shot one night at Ford's Theater--the first President to be assassinated. Over 100 black-and-white illustrations and maps are included.
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Who Was J. R. R. Tolkien?

By: Pollack, Pam,Belviso, Meg,HQ, Who

Price: $1.95

Publisher: Penguin Workshop: July 2015

Seller ID: 118103

ISBN: 0448483025

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Best known for his epic Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien was born in British-occupied South Africa. His early life was full of action and adventure. Tolkien spent his childhood roaming the British countryside with his family and could read and write by age four. He was naturally gifted with languages and used this skill as a signals officer in World War I as well as in his fantasy writing. By creating alternate universes and inventing languages in his work he demonstrated that imaginary realms were not just for children. Fondly remembered as the "Father of...
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