Willard – If all the swords in England: a story of Thomas Becket

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Willard

Personal Author:

Willard, Barbara

Title:

If All the Swords in England:  a story of Thomas Becket / by Barbara Willard.

Publication info:

Bathgate ND: Bethlehem Books, Ignatius Press, c1961.

Physical description:

vii. 181 p.

Series:

Living History Library

Summary:

// Young Simon, recently and tragically orphaned, becomes a scribe in the following of the exiled Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket. The uncertainty of the tumultuous years leading to the infamous cathedral slaying is heightened by Simon’s separation from his twin Edmund, who is in the service of King Henry II.

Subject term:

Becket, Thomas—Biography—Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Biography—Becket, Thomas—Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Archbishop of Canterbury—Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

1883937493

Tags:

Archbishop of Canterbury, biography, England, history, young adult

Hickok – Story of Helen Keller

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Hickok

Personal Author:

Hickok, Lorena A.

Title:

The story of Helen Keller / by Lorena A. Hickok ; illus. by Gerald McCann.

Publication info:

New York: Scholastic Book Service, c1960.

Physical description:

154 p. ill.

Personal subject:

Keller, Helen, 1880-1968–Fiction.

Tags:

19th century, 20th century, biography, blind blindness, children, children’s, deaf, disabilities,  history, true story, young adult

Hemphill – Runaround

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Hemphill

Personal Author:

Hemphill, Helen, 1955-

Title:

Runaround / by Helen Hemphill.

Publication info:

Asheville, N.C. : Front Street, Boyds Mills Press, Inc., c 2007

Physical description:

117 p.

Summary:

In Kentucky in the 1960s, partly as revenge against her older sister for publicly embarrassing her, eleven-year-old Sassy decides to make the handsomest boy in the neighborhood her boyfriend, but first she has to find out what makes a boy like a girl, and how to know when he does.

Subject term:

Sisters–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Family life–Kentucky–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Single-parent families–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

Kentucky–History–20th century–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

1932425837

Tags:

1960s, abandonment, children, family,  historical, Kentucky, realistic, romance, single parent, sisters, young adult

Waldman – Golden City: Jerusalem’s 3,000 Years

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Waldman

Personal Author:

Waldman, Neil.

Title:

The golden city : Jerusalem’s 3,000 years / written and illustrated by Neil Waldman.

Publication info:

Honesdale, Pa. : Boyds Mills Press, 2000.

Physical description:

unpaged : col. ill.

Summary:

The 3,000-year history of Jerusalem–from King David’s time to the present day–encompasses many religions and cultures that have created the city’s mystique.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–Religion–Juvenile literature.

Geographic term:

Jerusalem–History.

ISBN:

1563979187

Tags:

Asia, children’s,  history, Holy Land, Israel, Israel/Palestine, Jerusalem, Jerusalem — History, Judaism, Middle East, religion, young adult

Price – Truth is a bright star

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Price

Personal Author:

Price, Joan.

Title:

Truth is a bright star / by Joan Price.

Publication info:

Berkeley, Calif. : Tricycle Press, c1982.

Physical description:

150 p. ; 23 cm.

Summary:

Based on a true story of the abduction of Hopi children by Spanish soldiers in the mid-nineteenth century, TRUTH IS A BRIGHT STAR tells the story of the friendship that develops between 11-year-old Loma and the fur trapper who becomes his master. During a harsh New Mexican winter, Loma sets his faith in the Hopi Way against the beliefs and values of a vastly different and powerful culture.

Subject term:

Hopi Indians–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Indians of North America–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Slavery–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

New Mexico–History–To 1848–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

1883672627 (pbk.) : $9.95

 

Wilder – First four years

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Wilder

Personal Author:

Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957.

Title:

The first four years. / by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  Illustrated by Garth Williams.

Publication info:

New York, Harper & Row [1971]

Physical description:

135 p. : illus.

Summary:

During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.

Subject term:

Frontier and pioneer life–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

South Dakota–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Family life—Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

006440031X

Tags:

19th century, autobiography, biography, children, children’s, children’s literature, historical, historical fiction, history,  memoir, pioneer,  young adult

Fenner – Yolanda’s Genius

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Fenner

Personal Author:

Fenner, Carol.

Title:

Yolonda’s genius / Carol Fenner.

Publication info:

New York : Simon & Shuster Children’s Publishing Division, c1995.

Physical description:

211 p.

Summary:

After moving from Chicago to Grand River, Michigan, fifth grader Yolonda, big and strong for her age, determines to prove that her younger brother is not a slow learner but a true musical genius.

Subject term:

African Americans–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Genius–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Brothers and sisters–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Musicians–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Moving, Household–Juvenile fiction.

ISNB:

0689800010

Tags:

African Americans, brothers and sisters, children’s, children’s literature, family, genius, moving, music ,musicians, Newbery, Newbery Honor, realistic fiction, siblings, young adult

Woodson – Feathers

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Woodson

Personal Author:

Woodson, Jacqueline.

Title:

Feathers / Jacqueline Woodson.

Publication info:

New York : G.P. Putnam’s Sons, c2007.

Physical description:

118 p.

Summary:

“Hope is the thing with feathers / that perches in the soul.” Frannie, this novel’s 16-year-old narrator, lives with a sweet sense of expectation, a feeling nurtured in her loving home. But even the purest hope does not always materialize. When a white boy nicknamed Jesus Boy joins her previously all-black class, Frannie and one of her friends start to believe that he might indeed be special. An unexpected occurrence snaps them back to reality. Carefully nuanced portrayals and a sensitive look racial segregation, prejudice, and religious faith by a Coretta Scott King Award-winning author.

Subject term:

Race relations–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

African Americans–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Deaf–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Religion–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

9780399239892

Tags:

1970s, African American, deaf, deafness, family, friendship, historical fiction, hope, Newbery, Newbery Honor, race, race relations, realistic fiction, religion, young adult

Farmer – Warm Place

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Farmer

Personal Author:

Farmer, Nancy.

Title:

The Warm Place / by Nancy Farmer.

Publication info:

New York : Orchard Books, c1995.

Physical description:

152 p. ; 22 cm.

Summary:

When Ruva, a young giraffe, is captured and sent to a zoo in San Francisco, she calls upon two rats, a street-smart chameleon, a runaway boy, and all the magical powers of the animal world to return to the warm place that is home.

Subject term:

Giraffe–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Animals–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Poaching–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Zoos–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0531068889

Tags:

adventure, Africa, animals, chameleons, children, fantasy, giraffes,  kidnapping, ships, talking animals, young adult, zoo

Wiles – Each little bird that sings

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Wiles

Personal Author:

Wiles, Deborah.

Title:

Each little bird that sings / Deborah Wiles ; [map drawn by Comfort Snowberger with assistance from Peach Shuggars].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication info:

New York: Gulliver Books/Harcourt, c2005.

Physical description:

247 p. : ill., map ;

Summary:

Comfort Snowberger is well acquainted with death since her family runs the funeral parlor in their small southern town, but even so the ten-year-old is unprepared for the series of heart-wrenching events that begins on the first day of Easter vacation with the sudden death of her beloved great-uncle Edisto.

Subject term:

Funeral homes–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Death–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Grief–Juvenile fiction.

Subject term:

Families–Southern States–Juvenile fiction.

Geographic term:

Southern States–Juvenile fiction.

ISBN:

0152051139

Tags:

children’s, death, dogs, family, friendship, funeral homes, funerals, grief, juvenile, loss, Mississippi, National Book Award finalist, realistic fiction, young adult