| The Book Thief
| It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster fat...More
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| The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
| Your purchase helps fund free educational resources at BompaCrazy.com!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The story of Frederick Douglass' life is about bravery, perseverence, the power of literacy, and much more. It is a heart wrenching biography that every American should read. Everytime a student tells me they dislike reading, I tell them about Frederick Douglass and how literacy empowered him to escape the burdens of slavery and help change the outlook of America through his writings and speeches.
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| The Scarlet Letter
| Set in the Puritanical society of 17th-century Boston, this novel tells the story of Hester Prynne, a married woman who has an affair and gives birth to a daughter. Hester refuses to name her lover, but when her estranged husband appears unexpectedly, he determines to discover the man's identity.
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| Jane Eyre (Scholastic Classics)
| Orphaned in childhood and despised by the cruel aunt who is her only known relative, Jane Eyre has no one but herself to trust. Unaided by money, family, or beauty, Jane relies on her intelligence and integrity to help her survive. After Jane secures a position as governess in mysterious, beautiful Thornfield mansion, she becomes deeply enmeshed with her moody employer, Mr. Rochester. But Rochester guards a dark and terrible secret-a secret that will force Jane to choose between the principle...More
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| Lincoln Letters
| Lincoln Letters by Abraham Lincoln ********************************************************** We are pleased to offer thousands of books for the Kindle, including thousands of hard-to-find literature and classic fiction books. Click on our Editor Name (eBook-Ventures) next to the book title above to view all of the titles ...More
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| Kidnapped (Wordsworth Children's Classics) (Wordsworth Collection)
| Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Shipwreck, murder and escape through the Highlands are only a few of the ingredients of this wonderful book.
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| A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
| My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life.Why did you leave Sierra Leone?”Because there is a war.”You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?”Yes, all the time.”Cool.”I smile a little.You should tell us about it sometime.”Yes, sometime.”This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fif...More
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| My Antonia
| Set on the Nebraska prairie of the 1880s, My Ántonia tells the story of Ántonia Shimerda, daughter of a Bohemian immigrant.Through the eyes of Jim Burden, her tutor and admirer, we follow Ántonia's struggles and triumphs in the face of life's relentless hardships.
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| The Scarlet Pimpernel
| ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP In 1792, during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, an English aristocrat known to be an ineffectual fop is actually a master of disguises who, with a small band of dedicated friends, undertakes dangerous missions to save members of the French nobility from the guillotine. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: ‚Ä¢ A concise introduction that gives readers important background information ‚Ä¢ A chronology of the author’s ...More
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| Sabotaged (Missing)
| After helping Chip and Alex survive 15th century London, Jonah and Katherine are summoned to help another missing child, Andrea, face her fate. Andrea is really Virginia Dare, from the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Jonah and Katherine are confident in their ability to help Andrea fix history, but when their journey goes dangerously awry, they realize that they may be in over their head. They've landed in the wrong time period. Andrea doesn't seem that interested in leaving the past. And even worse, it...More
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| Founding Brothers (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
| THIS EDITION IS INTENDED FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This Pulitizer Prize winner explores how a group of greatly gifted but deeply flawed men--Hamilton, Burr, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, Adams, and Madison--set the course for our nation.
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| The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: Ancient Times: Tests and Answer Key (Vol. 1) (Story of the World) (v. 1)
| History has been taught in a boring way for far too long. A subject as moving and powerful as humanity's past should be inviting, and when it is told well, it is. Susan Wise Bauer succeeds in telling the captivating story of history with her best-selling history series. Parents and young readers have fallen in love with her narrative history, The Story of the World, and its accompanying Activity Book. Now teachers and home educators can take advantage of a new and valuable lear...More
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| Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
| Your purchase helps fund free educational resources at BompaCrazy.com!!!!!! "Harriet Ann Jacobs (1813 - March 7, 1897) was an American abolitionist and writer. She is best-known as the writer of the 1861 book Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, published under the pseudonym Linda Brent. Jacobs began composing Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl while living and working at Idlewild, Willis's home on the Hudson River. Jacobs's autobiographical accounts started being published in serial form i...More
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| The Blue Fairy Book
| Includes "Sleeping Beauty," "Rumpelstiltskin," "Cinderella," "Hansel and Gretel," "Beauty and the Beast," and 32 other enchanting tales. The perfect book for the young and the young at heart. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
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| All Quiet On The Western Front (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
| FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The testament of Paul Baumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army of World War I, illuminates the savagery and futility of war.
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| Ceremony (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Contemporary American Fiction)
| FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. One Navajo family, on a New Mexico reservation, struggles to survive in a world no longer theirs in the years just before and after World War II.
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| A separate peace
| One of a series of top-quality fiction for schools, this is the story of a friendship between two 16-year-old boys in an American boarding school - one a natural athlete and the other a scholar. Their different temperaments cause tensions that lead to tragedy.
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| Coming Of Age In Mississippi (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)
| FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A widely hailed social commentary, this contemporary classic is the autobiography of a young black girl growing up in the Deep South.
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| Number the Stars
| Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen often think of life before the war. It's now 1943 and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching through town. When the Jews of Denmark are "relocated". Ellen moves in with the Johansens and pretends to be one of the family. Soon Annemarie is asked to go on a dangerous mission to save Ellen's life. An ALA Notable Book. A "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year. Teacher's Gui...More
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| The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
| The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Statesmen; Biography
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