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Boxcar children volume 1
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Four orphaned children run away and live in a boxcar, until they are found by their grandfather. Includes a biography and photographs of the author.
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Boxcar children volume Prequel
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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
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Children's Short Stories, Book 3 is a box set collection of three short stories: Run Wild, Run Free Again, Callie The Calico Kitty, and My Hound Dog. Run Wild, Run Free Again is an inspiring story about a herd of beautiful wild horses that have lived on Mustang Island by the Atlantic Ocean for hundreds of years. Climb into the saddle with Makala and go on a wild horse ride by the sea. Callie The Calico Kitty is based on a true story. Callie narrates...
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Children of exile volume 2
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Many surprises await twelve-year-old Edwy Watanaboneset when the Freds return him to Cursed Town, including that he has siblings in Refuge City who he will join in boarding school.
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Children of exile volume 1
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A twelve-year-old girl raised in a foster village is returned to her biological parents, and discovers home is not what she expected it to be.
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When John Hale's parents moved from Chicago to a farm in the Dakota Territory in the late 1880s, he was not happy (too hot in summer, too cold in winter, and that is just the beginning); but after a year, and now eleven, he has settled in and made some friends at school--but when a sunny day in January 1888 turns abruptly into a deadly blizzard he will need all his strength and courage to survive what became known to history as The Children's Blizzard....
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Children of exile volume 3
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Kiandra Watanaboneset reluctantly takes charge when she, her brothers Enu and Edwy, and some young friends are captured by Enforcers and sent to a prison on the planet Zacadi.
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"The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats-- leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard blew in without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen...
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"This interesting book describes the impact conflicts have had on children's lives throughout history. Some children served in military campaigns, some went to live in safe zones, others were sent to concentration camps. At home, children mainly helped war efforts by raising money, tending gardens, and helping the wounded"--
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Enjoy a timeless collection of children's fables, fairy tales, and stories. A Children's Listening Library: Volume 1 includes: Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes, Selections from the Tales of Beatrix Potter, Beauty & the Beast by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, "East of the Sun, West of the Moon" by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe, Cinderella based on Charles Perrault's version, "The Frog Prince" and "Rumplestiltskin" by The Brothers...
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Where are the children? volume 2
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"A lawyer turned successful podcaster, Melissa has recently married a man whose first wife died tragically, leaving him and their young daughter, Riley, behind. While Melissa and her brother, Mike, help their mom, Nancy, relocate from Cape Cod to the equally idyllic Hamptons, Melissa's new stepdaughter goes missing. Drawing on the experience of their own abduction, Melissa and Mike race to find Riley to save her from the trauma they still struggle...
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Enjoy a timeless collection of children's fairy tales from Denmark, England, France, and more. Another Children's Listening Library includes
"The Princess and the Pea" by Hans Christian Andersen
"The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen
"The Emperor's New Suit" by Hans Christian Andersen
"The Fir Tree" by Hans Christian Andersen,
"The Happy Family" by Hans Christian Andersen
"The Little Match-Seller" by Hans Christian Andersen
"The Little...
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Disobeying her witch-like grandmother when she becomes desperate to uncover a family secret, thirteen-year-old Simi goes exploring outside her remote Nigerian village where she discovers a strange parallel world after sinking into the red quicksand of a forbidden lake that holds the key to everything.
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