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Tuổi Thơ Dữ Dội by Phùng Quán
Rated: 4.69 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Tuổi thơ dữ dội" là một tác phẩm truyện dài bảy phần của nhà văn Phùng Quán. Truyện được khởi thảo bên bờ Hồ Tây năm 1968 và hoàn thành trong lều cỏ giữa hồ Tịnh Tâm năm 1986. Cuốn truyện xoay quanh cuộc sống chiến đấu và sự hy sinh của những thiếu niên 13, 14 tuổi trong hàng ngũ Đội thiếu niên trinh sát của trung đoàn Trần Cao Vân...Categorized as:
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![Pink y Say by Patricia Polacco]()
Pink y Say by Patricia Polacco
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFor use in schools and libraries only. Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather... -
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Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsSurvive. At any cost.10 concentration camps.10 different places where you are starved, tortured, and worked mercilessly.It's something no one could imagine surviving.But it is what Yanek Gruener has to face.As a Jewish boy in 1930s Poland, Yanek is at the mercy of the Nazis who have taken over. Everything he has, and everyone he loves, have been snatched brutally from him... -
![Refugee by Alan Gratz]()
Refugee by Alan Gratz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsJOSEF is a Jewish boy living in 1930s Nazi Germany. With the threat of concentration camps looming, he and his family board a ship bound for the other side of the world . . .ISABEL is a Cuban girl in 1994. With riots and unrest plaguing her country, she and her family set out on a raft, hoping to find safety in America . . .MAHMOUD is a Syrian boy in 2015...Categorized as:
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![A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry]()
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsWith a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea...Categorized as:
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![Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson]()
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsCalled “wholly engrossing” by New York Times bestselling author Kathleen Grissom, this “fully immersive” (Lisa Wingate, #1 bestselling author of Before We Were Yours) story follows an enslaved woman forced to barter love and freedom while living in the most infamous slave jail in Virginia.Born on a plantation in Charles City, Virginia, Pheby Delores Brown has lived a relatively sheltered life... -
![To Live by Yu Hua, 余华]()
To Live by Yu Hua, 余华
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the author of Brothers and China in Ten Words this celebrated contemporary classic of Chinese literature was also adapted for film by Zhang Yimou. This searing novel, originally banned in China but later named one of that nation's most influential books, portrays one man's transformation from the spoiled son of a landlord to a kindhearted peasant... -
![A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park]()
A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story by Linda Sue Park
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsCherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times best-selling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others... -
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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 43 ratingsFrom the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women.Sarah Grimké is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable...Categorized as:
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![Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch]()
Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsLida thought she was safe. Her neighbors wearing the yellow star were all taken away, but Lida is not Jewish. She will be fine, won't she?But she cannot escape the horrors of World War II.Lida's parents are ripped away from her and she is separated from her beloved sister, Larissa. The Nazis take Lida to a brutal work camp, where she and other Ukrainian children are forced into backbreaking labor...Categorized as:
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Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsA novel of family and long-buried secrets along the treacherous Underground Railroad. The author of the New York Times bestseller and beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad... -
![Ground Zero by Alan Gratz, Bernardo De Paula]()
Ground Zero by Alan Gratz, Bernardo De Paula
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsSeptember 11, 2001. Brandon, a 9-year-old boy, goes to work for the day with his dad . . . at the World Trade Center in New York City. When two planes hit the towers, Brandon and his father are trapped inside a fiery nightmare as terror and confusion swirl around them...Categorized as:
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![Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson]()
Ashes by Laurie Halse Anderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsReturn to the American Revolution in the conclusion to the Seeds of America trilogy.As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon have narrowly escaped Valley Forge--but their relief is short-lived. Before long they are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down...Categorized as:
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![Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jesse Vilinsky]()
Resistance by Jennifer A. Nielsen, Jesse Vilinsky
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsChaya Lindner is a teenager living in Nazi-occupied Poland. Simply being Jewish places her in danger of being killed or sent to the camps. After her little sister is taken away, her younger brother disappears, and her parents all but give up hope, Chaya is determined to make a difference...Categorized as:
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![The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco]()
The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSince the Tall Boots--the Nazis--have marched into Monique's small French village, terrorizing it, nothing surprises her. Until the night Monique encounters "the little ghost" sitting at the end of her bed...Categorized as:
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![Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate]()
Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsKek comes from Africa. In America he sees snow for the first time, and feels its sting. He's never walked on ice, and he falls. He wonders if the people in this new place will be like the winter – cold and unkind.In Africa, Kek lived with his mother, father, and brother. But only he and his mother have survived, and now she's missing. Kek is on his own...Categorized as:
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![Mustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim]()
Mustard Seed by Laila Ibrahim
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home.Oberlin, Ohio, 1868. Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South. Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth’s beloved nurse. The women have an unlikely bond deeper than friendship... -
![Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais]()
Hum If You Don't Know the Words by Bianca Marais
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsPerfect for readers of The Secret Life of Bees and The Help, a perceptive and searing look at Apartheid-era South Africa, told through one unique family brought together by tragedy.Life under Apartheid has created a secure future for Robin Conrad, a ten-year-old white girl living with her parents in 1970s Johannesburg...Categorized as:
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![I Survived: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPlease Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may be printed on the book, but Book name, contents, and author are exactly same as Hardcover Edition. Fast delivery through DHL/FedEx express...Categorized as:
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![Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel]()
Sister of Mine by Sabra Waldfogel
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high—or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress. Little do they know that this place has an unusual history... -
![Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson]()
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsWould you risk everything to be free?The young soldiers at Valley Forge are suffering from hunger, cold, and the threat of the British army. Their newly forged bonds of friendship might be enough to help them survive. But the chains of Curzon's past threaten to shackle him again.Surrounded by the fires of ignorance, mistrust, and greed, Curzon can't risk sharing his deadly secrets with anyone... -
![Cartas de Cuba / Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar]()
Cartas de Cuba / Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsLa inspiradora historia de una joven jud�a que escapa de Polonia para rehacer su vida en Cuba, mientras trabaja para rescatar al resto de su familia. La situaci�n se est� poniendo terrible para los jud�os en Polonia en v�speras de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El padre de Esther ha huido a Cuba y ella es la primera en seguir sus pasos y reencontrarse con �l en la isla...Categorized as:
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![The Wall by Eve Bunting]()
The Wall by Eve Bunting
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsA young boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial...Categorized as:
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![Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen, آرزو قلیزاده]()
Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen, آرزو قلیزاده
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDanger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian -- they have banned Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language. But Audra knows her parents are involved in something secret and perilous...Categorized as:
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![Plantation Trilogy: Deep Summer, The Handsome Road, and This Side of Glory by Gwen Bristow]()
Plantation Trilogy: Deep Summer, The Handsome Road, and This Side of Glory by Gwen Bristow
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsNew York Times–bestselling author Gwen Bristow’s spellbinding Plantation Trilogy compiled in a single volume The Plantation Trilogy is an epic series of historical novels that bring to life the history of Louisiana, from its settlement in the late eighteenth century to the post–World War I era, via the intertwined lives of the members of three families: the Sheramys, the Larnes, and the Upjohns... -
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Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna by Alda P. Dobbs
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsBased on a true story, the tale of one girl's perilous journey to cross the U.S. border and lead her family to safety during the Mexican Revolution. "Wrenching debut about family, loss, and finding the strength to carry on." ― Booklist , starred review "Blazes bright, gripping readers until the novel's last page." ― Publishers Weekly , starred review "Vital and perilous and hopeful...Categorized as:
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![Bell's Star by Alison Hart]()
Bell's Star by Alison Hart
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVermont, 1850sBell’s Star is a brown Morgan colt with a white star and two white stockings. He was bred for hard work, yet he longs to run free with his human friend, Katie, on his back. But when Star helps rescue a runaway slave girl, his ideas about freedom may change forever. Here is Star’s story . . . in his own words...Categorized as:
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![What Is the What by Dave Eggers]()
What Is the What by Dave Eggers
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles by foot, pursued by militias, government bombers, and wild animals, crossing the deserts... -
![African Town by Irene Latham, Charles Waters]()
African Town by Irene Latham, Charles Waters
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsChronicling the story of the last Africans brought illegally to America in 1860, African Town is a powerful and stunning novel-in-verse. In 1860, long after the United States outlawed the importation of enslaved laborers, 110 men, women and children from Benin and Nigeria were captured and brought to Mobile, Alabama aboard a ship called Clotilda...Categorized as:
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![I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín]()
I Lived on Butterfly Hill by Marjorie Agosín
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn eleven-year-old’s world is upended by political turmoil in this searing novel from an award-winning poet, based on true events in Chile.Celeste Marconi is a dreamer...Categorized as:
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![Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại]()
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhhà Lại
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsFor all the ten years of her life, Hà has only known Saigon: the thrills of its markets, the joy of its traditions, and the warmth of her friends close by. But now the Vietnam War has reached her home. Hà and her family are forced to flee as Saigon falls, and they board a ship headed toward hope...Categorized as:
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![Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood]()
Lifeboat 12 by Susan Hood
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“This page-turning true-life adventure is filled with rich and riveting details and a timeless understanding of the things that matter most.”—Dashka Slater, author of The 57 Bus “Brilliantly told in verse, readers will love Ken Sparks.” —Patricia Reilly Giff, two-time Newbery Honor winner “Lyrical, terrifying, and even at times funny...Categorized as:
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![I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 by Lauren Tarshis]()
I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg 1863 by Lauren Tarshis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIssued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player... -
![An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo]()
An Elephant in the Garden by Michael Morpurgo
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWith Lizzie’s father fighting in World War II, her mother takes on the job of a zoo keeper to provide for her family. Lizzie, her mother, and her eight-year-old brother Karli have become especially attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene...Categorized as:
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![The Land by Mildred D. Taylor]()
The Land by Mildred D. Taylor
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe son of a prosperous landowner and a former slave, Paul-Edward Logan is unlike any other boy he knows. His white father has acknowledged him and raised him openly—something unusual in post-Civil War Georgia. But as he grows into a man he learns that life for someone like him is not easy. Black people distrust him because he looks white... -
![The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini]()
The Lost Quilter by Jennifer Chiaverini
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsMaster Quilter Sylvia Bergstrom Compson treasures an antique quilt called by three names -- Birds in the Air, after its pattern; the Runaway Quilt, after the woman who sewed it; and the Elm Creek Quilt, after the place to which its maker longed to return. That quilter was Joanna, a fugitive slave who traveled by the Underground Railroad to reach safe haven in 1859 at Elm Creek Farm...Categorized as:
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![Sadako y las Mil Grullas de Papel by Elizabeth Coerr]()
Sadako y las Mil Grullas de Papel by Elizabeth Coerr
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsHospitalized with leukemia, a child in Hiroshima races against time to fold one thousand paper cranes to verify the legend that by doing so a sick person will become healthy. Spanish language edition... -
![Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Madisun Leigh]()
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, Madisun Leigh
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 32 ratingsAs the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel... -
![Always & Forever: A Saga of Slavery and Deliverance by Gretchen Craig]()
Always & Forever: A Saga of Slavery and Deliverance by Gretchen Craig
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSince they were children running barefoot about Toulouse Plantation, Josie and Cleo have been as close as sisters, forging an unbreakable bond that defies their roles as mistress and slave. Together, the two have shared secrets and protected each other through happiness and heartbreak... -
![An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole]()
An Unconditional Freedom by Alyssa Cole
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDaniel Cumberland’s uneventful life as a freed man in Massachusetts ended the night he was kidnapped and sold into slavery. To then have his freedom restored by the very man who stole his beloved’s heart is almost too much to bear... -
![Day of Tears by Julius Lester]()
Day of Tears by Julius Lester
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOn March 2 and 3, 1859, the largest auction of slaves in American history took place in Savannah, Georgia. More than 400 slaves were sold. On the first day of the auction, the skies darkened and torrential rain began falling. The rain continued throughout the two days, stopping only when the auction had ended... -
![Elephant Run by Roland Smith]()
Elephant Run by Roland Smith
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn 1941, bombs drop from the night skies of London, demolishing the apartment Nick Freestone lives in with his mother. Deciding the situation in England is too unstable, Nick's mother sends him to live with his father in Burma, hoping he will be safer living on the family's teak plantation. But as soon as Nick arrives, trouble erupts in this remote Burmese elephant village...Categorized as:
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![Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Rose Porter]()
Meet Addy: An American Girl by Connie Rose Porter
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsAddy Walker's family is planning a dangerous escapefrom slavery in the summer of 1864. But before they can make the escape, the worst happens--Master Stevens decides to sell some of his slaves, including Poppa and Addy's brother, Sam. Addy and Momma take the terrible risk of escaping by themselves, hoping that the family eventually will be together again in Philadelphia... -
![Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan]()
Safiyyah's War by Hiba Noor Khan
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsInspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during World War II, Hiba Noor Khan weaves a breathtaking tale of suspense, compassion, and courage, starring an extraordinary young heroine readers will never forget...Categorized as:
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![Abe Lincoln At Last! by Mary Pope Osborne]()
Abe Lincoln At Last! by Mary Pope Osborne
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsJack and Annie are ready for their next adventure in the New York Times bestselling middle-grade series—the Magic Tree House! Are you ready for a presidential adventure? Jack and Annie are! They are trying to get a special feather that will help save Merlin’s baby penguin, Penny. When the magic tree house whisks them back to Washington, D.C...Categorized as:
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![The Legacy of Beulah Land by Lonnie Coleman]()
The Legacy of Beulah Land by Lonnie Coleman
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFrom the ashes of war...fueled by lust, greed, and passion, they rose to splendorous new heights.... Three generationsn of men and women...the masters and slaves whose sacrifice and savagery made Beulah Land the pride of the Old South...the sons and daughters whose seething passions and fierce devotion made it the pride of the New.. -
![Abner & Me by Dan Gutman]()
Abner & Me by Dan Gutman
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCannons are blasting! Bullets are flying! Wounded soldiers are everywhere!Stosh has time-traveled to 1863, right into the middle of the Civil War...Categorized as:
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Tree Girl by Ben Mikaelsen
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThey call Gabriela Tree Girl. Gabi climbs trees to be within reach of the eagles and watch the sun rise into an empty sky. She is at home among the outstretched branches of the Guatemalan forests.Then one day from the safety of a tree, Gabi witnesses the sights and sounds of an unspeakable massacre...Categorized as:
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![Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill]()
Within These Lines by Stephanie Morrill
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEvalina Cassano’s life in an Italian-American family in 1941 is everything it “should be” until she falls in love with Taichi Hamasaki, the son of Japanese immigrants. Despite the scandal it would cause and that inter-racial marriage is illegal in California, Evalina and Taichi vow they will find a way to be together... -
![Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes]()
Today We Go Home by Kelli Estes
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSeattle, Washington Larkin Bennett has always known her place, whether it's surrounded by her loving family in the lush greenery of the Pacific Northwest or conducting a dusty patrol in Afghanistan. But all of that changed the day tragedy struck her unit and took away everything she held dear...Categorized as:
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