Sarah Gilman
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The story of the first Thanksgiving is so familiar to us, yet at the same time it's surrounded in mystery. Who were the Pilgrims and Indians that are said to have shared a feast so important that we celebrate it as an annual holiday? Engaging text and full-color images will transport readers to the Plymouth Colony, and they will learn about the hardships experienced by the Pilgrims in attempting to build a successful colony and their changing relationship...
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Students will be fascinated by the events that transpired in seventeenth-century colonial Massachusetts, when a group of young girls accused several townspeople of witchcraft. Through colorful images and riveting text, this truth is stranger than fiction story will teach young readers much about the religious and cultural state of colonial New England, as well as the dangers of groupthink. --Publisher
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When patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor, they were acting out against restrictive laws imposed by British Parliament. The resulting punishment prompted the formation of a Continental Congress and culminated in the Revolutionary War. Through simple, exciting language and full-color images, readers of this engaging volume will learn the backstory of ?No Taxation Without Representation? and see how this act...
4) Ben Franklin
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Many students know the story of Ben Franklins famed electricity experiment, but do they understand how influential he was in the formation of the United States? Through simple but engaging narrative, this fully illustrated volume leads readers through Franklins childhood, his diverse interests and accomplishments, and the role he played in the American Revolution and creation of an independent nation. --Amazon
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"Jamestown was the first permanent English colony in North America. Many people had ventured across the Atlantic, trying to find fame and wealth, but in vain. Experience the journey along with the colonists: the difficult voyage overseas, illness and starvation, and the hard work that went into forming a successful colony."--Backc over.
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Ghosts of the Falls by Sarah Gilman
Determined to prove she's fit for the family business, exorcist Jade Clarence knows the assignment waiting in Maine is her last chance. Born into a family of exorcists, Jade's unorthodox ideas have gotten her into trouble in the past...and cost the life of a client.
After haunting a Maine state park for more than a century, Dutch Hutchinson will do whatever it takes to bring an end to his unfulfilling existence....
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Wings of Redemption by Sarah Gilman. Humans and archangels don't mix on the best occasions. When Saffron Morin goes to the gates of the demon colony, Eden, in search of her sister, she meets an archangel who is curious one minute and hostile the next, and she ends up the colony's "guest" against her will. Kestrel's archangel psychic talent tells him the human woman's life is in danger. Despite her family's association with poachers who hunt archangels...
8) Out in Blue
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In a violent world where fallen archangels are hunted for their valuable plumage, Wren knows one thing for certain: the human woman who saved him from a poacher attack will die if she stays with him. The demon responsible for his parents' gruesome deaths two decades ago pines for the chance to rip apart any woman who stands under Wren's wing.
Wren doesn't expect Ginger to stay by his side once she discovers his ability to drain life with a mere touch,...
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"As discontent brewed among the thirteen American colonies, a grassroots campaign was started to break free from England. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, and a new nation was born. But the desicion to become independent was not an easy one"--Back cover.
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[2018]
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"From the author of Apocalyptic Planet, an unsparing, vivid, revelatory travelogue through prehistory that traces the arrival of the First People in North America twenty thousand years ago and the artifacts that enable us to imagine their lives and fates. Scientists squabble over the locations and dates for human arrival in the New World. The first explorers were few, encampments fleeting. At some point in time, between twenty and forty thousand years...
11) Daphne & Velma
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[2018]
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Futuristic robots, crazy gadgets and the brightest students of tomorrow are common sights at Ridge Valley High. Home to their newest student, the smart and capable Daphne Blake and her online bestie, the tech-savvy hipster Velma Dinkley. But not everything is as innocent as they seem on campus, as mysterious disappearances begin to plague the top-ranked students. Once cheery and full of life, kids are coming back lifeless and a shell of who they once...
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