Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101077050
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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When the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko's nearby village was turned into ruins, and her hand was badly injured. Mieko loves to do calligraphy more than anything, but now she can barely hold a paintbrush. And she feels as if she has lost something that she can't paint without-the legendary fifth treasure, beauty in the heart. Then she is sent to live with her grandparents and must go to a new school. But Mieko is brave and eventually learns that time and patience can help with many things, and may even help her find the fifth treasure.

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101077050
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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When the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Mieko's nearby village was turned into ruins, and her hand was badly injured. Mieko loves to do calligraphy more than anything, but now she can barely hold a paintbrush. And she feels as if she has lost something that she can't paint without-the legendary fifth treasure, beauty in the heart. Then she is sent to live with her grandparents and must go to a new school. But Mieko is brave and eventually learns that time and patience can help with many things, and may even help her find the fifth treasure.

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780663592173
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 88

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Staying with her grandparents after the atomic bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki, ten-year-old Mieko feels that the happiness in her heart has departed forever and she will no longer be able to produce a beautiful drawing for the contest at school.

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780137012688
Category : Atomic bomb
Languages : en
Pages : 61

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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Puffin Modern Classics) PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780142401132
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

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“An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable.” —Booklist, starred review The star of her school’s running team, Sadako is lively and athletic…until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life—the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a heroine in Japan. "[The] story speaks directly to young readers of the tragedy of Sadako's death and, in its simplicity, makes a universal statement for 'peace in the world.” —The Horn Book "The story is told tenderly but with neither a morbid nor a sentimental tone: it is direct and touching." —BCCB

Which Way Freedom

Which Way Freedom PDF Author: Joyce Hansen
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802735517
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Obi had never forgotten the sounds of his mother's screams on the day he was sold away from her. Making plans to run away to find her was a secret game he played with friend Buka, an old African who lived at the edge of the farm. When the Civil War began, Obi knew it was time to run -- or be sold again. If he was caught, he'd be killed...or worse. But if he stayed, he might never know freedom.

Prizefighter en Mi Casa

Prizefighter en Mi Casa PDF Author: e.E. Charlton-Trujillo
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0375890947
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Twelve-year-old Chula Sanchez isn’t thin, isn’t beautiful, and because she’s Mexican, isn’t popular in her south Texas town. And now that a car accident has left her father paralyzed and her plagued with seizures, she is poor. But Chula’s father is determined to pull his family out of debt. He sends for El Jefe—the most revered prizefighter in Mexico. Chula’s father hopes that with steel-pipe arms and fists like pit bulls, El Jefe will win the local illegal boxing matches and bring home much-needed money. But El Jefe—a man who many see as a monster—only brings confusion to a home that is already filled with problems. And now Chula must decide for herself whether good and bad can reside in one person and whether you can have strength in your heart when your fists have none.

Hiroshima

Hiroshima PDF Author: Laurence Yep
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590208338
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68

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On the morning of August 6, 1945, an American bomber, the Enola Gay, roars down the runway of the Pacific island, Tinian. Its target is Hiroshima, Japan. Its cargo is an atom bomb. The same morning, twelve-year-old Sachi and her classmates tear down houses. It is their way of contributing to the war effort. Suddenly, a teacher yells "B-29! B-29!" There is a blinding light like the sun, a boom like a giant drum. The Enola Gay has dropped an atom bomb over Hiroshima. Will Sachi ever see her family again? Book jacket.

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure

Mieko and the Fifth Treasure PDF Author: Eleanor Coerr
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781322694764
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 77

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Boom!

Boom! PDF Author: Mark Haddon
Publisher: David Fickling Books
ISBN: 0375893644
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210

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An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there's an adventure on its way. But what does "spudvetch" actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd's eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they're spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out. There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

The Night Crossing

The Night Crossing PDF Author: Karen Ackerman
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0307770192
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65

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It's hard to leave your home and friends, but the Nazis have invaded Clara's native Austria, and her Jewish family is no longer safe. Clara and her family take only what they can carry and travel by night to the Swiss border, where they hope to escape to freedom. Soldiers are everywhere, adn it is Clara's heroism that carries the family across teh border, thier lives adn few precious posessions intact.