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What do FBI agents, nuclear bombs, and horror movies have in common? In 1950's Sierra Madre, CA, four boys get pulled into an exciting adventure when the horror movie Invasion of the Body Snatchers is being filmed in their hometown. Things get more complicated when they realize that undercover FBI agents are investigating people (including real-life scientist Richard Feynman) that they think might be involved in selling secrets to the Soviet Union. The boys try to help in the investigation, but discover that things are more complicated than they first appear. The main characters of the boys are fictional, but Invasion of the Body Snatchers was a real movie and most of the other characters are based on actual people.
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 10/23/2009
ISBN-10: 1416958924
ISBN-13: 9781416958925
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A young English man who likes to gamble and stay out late is thrown onto a ship and taken to America in 1777. He is recruited to spy on Benjamin Franklin. Will he become a spy?
Reviewed by: St. Charles Reader
Date read: 11/20/2009
ISBN-10: 0525469214
ISBN-13: 9780525469216
Syvia is only four years old when the Nazis invade Poland. Soon, she is forced with her family and the rest of the Jewish people in the city of Lodz into the ghettos. There, life is dangerous, and her family suffers many close calls as they see their friends and relatives taken from them. As a small child, Syvia is in more danger than the rest, and her family must take extreme measures to protect her. Still, there is nothing that can protect her from the constant hunger and the fear of discovery. At the end of the war, when the Lodz ghetto is liberated, there are only about 800 survivors out of as many as 270,000 that once lived there. Syvia is one of only twelve children to survive the Lodz ghetto. This book tells her story of growing up in the midst of the Holocaust. Based on an interview of Syvia as an adult, and written by her niece in the form of verse, this work portrays her experiences with vivid details that allow the reader a window into Syvia's childhood. A prologue, introduction, author's note, time line, and introductions to each part offer factual information that provides the reader a context for the events of the narrative.
Awards nominated: Rebecca Caudill Award 2011
Reviewed by: emc
Date read: 5/31/2010
ISBN-10: 076145277X
ISBN-13: 9780761452775
You Can't Do That, Amelia!
Kimberly Wagner Klier (2008), 32 pages
Illustrated by Kathleen Kemly
Audience: Preschool - 2nd Grade
Amelia Earhart was a dreamer and she dreamed of flying. When she shared her dreams with friends and family, they would all say, 'You can't do that Amelia.' Although they meant well, these words only served to make Amelia more determined to make her dreams come true. In Kimberly Wagner Klier's vibrantly illustrated book, you follow Amelia through her early years to adulthood. Read how she tackles one obstacle after another to become the first woman pilot to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Through determination, perseverance, and courage, Ameila Earhart made her dreams a reality.
Similar authors: Kathleen Krull; Marissa Moss; David Adler; Angela Bull; Lori Mortensen
Similar books: A Picture Book of Amelia Earhart by David Adler;
Flying Ace: The Story of Amelia Earhart by Angela Bull;
Valentina Tereshkova: The First Woman in Space by Heather Feldman;
Sally Ride: First American Woman in Space by Carole Ann Camp;
Bessie Coleman: First Black Woman Pilot by Connie Plantz;
Mae Jemison: The First African American Woman Astronaut by Liza Burby;
Brave Harriet: The First Woman to Fly the English Channel by Marissa Moss
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/23/2010
ISBN-10: 1590784677
ISBN-13: 9781590784679
You Wouldn't Want to be Mary, Queen of Scots!: A Ruler Who Really Lost Her Head
Fiona MacDonald (2008), 32 pages
Illustrated by David Antram
Audience: 3rd Grade - 5th Grade
In the book,'You Wouldn't Want to Be Mary, Queen of Scots: A Ruler Who Really Lost Her Head' by Fiona Macdanald, you learn about the fasinating, intrigue-filled, and tragic story of Mary, Queen of Scots.
Using interesting and humorous text with entertaining graphics, the reader follows Mary's life as she makes one misguided and disastrous decision after another. Loosing one's head like Mary, is another reason why you REALLY 'Wouldn't Want to Be Mary, Queen of Scots'.
Book Series: You Wouldn't Want to Be ....
Similar authors: John Malam; Ian Graham; Jacqueline Morley; David Stewart; Andrew Langley; Jim Pipe
Similar books: Mary, Queen of Scots, Queen without a Country by Kathryn Lasky;
Mary Queen of Scots by Nancy Lotz;
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Suffragist by Fiona Macdonald;
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Servant by Fiona Macdonald;
You Wouldn't Want to Be a Medieval Knight by Fiona Macdonald
Reviewed by: mb
Date read: 7/26/2010
ISBN-10: 0531139123
ISBN-13: 9780531139127
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