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(0)Patricia McCormick
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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This National Book Award nominee from two-time finalist Patricia McCormick is the unforgettable story of Arn Chorn-Pond, who defied the odds to survive the Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979 and the labor camps of the Khmer Rouge.
Based on the true story of Cambodian advocate Arn Chorn-Pond, and authentically told from his point of view as a young boy, this is an achingly raw and powerful historical novel about a child of war who becomes a man
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Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Toby Malone looks up to his brother Jake. Everyone does. He is the cool one, the one who is good at baseball. Even Mr. Furry, the unfortunately named family cat, seems to prefer him to everyone else. Toby and Jake and their little brother have always had an easy, jostling friendship, in which it is them against the rest of the world. But ever since Toby's father left, things have been off balance. Toby's mother seems deflated and resigned. And his...
3) Purple Heart
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
With Purple Heart, National Book Award finalist Patricia McCormick delivers a haunting tale of war. After awaking in an army hospital, young soldier Matt Duffy struggles to regain his memory of the horrifying incident that led to his traumatic brain injury. But as he begins to question the events of that fateful day, Matt soon discovers the truth is not always what it seems.
4) Sold
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Language
English
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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape.
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Forced to flee Kurdistan by the Iraqi government, young refugee Mevan travels from country to country seeking safety and feels more and more alone until a stranger's gift changes everything, in this true story and moving reminder of how powerful one act of kindness can be.
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Language
English
Description
"I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life...
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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A young girl from Nepal is trafficked to a brothel in India where she plots her escape.