Jess M Brallier
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English
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"On a family trip to Washington, DC, Jack watches the soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns and gains new understanding and respect for those who serve in the United States armed forces. Includes information about the Tomb and the soldiers who guard it"--Provided by publisher.
Jack and his family are on a trip to Washington, D.C., and when they visit Arlington National Cemetery Jack watches the soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns march...
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Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"By August 1945, World War II was over in Europe, but the fighting continued between American forces and the Japanese, who were losing but determined to fight till the bitter end. And so it fell to a new president--Harry S. Truman--to make the fateful decision to drop two atomic bombs--one on Hiroshima and one on Nagasaki--and bring the war to rapid close. Now, even seventy years later, can anyone know if this was the right choice? In a thoughtful...
8) Tess's tree
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Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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When nine-year-old Tess invites her friends, family, and neighbors to celebrate her beloved maple tree's life before it must be cut down, she learns that it has meant a lot to other people, as well.
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019].
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English
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Albert Einstein. "Recounts the life of the scientist whose theories of relativity revolutionized the way we look at space and time." --
Marie Curie. "Born in Warsaw, Poland on November 7, 1867, Marie Curie was forbidden to attend the male-only University of Warsaw, so she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris to study physics and mathematics. There she met a professor named Pierre Curie, and the two soon married, forming one of the most famous scientific...