Liz Sonneborn
2) Pompeii
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
An ancient city unearthed… In the 1730's, Charles of Bourbon, king of the area around present-day Naples, Italy, learned that local peasants were finding marble and other ancient objects when they dug their wells. He sent army colonel Rocque Joachin Alcubierre and later Karl Jacob Weber to explore the area. Working in darkness with only torches to light their way, Alcubierre's and Weber's crews of workers tunneled through hardened mud. The crews...
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Long before the United States existed as a nation, the Northeast region was home to more than thirty independent American Indian groups. Each group had its own language, political system, and culture. Their ways of life depended on the climate, landscape, and natural resources of the areas where they lived. The Lenape carved tulip tree trunks into canoes that held as many as fifty people. The Huron used moose hair to stitch delicate patterns on clothing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Sherman Alexie won the 2007 National Book Award for young people's literature with his acclaimed novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. The novel was inspired by the problems, struggles, and occasional triumphs he experienced as a teenager. Alexie had a long career before writing a YA novel. He has been a poet, a short story writer, a novelist, a screenwriter, a comedian, and a musician. No matter what medium he works in, Alexie attracts...
11) North Korea
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
With its famously authoritarian government, struggling economy, and massive military, North Korea has been a major source of conflict throughout the 20th century and continuing today. Readers will learn about the controversial nation's history, from its founding in the aftermath of World War II to its role in global politics today. They will also learn what life is like for the country's people and discover why foreigners are so rarely able to set...
14) France
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Describes the history, geography, population, wildlife, climate, economy, religion, and culture of France.
15) Pakistan
Author
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Readers will learn about the area's entire history, from its earliest civilizations to its place in the modern world. They will also discover the rich cultural heritage of Pakistan's people and the varied landscapes and wildlife of its natural environments.
20) Clara Barton
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[i.e. 1991]
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the nurse who served on the battlefields of the Civil War and later founded the American Red Cross.
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