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Battle Story: Isandlwana 1879
Battle Story: Isandlwana 1879 recounts the dramatic Zulu victory over the British during the Anglo-Zulu War. The book explains the background of the campaign, the misjudgments of British commanders, the tactics of the Zulu army, and the devastating outcome for the British forces. Maps, photographs, and eyewitness accounts make this a clear and accessible retelling of one of the Empire’s most …
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- 9780750965231
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- 160 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
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- Battle Story
- Call Number
- 968.4031 YOR b
READY TO READ LEVEL 3: FROM SLAVE TO SOLDIER (BASED ON A TRUE WAR STORY)
Johnny loves his uncle and his master's mule, but he hates being a slave. So when he's asked to join the Union army, he accepts. Being a soldier is hard work, and Johnny wonders if he made the right choice. But when the army needs him, Johnny knows it's up to him to come to the rescue!
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- 978-0-689-83966-5
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- 44 p ; 23 cm
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- 900 HOP r c.1 2025020327
DISCOVER COUNTRIES: SOUTH AFRICA
Each title looks at each country through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife. Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and …
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- 978-0-7502-6413-6
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- 32 p ; 27 cm
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- 916.8 WAR d c.1 2025020183
WHO WAS NELSON MANDELA?
As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South Africa. He became the country’s first black president and went on to live his dream of change. This is an important and exciting addition …
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- 978-0-448-47399-0
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- 105 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 920 POL w c.1 201930297
LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS: HARRIET TUBMAN
Little Harriet was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. Though life was hard, Harriet persisted. She used all of her strength and bravery to escape slavery and journey north on the Underground Railroad. Harriet made the dangerous mission back to the South many times, fighting her whole life to bring others with her to freedom. This moving book features stylish and quirky illustrations…
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- 978-1-78603-289-8
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- unpaged ; col. Ill. ; port. : 26 cm.
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- LITTLE PEOPLE BIG DREAMS
- Call Number
- 920
MAGIC TREE HOUSE: #11 LIONS AT LUNCHTIME
"Where are the lions?" Jack wonders when the Magic Tree House whisks him and his sister to the vast plains of Africa. Before he can find out, Annie starts to help hundreds of wildebeests cross a rushing river. Next they follow a honey of a bird and meet an awesome Masai warrior. Jack hopes any lions will just stay away. Jack is about to be very disappointed…
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- 978-0-679-88340-1
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- 70 p. ; 19 cm
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- Magic Tree House
- Call Number
- 823
HUSH
Having been forced to move with her family to a new town and live under new identities, Evie Thomas no longer has her community, best friend, or grandmother around and finds her world an unbearably lonely and confusing place as even her own family changes before her eyes.
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- 0-439-56683-5
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- 180 p ; 19 cm
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- 823 WOO h c.1 2025010118
GRAPHIC NOVELS: NELLIE IN THE NEWS
Rosie Freedman is a gifted young African-American girl who drops out of school when her family falls on hard times. It is only when she meets Nellie Bly, a journalist on an amazing mission, that Rosie starts to dream again...
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- 978-1-55448-747-9
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- 48 p ; 26 cm
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- 741.5 KEL g c.1 2024110025
WHO WAS HARRIET TUBMAN?
Born a slave in Maryland, Harriet Tubman knew first-hand what it meant to be someone's property; she was whipped by owners and almost killed by an overseer. It was from other field hands that she first heard about the Underground Railroad which she travelled by herself north to Philadelphia. Throughout her long life (she died at the age of ninety-two) and long after the Civil War brought an end…
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- 0-448-42889-X
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- 106 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 973 MCD w c.1 201860308
WHERE ARE THE GREAT PYRAMIDS?
The Great Pyramids of Egypt--all kids over the age of five recognize them instantly. These massive tombs were built thousands of years ago, and still no one knows exactly how the ancient Egyptians did it! In this informative account, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler tell the story of the powerful pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids at Giza and offer a fascinating look at the culture of the afterli…
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- 978-0-448-48409-9
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- 108 p. ; ill. ; 20 cm.
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- 932 DOR w c.1 2022110033
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