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Hannah resents stories of her Jewish heritage and of the past until, when opening the door during a Passover Seder, she finds herself in Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp, and learns why she-- and we--need to remember the past.
2) Internment
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"A terrifying, futuristic United States where Muslim-Americans are forced into internment camps, and seventeen-year-old Layla Amin must lead a revolution against complicit silence"--
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DEN - Kids + Teens: Jewish-American Heritage Month
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Young Adult)
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
JEF - Jewish Heritage (Young Adult)
MCL - Sydney Taylor Award Winners (2007 - Present)
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Follows Dita Kraus from age fourteen, when she is put in charge of a few forbidden books at Auschwitz concentration camp, through the end of World War II and beyond. Based on a true story.
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JEF - Audiobooks YA (June)
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
NPM - YA Around the World
NPM - YA Survival
JEF - Historical Fiction - Young Adult
NPM - YA Around the World
NPM - YA Survival
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In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 9
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Camp Nightmoon slowly changes from a fun place to one of terror.
11) Summer ball
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Danny Walker volume 2
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In this sequel to "Travel Team", thirteen-year-old Danny must prove himself all over again for a disapproving coach and against new rivals at a summer basketball camp.
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Heroes of Olympus volume 3
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"The Greek and Roman demigods will have to cooperate in order to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, Gaea. Then they will have to sail together to the ancient land--Greece itself--to find the Doors of Death"--
14) The lost hero
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Heroes of Olympus volume 1
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Jason, Piper, and Leo, three students from a school for "bad kids," find themselves at Camp Half-Blood, where they learn that they are demigods and begin a quest to free Hera, who has been imprisoned by Mother Earth herself.
15) Unplugged
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Relates, in multiple voices, the adventures of a group of youngsters at an electronics-free wellness camp where wealthy, spoiled Jett, leads other campers in trying to stop a criminal.
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Heroes of Olympus volume 4
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English
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"Greek and Roman demigods from the Prophecy of Seven must work together to seal the Doors of Death--and help Percy and Annabeth escape the Underworld in the process"--
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"Having just moved to California, Syretia's mother enrolls her and her younger brother, Sean, in the only summer camp available: Mars or Bust, which is focusing on the Mars Curiosity rover due to land soon; Sean is thrilled by all things involving space, but eleven-year-old rock enthusiast Syretia is not really interested, until she discovers that the rover will be studying Martian geology--as Syretia's team works on their end-of-camp project, and...
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Galaxy's most wanted volume 2
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Kevin and his science camp buddies, The Extraordinary Terrestrials, defeated the alien Mim and sent him back to prison--but now a group of his friends have shown up in spaceships, bent on revenge, and it is up the Extraordinary Terrestrials to find a way to defeat the invaders.
20) Proof of forever
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"Four former friends are transported back in time to a pivotal summer in all of their lives during a camp reunion"--
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