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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Camouflage Camouflage Gloria D. Miklowitz While visiting his father for the summer, fourteen-year-old Kyle finds himself gradually becoming enmeshed in a militia's plot to wage war on the federal government. OL1873922W
Close to the edge Close to the edge Gloria D. Miklowitz In spite of having all the advantages money can provide, high-school senior Jenny sees little point in life until she volunteers to play the piano for a senior citizens' band and receives the benefit… OL1873924W
César Chávez César Chávez Gloria D. Miklowitz A brief biography of Cesar Chavez, the Mexican American union leader who fought to get migrant farm workers better wages. OL1873925W
Did you hear what happened to Andrea? Did you hear what happened to Andrea? Gloria D. Miklowitz Fifteen-year-old Andrea is raped while hitchhiking home from the beach and finds it difficult to cope with her own emotional reactions and those of her family and friends. OL1873927W
Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea? Did You Hear What Happened to Andrea? Gloria D. Miklowitz **At fifteen, Andrea Cranston has everything -- good friends, a loving family, a summer job, a boyfriend. But her world falls apart in an instant *-- she is raped.*** Not only is she shocked by the p… OL1873928W
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr Gloria D. Miklowitz A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning civil rights leader who sought nonviolent means to end racial discrimination. OL1873929W
Harry Truman Harry Truman Gloria D. Miklowitz A biography of the "common man" from Missouri who became the thirty-third President of the United States. OL1873933W
The killing boy The killing boy Gloria D. Miklowitz When Brian comes to live with Tim Anderson and his family, Tim can't help but notice his cousin's bizarre behavior and can't get the awful thought out of his mind "Cousin Brian couldn't have killed h… OL1873935W
Nadia Comăneci Nadia Comăneci Gloria D. Miklowitz A brief biography emphasizing the training and gymnastic achievements of the fourteen-year-old Romanian who earned a perfect score seven times in the 1976 Olympic Games. OL1873939W
Sacajawea Sacajawea Gloria D. Miklowitz A biography of the Shoshoni Indian woman who acted as an interpreter, nurse, and guide for the Lewis and Clark expedition. OL1873945W
Secrets in the house of Delgado Secrets in the house of Delgado Gloria D. Miklowitz In Spain in 1492, fourteen-year-old Maria, a Catholic orphan, becomes a servant to a wealthy family of Conversos, converted Jews, at a time when the Jews are being expelled from the country and when … OL1873948W
Suddenly super rich Suddenly super rich Gloria D. Miklowitz When her mother wins several million dollars in the lottery, sixteen-year-old Danielle and her family soon find that instant wealth can cause as many problems as it seems to solve. OL1873952W
Turning off Turning off Gloria D. Miklowitz Released from the rehabilitation camp, a black, eighteen-year-old former addict takes a job on a wild animal ranch in an attempt to prove to himself that he has really kicked the habit. OL1873955W
The enemy has a face The enemy has a face Gloria D. Miklowitz Netta and her family have relocated temporarily from Israel to Los Angeles, and when her seventeen-year-old brother mysteriously disappears, she becomes convinced that he has been abducted by Palesti… OL1873959W
The love bombers The love bombers Gloria D. Miklowitz When an 18-year-old Jewish girl learns her older brother Jeremy has become an Adamite, she and her brother's best friend set out to find Jeremy and question him about his new life. OL1873966W
Masada Masada Gloria D. Miklowitz As the Roman army marches inexorably across the Judean desert towards the fortress of Masada, Simon and his family and friends prepare, along with the rest of the Jewish Zealots, to fight and never s… OL1873969W
Standing tall, looking good Standing tall, looking good Gloria D. Miklowitz David, Paula, and Carver, enlisting in the Army for their own private reasons, share the gruelling experience of trying to survive basic training. OL24622249W