Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Little Leap Forward Little Leap Forward Guo Yue In Communist China in 1966, eight-year-old Leap Forward learns about freedom while flying kites with his best friend, by trying to get a caged wild bird to sing, and through the music he is learning … OL13843795W
Revolution is not a dinner party Revolution is not a dinner party Ying Chang Compestine Based on a true story, Ling's family come under scrutiny during the Cultural Revolution in China, until the Red Guard force their way into their apartment. They send Father off to work in the fields,… OL17738850W
The darkest evening The darkest evening William Durbin In the 1930s, a young Finnish-American boy reluctantly moves with his family to Karelia, a communist-Finnish state founded in Russia, where his idealistic father soon realizes that his conception of … OL1908883W
Catch You Later, Traitor Catch You Later, Traitor Avi "It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep, ac… OL19997615W
The fall of the red star The fall of the red star Helen M. Szablya Fourteen-year-old Stephen takes up arms and joins the resistance in this novel of the Hungarian Revolution. OL3002798W
Catch a tiger by the toe Catch a tiger by the toe Ellen Levine In the Bronx, New York, during the McCarthy era, twelve-year-old Jamie keeps a terrible secret about her family, but when the truth is exposed, her parents lose their jobs and she is fired from the s… OL695985W