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Cover of Day of Deliverance

Day of Deliverance

Johnny O'Brien, Nick Hardcastle

Cover of The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead

Scientists in the Field #1

The Bone Detectives: How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead

Donna M. Jackson

Cover of The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

Daniel James Brown, Gregory Mone

Cover of Fearless

Elvira Woodruff

Cover of The First Telephone

The First Telephone

Catherine Chambers

Cover of Thoreau at Walden

The Center for Cartoon Studies Graphic Novels

Thoreau at Walden

John Porcellino

Cover of Knights & Castles

Knights & Castles

Penelope Arlon, Tory Gordon-Harris

Cover of One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin

One Beetle Too Many: The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin

Kathryn Lasky, Matthew Trueman

Cover of The Hundred Penny Box

Puffin Newbery Library

The Hundred Penny Box

Sharon Bell Mathis

Cover of The Aztec News

The Aztec News #1

Cover of The Invention Hunters Discover How Machines Work

The Invention Hunters #1

The Invention Hunters Discover How Machines Work

Cover of Megafauna Meet the 20 Largest Animals Ever to Roam the Earth

Megafauna Meet the 20 Largest Animals Ever to Roam the Earth

Gabrielle Balkan

Cover of March Toward the Thunder

March Toward the Thunder

Cover of Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Winnie-the-Pooh #1

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Lindsay Mattick

Cover of The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place

E. L. Konigsburg

Cover of Alaska People and Places Facts and Picture Book for Children

Alaska People and Places Facts and Picture Book for Children

Cover of Pearl Harbor

Andrew Santella

Cover of Nine Animals and the Well

Nine Animals and the Well

Cover of Right on Track Newspaper Edition

Right on Track Newspaper Edition

Cover of Underground to Canada

Underground to Canada

Barbara Smucker

Cover of Savage Stone Age

Horrible Histories #1

Savage Stone Age

Cover of Which Way to the Wild West? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about America's Westward Expanion

Which Way to the Wild West? Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about America's Westward Expanion

Cover of In the Time of the Drums

In the Time of the Drums

Kim L. Siegelson

Cover of Hurricane Katrina Aftermath of Disaster

Hurricane Katrina Aftermath of Disaster

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