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Ellen Emerson White
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English
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Eighteen-year-old Jill Cafferty just made history. Her high school's star pitcher, she is now the first woman drafted by a major league baseball team. Only days after her high school graduation, she'll join the Pittsburgh Pirates' Class A Short Season team... but not everyone is happy to have her there. On top of the pressure heaped on every pitcher, Jill must deal with defying conventions and living up to impossible expectations, all while living...
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Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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The Vietnam War journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty is now available in paperback, with an exciting repackaging!Determined to do his duty for his country, Patrick Seamus Flaherty joins the Marines right after graduation to fight in the Vietnam War. But Southeast Asia is a far cry from Patrick's hometown of Boston, and as soon as he arrives, he realizes that he's made a terrible mistake.Confronted with oppressive heat, dense jungles, and an enemy that...
3) Santa Paws
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Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
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A dog living on the street struggles with cold weather at Christmas time, becomes known for his good deeds, and finally finds a home.
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Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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In 1968 Massachusetts, after her brother goes to fight in Vietnam, fifteen-year-old Molly records in her diary how she misses her brother, volunteers at a Veterans' Administration Hospital, and tries to make sense of the Vietnam War and tumultuous events in the United States. Includes historical notes.