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Quick view The Boys in the Boat: The True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Daniel Brown For readers of"Unbroken," out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of... View Details
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Quick view The Whydah: A Pirate Ship Feared, Wrecked, and Found by Martin W Sandler Describes what happened when a slave ship captured by pirates in 1717 was sunk by a brutal storm, the expedition to locate the wreck, and what was uncovered. Teacher Guide View Details
Quick view Dateline: Troy by Paul Fleischman A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian Gulf war. Teacher Guide View Details
