Karen Hesse
3) Safekeeping
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Description
Radley's parents had warned her that all hell would break loose if the American People's Party took power. And now, with the president assassinated and the government cracking down on citizens, the news is filled with images of vigilante groups, frenzied looting, and police raids. It seems as if all hell has broken loose.
Coming back from volunteering abroad, Radley just wants to get home to Vermont, and the comfort and safety of her
5) Spuds
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Description
Maybelle, Jack, and Eddie want to help Ma by putting something extra on the table, so they set out in the dark to take potatoes from a nearby field, but when they arrive home and empty their potato sacks, they are surprised by what they see.
6) Night job
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume unpaged : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Description
What is it like to work at night, while the rest of the city is asleep? Newbery Medalist Karen Hesse's quietly powerful story of a boy and his father is tenderly brought to life by G. Brian Karas in this luminous tribute to an enduring, everyday sort of love.
7) My thumb
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Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
Follows the antics of a happy little girl who explains how sucking her thumb is comforting and that her parents do not need to worry about it.
10) Aleutian Sparrow
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Pub. Date
2009
Description
Vera, a young Aleut girl who lives with an elderly couple on a larger island so that she can attend school, returns home for the summer of 1942 to visit her mother and friends. But when the Japanese launch an air attack on the Aleutian Islands, the U.S. government reacts by "evacuating" most of the Aleut population. Vera and her village are forced to leave their small island of Kashega and spend the rest of the war in internment camps, facing...