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Anacaona: golden flower: Haiti, 1490 / Danticat, Edwidge

2005

Danticat, Edwidge	Book
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Publication	New York, Scholastic, 2005.
Description	186pOcre Yellow Spine
Series	The royal diaries
Summary/Abstract	Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana, and as a warrior battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.
Standard Number	0439499062 Hb.

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Diaries - Fiction ; Kings, queens, rulers, etc. - Fiction ; Lexile 1080L ; Indians of the West Indies - Fiction ; Anacaona, -1504 - Fiction ; Taino Indians - Fiction ;
Haiti - History - To 1791 - Fiction ; America - Discovery and exploration - Spanish - Fiction ; Anacaona, d. 1504 - Fiction

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018604	FIC/DAN	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 018000

Boy in the striped pyjamas / Boyne, John

2006

Boyne, John	Book
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Publication	London, Definitions, 2006.
Description	216pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract	Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.
Standard Number	9781862305274 Pb.

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IGCSE ; Friendship - Fiction ; War stories ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) - Fiction ; Concentration camps - Poland - Fiction ; Nazis - Fiction ;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Fiction ; World War, 1939-1945 - Jews - Fiction ; Lexile 1080L

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017269	FIC/BOY	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 023946

Boy in the striped pyjamas / Boyne, John

2006

Boyne, John	Book
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Publication	London, Definitions, 2006.
Description	216pGrey Spine
Summary/Abstract	Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.
Contents	20 Copies
Standard Number	9781862305274 Pb.

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ID: 019169

Climate change / Unwin, Mike

2006

Unwin, Mike	Book
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Publication	Illinois, Heinemann Library, 2006.
Description	48pBlue and Cream Spine
Series	Planet under pressure
Summary/Abstract	The climate is changing, with average temperatures rising. Global warming is having a big impact, with melting ice caps, rising sea levels, droughts, and floods. All life on Earth will be affected. 'Climate Change' highlights the issues involved and examines what action can be taken to reduce the consequences of climate change.
Contents	Climate change around the world A warmer world Our climate today The impacts of global warming Taking action Future climate Statistical information Glossary
Standard Number	1403482160 Hb.

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Global warming ; Global warming - Prevention - Citizen participation ; Climatic changes ; Global issues ; Global warming - Environmental aspects ; Lexile 1080L ;
Global Perspectives - IGCSE

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018151	363.73874/UNW	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 004684

Going Solo / Dahl, Roald; Blake, Quentin (ill.)

2001

Dahl, Roald	Book
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Publication	London, Penguin Group, 2001.
Description	210pOrange Spine
Summary/Abstract	Going Solo, the second part of Roald Dahl's compelling and colourful autobiography, which he began in Boy, is a marvellous account of Dahl's first job in Africa and his wartime exploits, including his amazing survival from a plane crash in the Libyan desert.
Standard Number	9780141311425 Pb.

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Authors, English - 20th century - Biography ; Dahl, Roald, 1916- ; World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, British ; Lexile 1080L ; (IN STOCK) - Unprocessed

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005761	FIC/DAH	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 006750

Life, the Universe and Everything: The Third Book / Adams, Douglas

1982

Adams, Douglas	Book
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Publication	London, Pan Books, 1982.
Description	202pWhite Spine
Series	The Hitchhiker series
Summary/Abstract	The unhappy inhabitants of planet Krikkit are sick of looking at the night sky above their heads - so they plan to destroy it. The universe, that is. Now only five individuals stand between the killer robots of Krikkit and their goals of annihilation. They are Arthur Dent, a mild mannered space and time traveller, who tries to learn how to fly by throwing himself at the ground and missing; Ford Prefect, his best friend who decides to go insane to see if he likes it; Slartibartfast, the indomitable vice president of the campaign for Real Time, who travels in a ship powered by irrational behaviour; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the two-headed, three-armed ex-head honcho of the universe; and Trillian, the sexy space cadet who is torn between a persistent Thunder God and a very depressed Beeblebrox.
Standard Number	0330267388 Pb.

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Science fiction ; Perfect Ford (Fictitious character) - Fiction ; Dent, Arthur (Fictitious character) - Fiction ; Interplanetary voyages - Fiction ; Transfer to IBDP ; Lexile 1080L ;
Popular fiction

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007226	823.914/ADA	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 026777

Radio / Spilsbury, Richard; Spilsbury, Louise

2012

Spilsbury, Richard	Book
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Publication	London, Raintree Publishers, 2012.
Description	32pYellow spine
Series	Tales of invention
Summary/Abstract	Readers will learn the history of the invention of the radio in this title that includes information on the key players, the setbacks long the way, and the moments of discovery.
Contents	Radio today Pioneers of radio The first radio? Wireless world Using radio waves Into the future Timeline Glossary Find ot more Index
Standard Number	9781406222692 Hb.

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Inventions ; Inventions - History ; Radio ; Lexile 1080L ; Radio - History ; UOI - Discoveries and inventions/explorations

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024535	621.384/SPI	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 023406

Story behind coal / Somervill, Barbara A.

2011

Somervill, Barbara A.	Book
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Publication	London, Raintree Publishers, 2011.
Description	32pRed and black spine
Series	True stories
Summary/Abstract	Explains what coal is, what its uses are, how it is obtained, and the environmental challenges it causes.
Contents	The rock that burns Coal: fuel and more Underground mining The welfare of miners Coal and change Coal and the environment
Standard Number	9781406229172 Hb.

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Minerals ; Coal - History ; UOI - Natural resources ; Coal ; Lexile 1080L ; Coal mines and mining

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021507	553.24/SOM	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 027332

Telescope / Orr, Tamra

2004

Orr, Tamra	Book
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Publication	New York, Franklin Watts, 2004.
Description	80pBlack Spine
Series	Inventions that shaped the world
Summary/Abstract	Takes a look at the world before the invention of this instrument and describes how it has changed our world as well as our perception of it.
Standard Number	0531123448 Hb.

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Lexile 1080L ; UOI - Discoveries and inventions/explorations ; Telescope ; Telescopes - History

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025045	522.2/ORR	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 020855

This land is our land: a history of American immigration / Osborne, Linda Barrett

2016

Osborne, Linda Barrett	Book
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Publication	New York, Abrams books for young readers, 2016.
Description	124pGreen Spine
Summary/Abstract	Explores the way government policy and popular responses to immigrant groups have evolved throughout U.S. history and the fundamental ways in which immigrant forms an essential part of the American identity.
Contents	The Beginnings: Germans, Irish and Nativists The Other Europe Arrives: Italians, Jews, and Eastern Europeans The Other Shore: Immigrants from Asia South of Our Border: Latin American Immigrants Seeing Safety and Liberty: Refugees This Land is whose Land? From World War II into the Twenty-First Century
Standard Number	9781419716607 Hb.

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United States - Emigration and Immigration - History ; UOI - Migration ; Immigrants ; Lexile 1080L ; Immigrants - United States - History

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019481	304.80973/OSB	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 006764

To Sir With Love / Braithwaite, E.R.

2005

Braithwaite, E.R.	Book
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Edition	2005
Publication	London, Vintage, 2005.
Description	x, 198pCream Spine
Summary/Abstract	The modern classic about a dedicated teacher in a tough London school who slowly and painfully breaks down the barriers of racial prejudice. It is the story of a man’s own integrity winning through against the odds.
Standard Number	0099483694 Pb.

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IGCSE ; Teachers - Fiction ; London (England) - Fiction ; Teacher-student relationships - Fiction ; Poor youth - Fiction ; Racism - Fiction ;
Lexile 1080L

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007259	FIC/BRA	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 006034

Vile Village - Book 7 (IN STOCK) / Snicket, Lemony

2001

Snicket, Lemony	Book
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Publication	New York, HarperCollins Publishers, 2001.
Description	262pGrey Spine
Series	A Series of Unfortunate Events
Summary/Abstract	Under a new government program based on the saying "It takes a village to raise a child," the Baudelaire orphans are adopted by an entire town, with disastrous results.
Standard Number	0064408655 Hb.

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IGCSE ; Orphans - Fiction ; Brothers and sisters - Fiction ; City and town life - Fiction ; Lexile 1080L ; Humorous fiction ;
(IN STOCK)

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000973	FIC/SNI	Main	On Shelf	General
005543	FIC/SNI	Main	Suspended	General

ID: 025126

William Shakespeare: playwright and poet / Nettleton, Pamela Hill

2005

Nettleton, Pamela Hill	Book
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Publication	Minneapolis, Compass Point Books, 2005.
Description	112pBlack Spine
Series	Signature lives
Summary/Abstract	A biography profiling the life and the work of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
Standard Number	0756508169 Hb.

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Shakespeare, William - 1564-1616 ; Dramatists, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Biography ; Lexile 1080L ; Dramatists, English - Early modern, 1500-1700

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022956	921/SHA	Main	On Shelf	General

ID: 024619

You wouldn't want to live without sleep! / Pipe, Jim; Bergin, Mark (ill.)

2016

Pipe, Jim	Book
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Publication	Brighton, The Salariya Book Company, 2016.
Description	34pDark blue spine
Series	Excerpts from experts
Summary/Abstract	Describes what life would be like without sleep.
Standard Number	9781910706381 Pb.

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Sleep ; UOI - Human body ; UOI - Personal choices ; Lexile 1080L ; Human physiology ; Sleep deprivation

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022482	613.794/PIP	Main	On Shelf	General