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Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Despite its emergence from backward isolation into a dynamic world economic power, a quarter-century after the People's Army crushed unarmed protestors--labeled anti-revolutionaries--in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989, the defining event of China's modern history remains buried. Memory is dangerous in a country built to function on national amnesia. A single act of public remembrance might expose the frailty of the state's carefully constructed...
Author
Series
Chester Cricket volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
An updated version of The Cricket in Times Square, the timeless children's classic featuring a business-savvy mouse, a kind alley cat, and a talented country cricket, featuring a new afterword and revisions by YA author Stacey Lee.
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"It's Depression-era New York, and Mr. Nut, an oblivious American everyman, wants to strike it rich, even if at the moment he's unemployed, with no job prospects in sight. Over the course of a single night, in a narrative that unfolds hour by hour, he meets a cast of strange characters--disgruntled workers at a Communist cafeteria, lecherous old men, sexually exploited women, pesky authors--who eventually convince him to cast off his bourgeois aspirations...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the award-winning poet, dissident, and "one of the most original and remarkable Chinese writers of our time" (Philip Gourevitch) comes a raw, evocative, and unforgettable look at the Tiananmen Square massacre through the eyes of those who were there."--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Uncover the true story of the seven-week period that changed China forever. On June 4, 1989, a violent and bloody pro-democracy demonstration ended, leaving thousands dead, and laying the foundation for China's future. Includes never-before-seen Chinese television archival materials, exclusive interviews, and eyewitness accounts.
7) The exiles
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Documentary filmmaker, Christine Choy, tracks down three exiled dissidents from the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to find closure on an abandoned project she began shooting in 1989.
Author
Series
Daughters of the dynasty volume 2
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
High school senior Lei unexpectedly finds love amid the student protests in Beijing in 1989, forcing her to choose between her family and its legacy or her future with a revolutionary leader.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lupe Wong is going to be the first female pitcher in the Major Leagues. She's also championed causes her whole young life. Some worthy ... like expanding the options for race on school tests beyond just a few bubbles. And some not so much...like complaining to the BBC about the length between Doctor Who seasons. Lupe needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who's Chinacan/Mexinese just like her. So when...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
Chronicles key events from 1900 to the present day in a unique storyboard style. Each story unfolds step by step, using sequences of photographs to reveal the triumphs and tragedies that shaped the modern world. The last 100 years have brought change to every country and aspect of our lives.
15) Triangle
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After Triangle plays a trick on Square, Square plans to reciprocate but runs into trouble when he tries to enter the triangular doorway of Triangle's home.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Are you feeling in over your head or all washed up? SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends from Bikini Bottom will have you looking on the the bright side again with their thoughts on friendship, fun, business, bubble blowing, and much, much more. Filled with quotes and advice from Nickelodeon s SpongeBob SquarePants, this full-color gift book is sure to thrill fans of all ages."-- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Nellie Sue books (Rebecca Janni) volume 2
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Nellie Sue hopes to make friends with her new neighbors by hosting a hoedown in her barn, but wonders if the "glitter girls" will be able to dance in their ballet slippers, rather than in dancing boots like hers.
20) Perfect square
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A perfect square that is perfectly happy is torn into pieces, punched with holes, crumpled, and otherwise changed but finds in each transformation that it can be something new, and just as happy.
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