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Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

Hardcover:

9780395633908 | Clarion Books, October 18, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America

Paperback:

9780395764831 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, May 19, 2003), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

Reinforced:

9780606276535 | Demco Media, July 1, 2003, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Prebinding:

9780613646383 | Turtleback Books, July 1, 2003, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: Combines an account of Robert Louis Stevenson's experiences as he traveled from New York to California by train in 1879 and a description of the building and operation of railroads in nineteenth-century America.

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Accompanied by black-and-white archival photos and drawn from first-hand accounts, a compelling true story vividly recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as 18th-century medical beliefs and practices.

Hardcover:

9780395776087 | Clarion Books, June 23, 2003, cover price $21.99 | About this edition: Recreates the devastation rendered to the city of Philadelphia in 1793 by an incurable disease known as yellow fever, detailing the major social and political events as well as the time's medical beliefs and practices.

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Chased from the forest because of a shortage of undeveloped space, a hungry young bear wanders far from the wood and finds himself in a human family's backyard.
By Jeffrey Greene (illustrator) and Jim Murphy

School and Library:

9780590443753 | Scholastic, February 1, 1993, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: After developers encroach upon its forest home, a young black bear wanders into a neighborhood and creates chaos in the middle of a peaceful summer night

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Hardcover:

9781616084745 | Sky Pony Pr, September 1, 2011, cover price $12.95

Paperback:

9781634501521, titled "Baffling and Bizarre Inventions" | Sky Pony Pr, February 16, 2016, cover price $9.99

The author selects two teams of players considered the best professional baseball players of all time and provides a complete profile and lifetime statistics for the members of each team

Hardcover:

9780899192291 | Houghton Mifflin, April 1, 1984, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The author presents two hypothetical 'all-time, all-star' teams chosen from the best players in baseball history, with accompanying research to support his choices.

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With accounts from the survivors and period photos, a tale by the author of the Newbery Honor book, The Great Fire tells what is was like to live through the Great Blizzard of 1888 that crippled New York City with its fierce winds and blinding snow. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

Paperback:

9780590673105, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Reprint edition (Scholastic, October 1, 2006), cover price $12.99 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781883332914, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781883332853, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

School and Library:

9780590673099, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Scholastic, November 1, 2000, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

Prebinding:

9781417768363, titled "Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2006, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: Presents a history, based on personal accounts and newspaper articles, of the massive snow storm that hit the Northeast in 1888, focusing on the events in New York City.

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Draws on letters and diaries to describe the experiences of boys as young as nine who fought in the Civil War

Hardcover:

9780899198934, titled "The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Clarion Books, October 22, 1990, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Draws on letters and diaries to describe the experiences of boys as young as nine who fought in the Civil War

Paperback:

9780395664124, titled "Boys War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Reissue edition (Houghton Mifflin, March 22, 1993), cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Draws on letters and diaries to describe the experiences of boys as young as nine who fought in the Civil War

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788738340, titled "The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Unabridged edition (Recorded Books, August 1, 1999), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

Reinforced:

9780606051705, titled "Boys War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Demco Media, March 1, 1993, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Draws on letters and diaries to describe the experiences of boys as young as nine who fought in the Civil War

Prebinding:

9781439578841, titled "Boys War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $17.95
9780785709503, titled "The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $19.60 | About this edition: Draws on letters and diaries to describe the experiences of boys as young as nine who fought in the Civil War

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Hardcover:

9780547821832, titled "Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever" | Clarion Books, December 8, 2015, cover price $18.99

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A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Paperback:

9780590419406, titled "The Call of the Wolves" | Scholastic Paperbacks, December 1, 1994, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Reinforced:

9780606069496, titled "The Call of the Wolves" | Demco Media, December 1, 1994, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

Prebinding:

9780613133326 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: A young arctic wolf has a harrowing adventure trying to find his way back to the pack after being separated from them during a caribou hunt

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Product Description: CARNEYVILLE is a controversial novel recounting the indelible memories of Patrick Kelly from 1959 to 1967 in a strict Catholic seminary. In reconstructing the past, he can’t help but comment on the current travails of the Church, specifically those deviant priests who had reputations for victimizing youth or engaging in sexual liaisons with men or women...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Paperback:

9780972896924 | 1 edition (Acorn Pub, June 1, 2003), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: CARNEYVILLE is a controversial novel recounting the indelible memories of Patrick Kelly from 1959 to 1967 in a strict Catholic seminary.

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Paperback:

9781569910887 | Amer Correctional Assn, March 1, 1999, cover price $10.00

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Product Description: It has become clear o those paying attention that America is in a downward spiral of moral decay and is spinning out of control. It is time to wake up the uninformed and to expose the causes of this moral decline. The future of America is at stake, and, unfortunately, the minds of America's youth are the battleground...read more

Paperback:

9781615079162 | Cross Books Pub, October 25, 2011, cover price $13.99 | About this edition: It has become clear o those paying attention that America is in a downward spiral of moral decay and is spinning out of control.

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Paperback:

9780439691871 | Scholastic, September 27, 2016, cover price $14.99

School and Library:

9780439691864 | Scholastic Pr, December 1, 2010, cover price $21.99

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Describes how an ordinary family car may be transformed, on a limited budget, into a unique custom car

School and Library:

9780899192727 | Ticknor & Fields, April 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes how an ordinary family car may be transformed, on a limited budget, into a unique custom car

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When a prank has fatal results, Brian, one of the boys who took part in the prank, tries to elude the suspicions of the police and his own feelings of guilt

Hardcover:

9780899190655 | Ticknor & Fields, April 1, 1982, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An incident in a park leads to an accidental death, but a police detective wonders if it was an accident -- or murder.

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When their father loses his wages and their best mules in a bet and then is suddenly sent to jail, twelve-year-old Maggie, with the help of her brother, must struggle to load their cargo, save their remaining mules, and find a way to recoup financially in order to save the family from certain ruination.

School and Library:

9780439078061 | 1 edition (Scholastic, October 1, 2006), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: In the mid-1800s, with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo or lose everything.

Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival
By Jim Murphy and Mark Alan Weatherby (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780590921268 | Scholastic, September 1, 1996, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

School and Library:

9780590428668 | Scholastic, October 1, 1992, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

Reinforced:

9780606091923 | Demco Media, September 1, 1996, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Follows a typical day in the life of a family of Hypsilophodons, a smaller, lesser-known dinosaur whose great speed aided its survival

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On his way to town to have some fun, a lazy but clever young man named Fergus O'Mara faces a terrible demon, who declares that his time has come. By the author of An American Plague.
By John Manders (illustrator) and Jim Murphy

School and Library:

9780618339556 | Clarion Books, September 18, 2006, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: On his way to town to have some fun, a lazy but clever young man faces a terrible demon, who declares that his time has come.

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Product Description: When a 10-foot tall purported "petrified man" is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in 1869, the discovery immediately turns into a spectacle of epic proportions. News of the giant spreads like wildfire, and well over a thousand people come to view him in the first five days alone!Everyone has their own idea of his true origin: Is he an ancient member of the local Onandaga Indian tribe? Is he a biblical giant like Goliath? Soon the interests of world-renowned scientists and people from around the globe are piqued as arguments flare over who he is, where he came from, and if he is real--or just a hoax...read more

Hardcover:

9780439691840 | Scholastic, October 1, 2012, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: When a 10-foot tall purported "petrified man" is unearthed from a backyard in upstate New York in 1869, the discovery immediately turns into a spectacle of epic proportions.

Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Hardcover:

9780395698471 | Clarion Books, March 23, 1998, cover price $18.00 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Paperback:

9780618432431 | Reprint edition (Sandpiper, May 24, 2004), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

Miscellaneous:

9780547346304 | Houghton Mifflin, May 24, 2004, cover price $8.95

Reinforced:

9780606303378 | Demco Media, April 30, 2004, cover price $18.85 | About this edition: Surveys the history of the whaling industry from its earliest days to the present, focusing on the young boys who managed to sign on for whaling voyages.

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An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents. A Newbery Honor Book & ALA Notable Children's Book. Reprint.

Hardcover:

9780590472678 | Scholastic Pr, April 1, 1995, cover price $24.99 | About this edition: An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents

Paperback:

9780439203074 | Scholastic, October 1, 2006, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.
9780590472661 | Scholastic, June 30, 1995, cover price $2.95

CD/Spoken Word:

9781883332921 | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $26.95 | About this edition: The Great Fire of 1871 was one of the most colossal disasters in American history--with damage so profound that few people believed the city of Chicago could ever rise again.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781883332860 | Unabridged edition (Audio Bookshelf, January 1, 2003), cover price $19.95

Prebinding:

9781417759439, titled "Great Fire" | Turtleback Books, October 1, 2006, cover price $19.65 | About this edition: An account of the Great Chicago Fire combines archival photographs and drawings with personal accounts by its survivors and historical documents.

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Product Description: Vivid firsthand descriptions by persons who lived through the 1871 Chicago fire are woven into a gripping account. . . Absorbing and riveting reading. The Horn Book, starred review

Miscellaneous:

9781605148076 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, August 1, 2008), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: Vivid firsthand descriptions by persons who lived through the 1871 Chicago fire are woven into a gripping account.

Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Jim Murphy's novel, 'The great fire'

Paperback:

9780590996167 | Scholastic Prof Book Div, June 1, 1997, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Includes an author biography, chapter summaries, discussion questions, vocabulary builders, reproducibles, and cross-curricular activities for students of all learning styles for Jim Murphy's novel, 'The great fire'

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Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures

Hardcover:

9780027677201 | Atheneum, March 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Describes forty-five unusual, but actual, inventions, some of which worked, some of which failed, after inviting the reader to guess their purposes from pictures

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