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• Imagine and Build Summer Adventure at AC Library

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  Build your own Summer Adventure at AC Library from June 1 to August 1. Complete activities, reading, and more to receive a book gift and prize drawing entries.

• Safiyyah's War

  Khan, Hiba Noor,

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  A thrilling historical novel inspired by the true story of the Muslims who worked to hide their Jewish neighbors in the Grand Mosque of Paris during the Nazi occupation of WWII.

• The Lucky Ones

  Jackson, Linda Williams,

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  It's 1967 in the Mississippi Delta, and Ellis Earl just wishes his whole family had a little more food to eat, and maybe a roof that doesn't leak every time it rains. When he learns that US Senator Bobby Kennedy is coming to Mississippi, he thinks…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Brother's Keeper

  Lee, Julie (Children's fiction writer),

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  A 12-year-old girl and her 8-year-old brother must walk hundreds of miles to flee North Korea at the height of the Korean war in this thrilling historical tale.

• Crash From Outer Space

  Unraveling the Mystery of Flying Saucers, Alien Beings, and Roswell

  Fleming, Candace,

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  In 1947, a strange object crashed into a field in Roswell, New Mexico. People still wonder what happened here, that has inspired countless conspiracy theories, science fictiom stories, and sightings of UFOs and flying saucers. Candace Fleming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• One Crazy Summer

  Williams-Garcia, Rita

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  In 1968, Delphine travels with her two sisters to spend a summer in Oakland with a mother who they barely remember. They don't know what to expect, but it wasn't summer camp with the Black Panthers! This charming coming of age story explores a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Mona Lisa Vanishes

  a Legendary Painter, a Shocking Heist, and the Birth of a Global Celebrity

  Day, Nick (Nicholas),

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  Once upon a time, the world's most famous painting vanished from the world's most famous museum. How did this happen? And how did the Mona Lisa return to the Louvre.

• The Night Diary

  Hiranandani, Veera,

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  12-year-old Nisha is half-Hindu, half-Muslim. When the British government decides to split the newly independent India into two countries and create the new state of Pakistan, she and her family must embark on a treacherous journey.

• War and Millie McGonigle

  Cushman, Karen,

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  WWII is raging, and Millie McGonigle is growing up in sunny California. Her parents want her to worry about school and play on the beach. But how can she do that when it feels like the world is ending?

• The Woman Who Split the Atom

  Lise Meitner

  Moss, Marissa,

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  The story of Lise Meitner, the Jewish woman who discovered nuclear fission and how to split the atom. Learn about how a Jewish survived in Nazi Germany, how a pacifist felt when her work led to the creation of the atomic bomb, and how a scientist…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Game of Silence

  Erdrich, Louise

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  Native Ojibwe girl Omakayas is living peacefully with her family and people on an island in Lake Superior. Then one day, the chimookomanag, the white people, arrive and demand that they all move west. As she grows up, Omakayas must learn to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Astrochimps

  America's First Astronauts

  Cusick, Dawn,

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  Before America sent men into space, they sent chimps. Meet the chimps that went into space and the scientists, vetarinarians, and psychologists who took care of them and helped them go where no man had gone before.

• Prairie Lotus

  Park, Linda Sue,

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  Hana, a mixed-race Chinese girl, grows up on the prairies of the American frontier in the 1880s.

• Warrior on the Mound

  Headen, Sandra W.,

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  In 1935, 12-year-old Cato dreams of joining the Negro Leagues and playing baseball. But when his all-Black team plays a local all-white team, but when Cato's team starts winning, the game is abruptly cancelled, and soon Cato's entire family is in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Enigma Girls

  How Ten Teenagers Broke Ciphers, Kept Secrets, and Helped Win World War II

  Fleming, Candace,

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  Learn about the brilliant women who helped the allies win WWII. At the height of WWII, a bunch of young women, some of them just teenagers, were told to report to the crumbling mansion of Bletchley Park. They nature of their work would remain a…Read moreRead more of this annotation