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Sean Delgado Per.3 (Ordiary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein)
Ordinary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein
Sean Delgado Per.3 (Ordiary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein)
Ordinary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein
Sean Delgado Per.3 (Ordiary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein)
Ordinary Genius: The Story of albert Einstein
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Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography - Historical    3. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    6. Einstein, Albert    7. Juvenile literature    8. Physicists    9. Physics   

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. Africa    3. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Religious    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Fiction    7. History    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. People & Places - Africa    10. Religious - Christian    11. Slave trade    12. Livingstone, David    13. Thrillers   

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Thrilling and suspenseful!
When John Knight's father accepts a magistrate's job in British-controlled India, John is sure that India is the most exciting place he has ever been!John and his mother meet Amy Carmichael, a missionary who works to save Indian girls from child marriage, or worse fates.When a young girl namedJewel comes to Miss Carmichael pleading for refuge, John and his motherbecome deeply involved in her life.As magistrate, John's father is forcedto uphold the Indian law requiring Jewel to marry her greedy uncle.Johnis torn between obedience to his father and compassion for Jewel. What hedecides to do affects many people.Don't miss out on this book!

Thrilling and suspenseful!
When John Knight's father accepts a magistrate's job in British-controlled India, John is sure that India is the most exciting place he has ever been!John and his mother meet Amy Carmichael, a missionary who works to save Indian girls from child marriage, or worse fates.When a young girl named Jewel comes to Miss Carmichael pleading for refuge, John and his motherbecome deeply involved in her life.As magistrate, John's father is forcedto uphold the Indian law requiring Jewel to marry her greedy uncle.Johnis torn between obedience to his father and compassion for Jewel. What hedecides to do affects many people.Don't miss out on this book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1867-1951    2. Carmichael, Amy,    3. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Religious    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Christian life    7. Dohnavur Fellowship    8. Fiction    9. Historical - Asia    10. India    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Missionaries    13. Religious - Christian    14. Carmichael, Amy    15. Thrillers   

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A Real Role Model for All Ages
My son was fascinated with the story he read about Robert Goddard in school. He was twelve at the time. I wanted to see how this book portrayed Robert Goddard. I found that Mr. Goddard had the true spirit of adventurewith no age limitations. Now I know why Roger felt that this was a hero andthat dreams can become a reality. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1882-1945    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    5. Goddard, Robert Hutchings,    6. Juvenile literature    7. Physicists    8. Rocketry    9. United States    10. Goddard, Robert Hutchings   

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Good historical fiction about a slave girl.
Twelve-year-old Rosebud Jackson has lived her whole life as a slave on a Maryland plantation. But with her family beside her, it hasn't been so bad. That all changes in the spring of 1853. Her older brother, Isaac, tries to run away, but is caught and sold away to the deep south. Her mother gives birth to a stillborn baby and dies soon after. Then Rosebud's father decides to escape to freedom, but Rosebud must stay behind to give him more time to get away. He promises to return for her that fall, but instead, Harriet Tubman comes, saying she will lead Rosebud to freedom, where she can be reunited with her father. But the escape north is long and dangerous, and Rosebud begins to wonder if she will ever be free, and ever see what is left of her family again.
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Subjects:  1. 1820?-1913    2. African Americans    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Christian life    6. Fiction    7. Historical - United States - 19th Century    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Religious - Christian    10. Slavery    11. Tubman, Harriet    12. Modern fiction   

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Reviewed as a world history teacher
I am reviewing this as a high school world history teacher who is looking for high-quality historical fiction of all skill levels that I can add to my classroom library.
Martin Luther
This was a very good book for younger readers. It was full of action and adventure. Karl Schumacher was a student of Martin Luther who chose to risk his life just being accosiated with him. He makes a trip with Martin Luther in spite of the possible danger. Read and find out what will happen to young Karl Schumacher. Inspiring for the whole family
My children, and I are using these books for a time of literature, history, geography, and Devotion. I got into this story just as much as mychildren. Iused a curriculum guide with the book, and we are able to havemore of an understanding of our character. Our character was Doctor MartinLuther, and having Karl as his companion was very neat for the children tofollow him through the story. We just finished the story, and we plan onreading another Trailblazer Book. I hope your child/ family will get asmuch out of the story as ours did. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1483-1546    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Christian life    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Luther, Martin,    9. Reformation    10. Religious - Christian    11. Luther, Martin   

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Good historical fiction for young readers.
When thirteen-year-old Elizabeth Tilley and her parents board the Mayflower in 1620, they have high hopes for a better life in the New World. Although they are not Puritan Separatists like many of the passengers, the Tilleys have few economic opportunities in England. But after a long and difficult sea voyage, the Mayflower arrives in Cape Cod in the dead of winter. On deck one night, Elizabeth sees Dorothy Bradford, one of the other passengers, standing by the railing, but tells no one. The next morning, Dorothy has disappeared, presumed drowned. Elizabeth feels terrible guilt and is determined to hide her secret, fearing blame. Soon after, both of Elizabeth's parents die from disease. Elizabeth feels all alone, without family and with few friends, and burdened by the terrible secret she hides.
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Subjects:  1. 1607-1687 or 8    2. Action & Adventure    3. Action & Adventure - General    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - General    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Fiction    8. Historical - United States - Colonial    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Orphans    11. Pilgrims (New Plymouth Colony)    12. Religious - Christian    13. Tilley, Elizabeth,    14. Tilley, Elizabeth   

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Highly recommended!
This book is part of the Trailblazer Series, in which young people of the period (and as such your young reader) meet Christian heroes of the past. In this book, fourteen-year-old Casey Watkins grows tired of living under the thumb of his self-righteous uncle, and finds jobs for himself and his widowed mother with Forepaugh's Circus. While the circus tours the country, headed for Chicago and the Columbia Exposition of 1893, Casey is able to join the trapeze act. Arriving in Chicago, Casey meets that dynamic evangelist, Dwight Lyman Moody. Casey is fascinated by Moody, and when he panics during a trapeze act, and loses his confidence, he finds himself turning to Moody, and God.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1837-1899    2. Action & Adventure    3. Action & Adventure - General    4. Children's 9-12 - Fiction - Religious    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Christian life    7. Circus    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Moody, Dwight Lyman,    11. Performing Arts - General    12. Religious - Christian    13. Moody, Dwight Lyman    14. Thrillers   

Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Alabama    3. Carver, George Washington    4. Carver, George Washington,    5. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 3-4    7. Farm life    8. Fiction    9. Historical - United States - 19th Century    10. Juvenile Fiction    11. People & Places - United States - African-American    12. Religious - Christian    13. Christianity   

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A wonderful biography, even for an adult
Although I am a senior adult, I thoroughly enjoyed this biography. I often preread books that I wish to share with my grandchildren.I had often wondered how Maria had come to the convent in the first place and this book takes one back to her early beginnings before that point and then leads one on from there.The book is a fast and enjoyable read.I recommend it heartily! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography & Autobiography - Music    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Folk singers    6. General    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Singers    10. Trapp, Maria Augusta   

Subjects:  1. 1844-1926    2. Art - History    3. Art - Painting    4. Artists    5. Biography    6. Biography & Autobiography - Art    7. Cassatt, Mary,    8. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    9. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    10. Children: Grades 4-6    11. Girls & Women    12. Impressionism (Art)    13. Juvenile Nonfiction    14. Juvenile literature    15. United States    16. Cassatt, Mary   

Subjects:  1. 1832-1905    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. China    6. Christian life    7. Fiction    8. Historical - Other    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Missionaries    11. Religious - Christian    12. Sea stories    13. Taylor, James Hudson,    14. Taylor, James Hudson    15. Thrillers   

Subjects:  1. 1818-1895    2. African Americans    3. Army    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Christian life    7. Civil War, 1861-1865    8. Douglass, Frederick,    9. Fiction    10. History    11. Juvenile Fiction    12. Participation, African American    13. Religious - Christian    14. United States   

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Not just for children!
I finished this book in less than 6 hrs.It was such a page-turner!I really liked that it appealed to both adults and children alike!Hey, there was a little romance in there too! Very clean, mind you, this is a Christian juvenile book.I didn't read it aloud to my kids, but I will because it was such a page-turner for me!
I LOVE the Trailblazer books!
This is on of my favorite Trailblazer books. It is about Gladys Aylward, a missionary in China, who takes in a lot of orphans and adopts three of her own children, Ninepence, Less, and Bao-Bao. One day the children see silver "birds" that drop bombs. Now, Gladys has to lead her nearly hundred orphans to safety from the Japanese, proving that God protects and listens to the prayers of His children. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aylward, Gladys    2. Children's 9-12    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Missionaries    9. Orphans    10. Religious - Christian    11. Thrillers   

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The first modern nurse--Florence Nightingale
I strongly recommend this book. This is a great book about a boy in the Crimean War who helped Florence Nightingale.This book makes you want to read more and more!It is one of the best books I have ever read--I was really inspired by the love and care that Florence Nightingale gave to the wounded and sick soldiers. It was kind of bloody in places, but it makes you pray and feel sorry for the bad conditions they were in. I have read most of the Trailblazer books, and this one is my favorite! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1820-1910    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Crimean War, 1853-1856    5. Fiction    6. Girls & Women    7. Historical - Military & Wars    8. Historical - United States - 19th Century    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Nightingale, Florence,    11. Nurses    12. Religious - Christian    13. Nightingale, Florence    14. Thrillers   

Subjects:  1. 1628-1688    2. Bunyan, John,    3. Charles II, 1660-1685    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Christian life    7. Fiction    8. General    9. Great Britain    10. Historical - Europe    11. History    12. Juvenile Fiction    13. Legends, Myths, & Fables - Other    14. Puritans    15. Religious - Christian    16. Bunyan, John    17. Europe    18. Thrillers   

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best one of the series!
This is the best Trailblazer book I've read so far!It focuses mainly on the suspenseful, yet true story of John newton, with just a little bit of suspenseful fiction.Compared to their other books - this one has a lot more of the true story, which is so amazing - you would think it was fiction! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1725-1807    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Christian life    5. Fiction    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Newton, John    9. Newton, John,    10. Religious - Christian    11. Slave-trade    12. Thrillers   

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Best book in the world
Nobody in my classroom wanted to read this book because it's a learning book. But when I saw it and picked it up, I knew it was my soulmate. This book has taught me a lot about loving God, being kind to others, and especially loving and respecting your family. And that's why I think other children should read this book. And I hope that they'll enjoy it as much as I did. Thank you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Child labor    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Chimney sweeps    5. Coal mines and mining    6. Fiction    7. Historical - Europe    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Religious - Christian    10. Social Issues - General    11. Wesley, John    12. Thrillers   

Subjects:  1. 1906-1971    2. Biography    3. Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts    4. Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    7. Farnsworth, Philo Taylor,    8. History    9. Inventors    10. Juvenile literature    11. Television    12. United States    13. Farnsworth, Philo Taylor   

Subjects:  1. 1848-1915    2. Children's 9-12    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Fiction    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Missionaries    8. People & Places - General    9. Religious - Christian    10. Slesson, Mary Mitchell,    11. Slesson, Mary Mitchell    12. Thrillers