David Cunningham
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Boxcar children volume 11
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English
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Four brave siblings were searching for a home – and found a life of adventure! Join the Boxcar Children as they investigate the mystery of a curious train caboose in this illustrated chapter book series beloved by generations of readers.
The Aldens take a train journey! And at every stop, someone has something to say about the train car the children are riding in. It turns out Caboose Number 777 has an unusual past—one that comes...
The Aldens take a train journey! And at every stop, someone has something to say about the train car the children are riding in. It turns out Caboose Number 777 has an unusual past—one that comes...
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Boxcar children volume 12
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English
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The Alden family rents a houseboat to drift down the river, and encounters a mystery in the little towns along the river, involving a fast black car.
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Boxcar children volume 19
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Two brothers take summer jobs at a department store where a series of peculiar events brings them under suspicion.
11) Klansville U.S.A
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English
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Investigate the reasons North Carolina, long seen as the most progressive state in the South, became home to the largest Klan organization in the country, with more members than all the other Southern states combined, during the 1960s.
12) The memory box
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English
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When Gramps realizes he has Alzheimer's disease, he starts a memory box with his grandson, Zach, to keep memories of all the times they have shared.
13) To end all wars
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English
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Based on actual events that happened during World War II when 61,000 Allied POWs were forced by the Japanese to build the Thailand-Burma Railway - better known to the soldiers as the "Railway of Death". This is the story of a Scottish regiment forced to help construct the infamous railway and how they had to fight to survive and ultimately forgive their brutal captors.
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Boxcar children mysteries volume 18
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English
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While on a bus trip bad weather forces the Boxcar Children to stop at a bus station and soon they are involved in a mystery involving a polluted river, two strange boys and a suspicious bus-station manager.
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An orphan boy of mixed race finds family with the newly arrived white village doctor in Hawaii. The boy can run like the wind, and begins bringing Doc's medicine to coffee pickers throughout the mountainous region. On an errand, the medicine runner meets the daughter of the plantation owner and a forbidden, young love blossoms like the white "Kona Snow" of the surrounding coffee trees.
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Seeker (2007, 99 min.): An seemingly ordinary teenager embarks upon the mystical adventure of a lifetime when he discovers that he is actually a chosen warrior destined to restore the balance between the forces of Light and Dark.
Eragon (2006, 103 min.): Eragon is the last ray of hope for a kingdom ravaged by darkness and tyranny. Together with the dragon Saphira, Eragon battles the evil King Galbatorix in this fantastical adventure.
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The Pagemaster: A tale of adventure and fantasy, which sends a young boy into the pages of the world's greatest stories. Seeking refuge from a storm, timid Richard Tyler enters an empty library only to be swept away into the magical animated world of The Pagemaster, where legendary characters from literary classics come alive. Guided by a trio of talking books--Adventure, Fantasy and Horror--Richard must conquer his greatest fears before he can find...