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Marc Aronson

The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue—as seen in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives.On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of search...

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Marc Aronson

A fascinating and timely biography of J. Edgar Hoover from a Sibert Medalist."King, there is only one thing left for you to do. You know what it is. . . . You better take it before your filthy, abnormal, fraudulent self is bared to the nation.”Dr. Martin Luther King received this demand in an anonymous letter in 1964. He believed that the letter was telling him to commit suicide. Who wrote this anonymous letter? The FBI. And the man behind it all wa...

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Marc Aronson

The amazing story of the trapped Chilean miners and their incredible rescue that Publishers Weekly calls “a riveting, in-depth recounting of the events that held the world rapt.”In early August 2010, the unthinkable happened when a mine collapsed in Copiano, Chile, trapping 33 miners 2,000 feet below the surface. For sixty-nine days they lived on meager resources with increasingly poor air quality. When they were finally rescued, the world watched with rap...

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Marc Aronson, John S. Mead

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionHigh-stakes adventure meets cutting-edge anthropology in this true account of the groundbreaking discovery of Homo naledi**, which shocked the world of evolutionary science and redefined what it means to be human, written for young readers by a Sibert Medalist and a nationally-recognized educator.**“Are you brave enough?” That’s what anthropologist Keneiloe Molopyane texted one of her graduate students,...

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Marc Aronson, Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Joyce Hansen, Cynthia Levinson, Sanford Levinson, Sally M. Walker, Steve Sheinkin, Amy Alznauer, Karen Engelmann, Summer Edward, Chris Lindsay Turner, Tanya Lee Stone

The acclaimed team that brought us 1968 turns to another year that shook the world with a collection of nonfiction writings by renowned young-adult authors.“The Rights of Man.” What does that mean? In 1789 that question rippled all around the world. Do all men have rights—not just nobles and kings? What then of enslaved people, women, the original inhabitants of the Americas? In the new United States a bill of rights was passed, while in France the nation ...

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Marc Aronson, Paul Freedman, Frederick Douglass Opie, Amanda Palacios, Tatum Willis, David Zheng

Explore the fascinating history of America as told through the lens of food in this illustrated nonfiction middle grade book “sure to please history buffs and foodies alike” (BCCB, starred review) that lays out the diverse cultures that have combined to create the rich and delicious tapestry of the American country and cuisine.As American as apple pie. It’s a familiar saying, yet gumbo and chop suey are also American! What we eat tells us who we a...

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Marc Aronson

From a Sibert Medalist comes the epic story of Manhattan—a magical, maddening island “for all” and a microcosm of America.A veteran nonfiction storyteller dives deep into the four-hundred-year history of Manhattan to map the island’s unexpected intersections. Focusing on the evolution of four streets and a square (Wall Street, 42nd Street, West 4th Street, 125th Street, and Union Square) Marc Aronson explores how new ideas and forms of art evolved from social blend...

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Marc Aronson, HP Newquist

Hey, Boys!Want to have some fun? Maybe learn how to land an airplane in an emergency? Or fight off an alligator? Escape from being tied up? How about taking a ride on one of America's scariest roller coasters? Learn how to make fake blood or turn a real bone into a pretzel. What if you could find out how to identify some of the world's most horrifying creatures? Or learn the secret of making a blockbuster movie? What about guessing the top 11 greatest moments in sports hist...

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Marc Aronson, Marina Budhos

A multilayered biography of two Jewish photographers who helped bring about modern photojournalism during the Spanish Civil War.Robert Capa and Gerda Taro were young Jewish refugees, idealistic and in love. As photographers, they set off to capture their generation's most important struggle—the fight against Fascism. Among the first to depict modern warfare, Capa and Taro took powerful photographs of the Spanish Civil War that went straight from the devastation to n...

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Marc Aronson

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Vikas Adam

The incredible true story of the twelve boys trapped with their coach in a flooded cave in Thailand and their inspiring rescue—as seen in Ron Howard's Thirteen Lives.On June 23, 2018, twelve members of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach were exploring the Tham Luang cave complex in northern Thailand when disaster struck. A rainy season downpour flooded the tunnels, trapping them as they took shelter on a shelf of the dark cave. Eight days of search...

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Candy J. Cooper, Marc Aronson

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Karen Chilton

In 2014, Flint, Michigan, was a cash-strapped city that had been built up, then abandoned byGeneral Motors. As part of a plan to save money, government officials decided that Flint wouldtemporarily switch its water supply from Lake Huron to the Flint River. Within months, manyresidents broke out in rashes. Then it got worse: Children stopped growing. Some people werehospitalized with mysterious illnesses; others died. Citizens of Flint protested that the water w...

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Marc Aronson, Adrienne Mayor

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Graham Rowat

Award-winning author and School Library Journal blogger Marc Aronson joins National Book Award finalist Adrienne Mayor on a fascinating quest to connect the ancient Greek's mythological griffin-part lion, part eagle-with their discovery of dinosaur bones.