Paul Christopher
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hit the road with Bud in this Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning classic about a boy on a journey to find his father—from Christopher Paul Curtis, recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.
It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:
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It’s 1936, in Flint Michigan. Times may be hard, and ten-year-old Bud may be a motherless boy on the run, but Bud’s got a few things going for him:
...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When his poor sharecropper father is killed in an accident and leaves the family in debt, twelve-year-old Little Charlie agrees to accompany fearsome plantation overseer Cap'n Buck north in pursuit of people who have stolen from him; Cap'n Buck tells Little Charlie that his father's debt will be cleared when the fugitives are captured, which seems like a good deal until Little Charlie comes face-to-face with the people he is chasing.
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
391 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Retired Army Ranger John Holliday has reluctantly settled into his teaching position at West Point, when young Israeli archaeologist Rafi Wanounou comes to him with desperate news. Holliday's niece--and Rafi's financ©â™e--Peggy has been kidnapped while photographing the excavation of an ancient tomb in Egypt. Her captors are known as the Brotherhood of the Temple of Isis--murderous fanatics who worship a dead god. Holliday sets out with Rafi to...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1859, eleven-year-old Elijah Freeman, the first free-born child in Buxton, Canada, which is a haven for slaves fleeing the American south, uses his wits and skills to try to bring to justice the lying preacher who has stolen money that was to be used to buy a family's freedom.
Author
Publisher
One World/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
xxxi, 367 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Christopher Paul Moore is a curator and research historian for the New York Public Library's world-renowned Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This noble work of history is a tribute to the inspiring accomplishments of black servicemen and servicewomen whose selflessness helped America achieve victory in World War II.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Author
Publisher
Wendy Lamb Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
Author
Series
Publisher
Walden Pond Press
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
It's here: Volume One of the official Guys Read Library. Jon Scieszka's Guys Read initiative was founded on a simple premise: that young guys enjoy reading most when they have reading they can enjoy. And out of this comes a series that aims to give them just that. Ten books, arranged by theme, featuring the best of the best where writing for kids is concerned. Each book is a collection of original short stories, but these aren't your typical anthologies—each
...Author
Series
Templar volume 7
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Retired Army Ranger John Holliday and his friend Eddie travel to Cuba in search of Eddie's brother, who has vanished mysteriously. Soon they find themselves trying desperately to stop the shocking plot of a secet Templar cabal that has been growing for five hundred years. As the conspiracy tightens its iron grip around the corrupt and dying Castro regime, Holliday must find Eddie's brother before it is too late and the secret horror of what lies...
16) Red templar
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
389 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When he is approached by a man who knows the location of the legendary Aos, companion to his own prized Templar sword, retired Army Ranger and historian John Holliday embarks on a new adventure that takes him deep into the dark heart of Russia and face-to-face with an ancient Templar Order.
Author
Publisher
Signet/New American Library
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
394 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In Rome, the public assassination of the Pope by a sniper on Christmas Day sets off a massive investigation that stretches across the globe. But behind the veil of Rex Deus--the Templar cabal that silently wields power in the twenty-first century--the plot has only just begun. When retired Army Ranger John Holliday uncovers the true motive behind the Pontiff's murder, he must unlock the secrets of the modern Templar conspiracy--and unravel a deadly...
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
c2013.
Physical Desc
341 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When he and his crew uncover a five-hundred-year-old society hidden in the cauldron of the Amazon, John Holliday, trailed by hostile natives and an infamous tomb raider, comes face-to-face with the legendary Ark of the Covenant.
Publisher
ARC Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the ordinary interactions and everyday routines of the Watsons, an African American family living in Flint, Michigan, and how they are drastically changed after they go to visit Grandma in Alabama in the summer of 1963.
20) Santa and Pete
Publisher
Feature Films for Families
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (92 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Describes how St. Nick got his sleigh, reindeer and red suit, and became Santa Claus.