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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 17
Language
English
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A thirteen-year-old German-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Includes entries previously omitted.
8) Choke point
Author
Publisher
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Hired to investigate allegations of a sweat-shop operation in Amsterdam that is enslaving young girls, Knox and tech information expert Grace Chu embark on a rescue mission that is challenged by a crime organization that has seduced local neighborhoods with showy goodwill practices.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Description
Gregory Maguire, critically acclaimed author of Wicked, returns with his eagerly anticipated second novel. Using a dazzling reincarnation of the Cinderella story set in 17th century Holland, Maguire deftly weaves together stories of inner and outer beauty. Iris is a plain but intelligent young girl. Forced to flee England with her recently widowed mother, Margarethe, and her older sister, she finds herself swept into a life that becomes a legend....
Author
Language
English
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London police detective Alisha Barba, recovering from an injury she received on the job, is drawn into a dangerous international baby-selling ring when she sets out to discover why her estranged friend Cate, who summoned Ali to their high school reunion with an urgent message shortly before being struck and killed by a car, was only pretending to be pregnant.
Author
Publisher
Lonely Planet
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Lonely Planet's Pocket Amsterdam is your guide to the city's best experiences and local life - neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Cruise down the canals, admire the works of Van Gogh and shop for tulips and cheese; all with your trusted travel companion. Uncover the best of Amsterdam and make the most of your trip! Inside Lonely Planet's Pocket Amsterdam : Full-colour maps and travel photography throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor a...
13) The Trap
Author
Publisher
The Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Published originally in the Netherlands as De Fûke, in 1966, The Trap, a short war novel based on a real incident, tells the story of a Netherlands fisherman whose cottage on the lake becomes a refuge for those who need a hiding place. One day his only son is caught by the Germans, and the fisherman must make a choice between cooperation and resistance.
15) The happiest kids in the world: how Dutch parents help their kids (and themselves) by doing less
Author
Language
English
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Description
Would parents rather their children be successful or happy? Kids in the US face lots of pressure to excel -- often at the expense of happiness. But does it have to be this way? Not in the Netherlands! Expats Rina Mae Acosta and Michele Hutchison -- both married to Dutchmen and bringing up their kids in the Netherlands --examine the unique environment that enables the Dutch to turn out such well-adjusted, independent children.
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Series
Publisher
Kuperard
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Taking readers beyond the stereotypical images of windmills, clogs, and tulips, this pocket-sized guide helps visitors understand the complex layers of identity in this small, densely populated country on Europe's northwestern seaboard. With roots as a maritime nation that built a network for transportation, defense, and trade, the Netherlands of today is still a prime economic hub of Europe. The Netherlands is also famous for its liberal attitudes,...
Author
Pub. Date
2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
Piet Barol, a handsome young man in his mid-twenties, secures a position as a tutor in the household of one of the most prominent bourgeois families in Amsterdam and enters into a world of moneyed glamour and dangerous temptations, learning to hide truths of this vastly rich, secretive family.
19) Loving Vincent
Publisher
Good Deed Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the first fully painted feature film, 2018 Oscar-nominated LOVING VINCENT tells the story of the mysterious and tragic death of the world's most famous artist, Vincent van Gogh. Featuring the voices of Saoirse Ronan and Chris O'Dowd.
20) Loving Vincent
Publisher
Cinedigm Entertainment Corp
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The life and controversial death of Vincent Van Gogh told by his paintings and by the characters that inhabit them. The intrigue unfolds through dramatic reconstructions of the events leading up to his death.
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