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Grierson's raid: a daring cavalry strike through the heart of the Confederacy
By Tom Lalicki. 2004
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War storiesHistory, Games
Human-narrated audio
Civil War, 1863. Day-by-day account of Union Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson's sixteen-day raid with seventeen hundred men and their horses…
through central Mississippi. Their mission was to destroy railroads and military targets, diverting Confederate attention while Union troops moved on Vicksburg. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2004Whodunit?: detective stories
By Philip Pullman. 2007
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Mysteries and crime stories, Short storiesGames
Human-transcribed braille
Sixteen stories of crimes ranging from cold-blooded murder to dognapping, in settings that include an Egyptian tomb, a sinister English…
country house, and New York City streets. In "Butch Minds the Baby" by Damon Runyon, a safecracker takes his infant son along on a job. For grades 6-9. 1998Stolen Girl (Scholastic Press Novels Ser.)
By Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch. 2019
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Adventure stories, War storiesGames
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories of the war are messy, coming back to her in pieces…
and flashes she can't control. Though her adoptive mother says they are safe now, Nadia's flashbacks keep coming.Sometimes she remembers running, hunger, and isolation. But other times she remembers living with a German family, and attending big rallies where she was praised for her light hair and blue eyes. The puzzle pieces don't quite fit together, and Nadia is scared by what might be true. Could she have been raised by Nazis? Were they her real family? What part did she play in the war?What Nadia finally discovers about her own history will shock her. But only when she understands the past can she truly face her future.Inspired by startling true events, Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch delivers a gripping and poignant story of one girl's determination to uncover her truth.