Title: Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America Author: Susan Bartoletti Campbell Summary: In turn-of-the-century America, typhoid was a serious and…
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The Song Machine
Title: The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Machine Author: John Seabrook Summary: Have you ever wondered why the music on the radio all sort of…
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Title: Queen of Someday Author: Sherry D. Ficklin Summary: Sophie knows she must do her duty to her family, her country and the emperor. That…
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Title: My Friend Dahmer Author/Illustrator: Derf Backderf Summary: Jeffrey Dahmer was a notorious serial killer, responsible for the deaths of 17 men and boys. But before he…
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Title: The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic Author: Allan Wolf Summary: It is April 15, 1912. Undertaker John Snow is on a cable boat, heading towards the…
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Title: Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature Author: George Sullivan Summary: Charles Stratton was born in 1838 in Bridgeport, Connecticut.…
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Title: A Wicked History biography series Publisher: Scholastic Press Summary: Sometimes it’s good to be bad. This short biography series highlights the lives…
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Title: The Cartoon History of the Modern World Author: Larry Gonick Summary: Starting with the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the current war in Iraq, this…
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