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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
An enterprising teenager in Malawi builds a windmill from scraps he finds around his village and brings electricity, and a future, to his family- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2010
- ISBN: 9780061730320
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The Bride's Farewell
On the morning of her wedding, Pell Ridley creeps out of bed in the dark, kisses her sisters goodbye and flees - determined to escape a future that offers nothing but hard work and sorrow.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2010
- ISBN: 9780141323404
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The Good Soldiers
In the tradition of "Black Hawk Down," The Good Soldiers takes an unforgettable look at the heroes and the ruined soldiers fighting in the Iraq War- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2010
- ISBN: 9780374165734
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My Abandonment
In the tradition of Jon Krakauer's "Into the Wild," Rock's "My Abandonment," inspired by a true story and told through the startlingly sincere voice of his young protagonist, offers a riveting and unsettling account of a girl and her father who live off the grid.- Realistic Fiction
- Alex Awards 2010
- ISBN: 9780151014149