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Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 9
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When Merlin is weighed down by sorrows, Jack and Annie travel back to feudal Japan to learn one of the four secrets of happiness.
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Historical Fiction - MID
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
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Historical Fiction - MID
Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
Womens History Month - MID
Description
Shy twelve-year-old Nisha, forced to flee her home with her Hindu family during the 1947 partition of India, tries to find her voice and make sense of the world falling apart around her by writing to her deceased Muslim mother in the pages of her diary.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 5
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie back in time to feudal Japan where the siblings learn about the ways of the Ninja.
Author
Series
I survived volume 8
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
While visiting his dad's hometown in Japan four months after his father's death, Ben and his family are swept away-and pulled apart-by a terrible tsunami.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 14
Pub. Date
©1998
Language
English
Description
The magic treehouse takes Jack and Annie back two thousand years to ancient China where they must find the original copy of an old legend before the Imperial Library is burned down by the evil Dragon King.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In Japan in 1853, at the time of U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry's visit to Japan, Yoshi, a young Japanese boy who dreams of becoming a samurai one day, learns about America from Majiro and has adventures with Jack, a young cabin boy aboard one of the U.S. ships. Includes historical notes and glossary.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Merlin missions volume 17
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to India during the Mogul Empire in the 1600s to search for an emerald needed to break a magic spell.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
When the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Tokyo on September 1, 1923, twelve-year-old Fumiko must navigate the ensuing chaos and confusion in her fight for survival. Includes information about the Great Kanto Earthquake, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
Author
Series
The 39 clues. Main series volume 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
When Amy and Dan Cahill's quest to find the million dollars takes them to Japan, they must decide whether or not to enter into an alliance with their uncle, Alastair Oh, whose motives for helping them are extremely questionable.
Author
Series
Starry River of the Sky volume 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
"Pinmei, a storyteller's granddaughter, must find the Luminous Stone that Lights the Night to rescue her grandmother, who has been kidnapped by the Tiger Emperor"--
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