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2) The giver
Author
Series
Giver quartet volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Living in a "perfect" world without social ills, a boy approaches the time when he will receive a life assignment from the Elders, but his selection leads him to a mysterious man known as the Giver, who reveals the dark secrets behind the utopian facade.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Detective Kara Quinn, on leave from the LAPD, is on an early morning jog in her hometown of Liberty Lake when she comes upon the body of a young nurse. The manner of death shows a pattern of highly controlled rage. Meanwhile in DC, FBI special agent Mathias Costa is staffing his newly minted Mobile Response Team. Word reaches Matt that the Liberty Lake murder fits the profile of the compulsive Triple Killer. It will be the first case for the MRT....
Author
Series
Great courses volume no. 480
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century. (THIS IS A SET. Book and DVDs must be checkout together)
5) Moon
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books is an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Throughout her busy days, Moon wonders what it would be like to be wild and free until the day she meets a wolf and learns his "wolfy ways."--Provided by Publisher.
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Language
English
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Description
America is unique. No other nation in the world has experienced the widespread levels of stability, individual prosperity, and personal freedoms that have defined this nation. What made us different from other nations? Was it the people, the principles, or the blessing of God? It was all three, and they caused America to become the most exceptional nation in the history of the world.Our past is filled with captivating accounts of the brave and the...
Publisher
Mo Mo Bay
Pub. Date
2012]
Language
English
Description
A small-town war hero is heartbroken when his own son Tom loses his life defending America. Tom left behind a son of his own named Christian, and 14 years later, the young boy and his mother move back to the small town to be with their family for the holidays. When powerful Washington interests seek to stamp out religious expression, Christian inspires his grandfather to take a stand for the ideals Tom died defending.
8) Freedom
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don't coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines this tension that lies at the heart of what it means to be human. For much of a year, Junger and three friends-a conflict photographer...
11) Out of liberty
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Winter 1839. Jailed on charges of treason and murder, the proclaimed prophet Joseph Smith and his companions are held in Liberty, Missouri, while they await a court hearing. Local jailer, Samuel Tillery is tasked with protecting the prisoners from increased mob attacks. But as public opinion begins to shift, Sam is forced to take matters into his own hands, for the protection of the prisoners, and his own life.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Munich, 1938. Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent as determined to prove her worth in a male-dominated profession as she is to expose the growing tyranny in Nazi Germany. To do so, she must walk a thin line. If she offends the government, she could be expelled from the country - or worse. If she fails to truthfully report on major stories, she'll never be able to give a voice to the oppressed - and wake up the folks back home. In another...
13) Freedom swimmer
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ming survived the famine that killed his parents during China's "Great Leap Forward", and lives a hard but adequate life, working in the fields. When a group of city boys comes to the village as part of a Communist Party re-education program, Ming and his friends aren't sure what to make of the new arrivals...But despite his reservations, Ming befriends a charming city boy called Li. The two couldn't be more different, but slowly they form a bond...
Author
Series
Publisher
Red Chair Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"She was a gift of friendship and peace between France and the United States. 'Liberty Enlightening the World' stands now as a symbol of America's embrace of freedom and democracy. Find out why four million visitors each year come to see this majestic statue in New York's harbor."--
15) Torch
Author
Language
English
Description
"Czechoslovakia, 1969. Seventeen-year-old Pavol has watched his country's freedoms disappear in the wake of the Soviet Union's invasion. He's seen his own dreams disappear too. In a desperate, fatal act of protest against the oppressive new government, he sets himself on fire in public, hoping to motivate others to fight for change. Instead, Pavol's death launches a government investigation into three of his closest friends. Štěpán finds his Olympic...
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Language
English
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"The Progressive Woke Machine-from outrage mobs and online censorship to activists masquerading as journalists-is waging war against the last free thinkers in the world. This book is both an explanation of the current political upheaval and your guide to surviving it. America, and the West in general, is in the midst of an identity crisis that's headed towards an outright revolution. The progressive left, once the advocates of free expression and...
Author
Series
What's the big deal about volume 2
Publisher
Philomel Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
[Introduction] -- Why is America called the "Land of the Free"? -- How was America going to be different than it was before the Revolution? -- Why did the founders start changing the Constitution right away? -- How does the Bill of Rights give us freedom to stand up for what we believe? -- With the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, America was a perfectly free country, right? -- Wait a minute- slavery is the opposite...
Author
Series
Great courses volume no. 480
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Presents lectures concerning the history of freedom from ancient civilization to the twentieth century. (THIS IS A SET. Book and CDs must be checkout together)
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Eric Metaxas offers a thrilling review of America's uniqueness, and a sobering reminder that America's greatness cannot continue unless people truly understand what their founding fathers meant for them to be. The book includes a stirring call-to-action for every American to understand the ideals behind the 'noble experiment in ordered liberty' that is America. It also paints a vivid picture of the tremendous fragility of that experiment and explains...
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