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  • Favorite Stories of the Ballet

    James Riordan

    Hardcover (Checkerboard Pr, Oct. 1, 1984)
    An illustrated retelling of seven stories that have been the basis of famous ballets with notes on the origins of each story and on the music composed for them. Includes "Petrushka," "Swan Lake," "Cinderella," "Giselle," "The Nutcracker," "Stone Flower,"and "Sleeping Beauty."
  • The Enemy: A Story from World War Two

    James Riordan

    Hardcover (B.E.S. Publishing, Sept. 8, 2002)
    It is spring 1940 and France has just fallen to Nazi occupation. Young Marie and her mother find themselves looking after two injured soldiers—but one is English and the other is German. The men are sworn enemies. Marie and her mother soon realize that their two patients must not find out about each other. Will the compassion and understanding of one girl and her mother be enough to keep peace? Survivors is a brand-new and dramatic collection of short novels for young readers, each book about a young person caught up in a real-life conflict or disaster that boys and girls will recognize from their history books. The stories are fiction, but through each young hero's eyes, the boys and girls who read these tales will gain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day hardships and dangers encountered by people living and surviving through troubled times. Each book has a brief introduction relating actual historical events, and at the end of each book, young readers will find a brief historical note that places the story in a larger context plus a glossary of terms specific to the time and place. Boys and girls will also find a list of suggested further reading. Line illustrations capture the atmosphere of each story. Titles in this series are available in both paperback and hardcover editions. This is a hardcover book. (Ages 10-13)
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  • The Enemy: A Story from World War Two

    James Riordan

    Paperback (B.E.S. Publishing, Sept. 8, 2002)
    It is spring 1940 and France has just fallen to Nazi occupation. Young Marie and her mother find themselves looking after two injured soldiers—but one is English and the other is German. The men are sworn enemies. Marie and her mother soon realize that their two patients must not find out about each other. Will the compassion and understanding of one girl and her mother be enough to keep peace? Survivors is a brand-new and dramatic collection of short novels for young readers, each book about a young person caught up in a real-life conflict or disaster that boys and girls will recognize from their history books. The stories are fiction, but through each young hero's eyes, the boys and girls who read these tales will gain a deeper understanding of the day-to-day hardships and dangers encountered by people living and surviving through troubled times. Each book has a brief introduction relating actual historical events, and at the end of each book, young readers will find a brief historical note that places the story in a larger context plus a glossary of terms specific to the time and place. Boys and girls will also find a list of suggested further reading. Line illustrations capture the atmosphere of each story. Titles in this series are available in both paperback and hardcover editions. This is a paperback book. (Ages 10-13)
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  • Little Bunny Bobkin

    James Riordan

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc, March 15, 2000)
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  • the woman in the moon and other forgotten heroines

    James RIORDAN

    Hardcover (Dial, March 15, 1984)
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  • War Games

    James Riordan

    Paperback (A&C Black Childrens & Educational, Jan. 28, 2014)
    It's Christmas Eve, 1914, and there's a war on. British and Germansoldiers sit in the muddy trenches either side of No Man's Land, asdeadly enemies. Suddenly, a strange sound fills the air. A German voiceis singing 'Silent Night'. A British sergeant joins in, and so begins amost unusual evening indeed...War Games is a historical story set during World War I.
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  • The Ancients

    Bill Myers, James Riordan

    Mass Market Paperback (Tyndale Kids, June 16, 2002)
    Best-selling author Bill Myers teaches youth ages 10 and up about the danger of the occult and teaches them how to combat these dark forces with their faith. This updated, popular thriller mystery series has sold more than 80,000 books in its new revised format. #10 The Ancients--Becka and Scott help a young Native American named Swift Arrow wage spiritual warfare against evil forces, ancient rituals, and a dangerous web of deceit in a remote mountain village in New Mexico.
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  • The Enemy

    James Riordan

    Paperback (Hodder Wayland, Jan. 17, 2002)
    War brings out the worst in some people, and the best in others. It's spring 1940 in occupied France when Marie and her mother find themselves looking after two injured soldiers. But one is English and the other is German, and they are sworn enemies. The two patients must not find out about each other. Will the compassion and understanding of one girl and her mother be enough to keep the peace?
  • The Enemy Closes In

    Bill Myers, James Riordan

    eBook (Zonderkidz, Aug. 30, 2009)
    In book two, The Enemy Closes In, Zach meets a runaway who dabbles with the supernatural, and Elijah comes to their aid while another evil force closes in—the foul Shadow Man. But Shadow Man is no match for heavenly forces watching over them.
  • The Young Oxford Book of War Stories

    James Riordan

    Paperback (Oxford University Press, )
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  • War Song

    James Riordan

    Paperback (Oxford Univ Pr, Jan. 31, 2002)
    The year is 1916. Inspired by the story of Edith Cavell, twins Floss and Doss decide it is time for them to do their bit for the war effort. Their brother and father are already away at war - and the girls get jobs at a local munitions factory. From there, Floss soon moves on to work atthe hospital, and eventually goes overseas to work at a Field Hospital in France. There she is taken prisoner by the Germans and starts working behind enemy lines, nursing injured German soldiers and British prisoners. The novel follows the dramatic, and traumatic, wartime experiences of the twosisters.
  • The secret castle

    James Riordan

    Paperback (Silver Burdett Co, )
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