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Books in American Readers Series series

  • The Vietnam War: "What Are We Fighting For?"

    Deborah Kent

    Paperback (Enslow Pub Inc, Aug. 16, 1994)
    None
  • World War 2 in the Pacific: "Remember Pearl Harbor"

    R. Conrad Stein

    Paperback (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Looks at the causes and results of World War II in the Pacific, and describes major battles and strategies
  • Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters

    Jessica Treat

    Paperback (BOA Editions Ltd., June 1, 2009)
    Jessica Treat’s stories invite readers in, only to make them complicit in transgressive acts, real or imagined: adultery, trespassing , sexual jealousy. Her dark humor and portrayal of consciousness recall authors as diverse as Amy Hempel, Mary Caponegro, and Lydia Davis. Comic, skillful, and menacing, the stories in Meat Eaters & Plant Eaters haunt us long after we’ve fallen under their spell.Jessica Treat is author of two story collections: A Robber in the House (Coffee House Press) and Not a Chance (FC2). Her stories appear in anthologies and journals, including Ms. Magazine, Black Warrior Review, and American Literary Review.
  • World War I: "The War to End Wars"

    Zachary Kent

    Paperback (Enslow Pub Inc, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Looks at the causes and results of the First World War, and describes major battles and strategies
  • Rip Van Winkle: Americana Series

    R.F. Gilmor

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 26, 2016)
    Rip Van Winkle, a delightful tale, originally written by Washington Irving and put to verse by George P. Webster in 1882. The tale of Rip Van Winkle’s adventures, playing nine-pins with the little Hudson Men of New York's Catskill Mountains, and his twenty-year nap as he slept through the Revolutionary War only to awaken and find all has changed. This beloved classic is brought to this new generation of readers by author R.F. Gilmor in her Americana Series.
  • The Persian Gulf War: "The Mother of All Battles"

    Zachary Kent

    Library Binding (Enslow Publishers, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Looks at the causes and results of the Persian Gulf War, and describes the progress of the fighting.
  • The Vietnam War: "What Are We Fighting For?"

    Deborah Kent

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, July 1, 1994)
    Looks at the causes and results of the involvement of the United States in the war in Vietnam, and describes major battles and strategies
  • San Francisco boy

    Lois Lenski

    Hardcover (Lippincott, July 6, 1955)
    None
  • The Korean War: "The Forgotten War"

    R. Conrad Stein

    Library Binding (Enslow Pub Inc, Nov. 1, 1994)
    Looks at the causes and results of the Korean War, and describes major battles and strategies.
  • Little Kids in the Neighborhood

    Jeffie Ross Gordon

    Paperback (Modern Pub, June 1, 1989)
    Book by Gordon, Jeffie Ross
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  • American Chillers

    Johnathan Rand

    Paperback (Audiocraft Publishing (2002-2010), March 15, 2010)
    The American Chillers book series by Johnathan Rand, similar to Goosebumps by R. L. Stine, are sure to delight the young reader who likes maximum chills! Books include: #7: Wisconsin Werewolves; #13: Virtual Vampires of Vermont; #16: Alien Androids Assault Arizona; #18: Washington Wax Museum; #20: Mutant Mammoths of Montana; #21: Terrifying Toys of Tennessee; #22: Nuclear Jellyfish of New Jersey; #26: Oklahoma Outbreak; #29: Oregon Oceanaults.
  • Spanish-American War

    Kathyln Gay/Martin Gay

    Library Binding (21st Century, Dec. 9, 1997)
    Covers events leading up to the Spanish-American War, the conflict itself, and its effects.
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