Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories

Author

Otfinoski, Steven Langston-George, Rebecca Braun, Eric Berne, Emma Carlson

1) Pilots in peril!: the untold story of U.S. pilots who braved "The Hump" in World War II

Author

Otfinoski, Steven

Series

Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories
Encounter Narrative nonfiction stories

Pub. Date

2015.

Description

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"Tells the story of U.S. pilots who faced danger every day attempting to deliver supplies over "The Hump" to the Chinese during World War II"--

2) Orphan trains: taking the rails to a new life

Author

Langston-George, Rebecca

Series

Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories
Encounter narrative nonfiction stories

Pub. Date

[2016]

Description

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"Tells the story of seven orphans who were settled with families in the Midwest by the Children's Aid Society"--

3) Trapped behind Nazi lines: The Story of the U.S. Army Air Force 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron

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Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories
Encounter Narrative Nonfiction Stories

Pub. Date

[2016]

Description

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"Gives readers an up-close look at the harrowing story of the 807th Medical Evacuation Squadron's escape from behind Nazi Lines after surviving a plane crash in enemy territory"--

4) Escape from Alcatraz: the mystery of the three men who escaped from the Rock

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Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories
Encounter narrative nonfiction stories

Pub. Date

[2017]

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"Leads readers through the story of the 1962 Alcatraz Escape and posits what may have happened to the escapees"--

5) Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport

Author

Berne, Emma Carlson

Series

Encounter: Narrative nonfiction stories
Encounter narrative nonfiction stories

Pub. Date

[2017]

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Tells the stories of several thousand Jewish children rescued from Nazi Germany during World War II and brought to new homes in the United Kingdom.

6) The Booth brothers: drama, fame, and the death of President Lincoln

Author

Langston-George, Rebecca