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Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 25
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"The murders of a team of United Nations scientists in El Salvador. A deadly collision in the waterways off the city of Detroit. An attack by tomb raiders on an archaeological site along the banks of the Nile. Is there a link between these violent events? The answer may lie in the tale of an Egyptian princess forced to flee the armies of her father three thousand years ago. During what was supposed to be a routine investigation in South America, NUMA...
2) El Salvador
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the geography, history, economy, cities and communities, and people and culture of El Salvador. Includes recipes, related projects, and a chronology.
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Description
"This powerful and moving novel from the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea weaves together past and present, tracing the ripple effects of war and immigration on one child in Europe in 1938 and another in the United States in 2019. Vienna, 1938. Samuel Adler was six years old when his father disappeared during Kristallnacht-the night their family lost everything. Samuel's mother secured a spot for him on the last Kindertransport...
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"The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, Ernesto Flores had always had a fascination with the United States, the faraway land of skyscrapers and Nikes, while his identical twin, Raul, never felt that northbound tug. But when Ernesto ends up on the wrong side of the...
6) El Salvador
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This book describes the geography, history, economy, and culture of El Salvador in a question-and-answer format.
7) El Salvador
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about El Salvador. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
Author
Description
"Trip. My parents started using that word about a year ago--'one day, you'll take a trip to be with us. Like an adventure.' Javier's adventure is a three-thousand-mile journey from his small town in El Salvador, through Guatemala and Mexico, and across the U.S. border. He will leave behind his beloved aunt and grandparents to reunite with a mother who left four years ago and a father he barely remembers. Traveling alone except for a group of...
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
When the magic dogs who live on the volcanoes of El Salvador and protect the villagers from harm are pursued by wicked lead soldiers, they are aided by two ancient volcanoes.
Cuando los perros mágicos que viven en los volcanes de El Salvador y que protegen a las personas del pueblo son perseguidos por los soldados de plomo, ellos son ayudados por dos antiguos volcanes.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Description
"Identical twins Ernesto and Raul Flores, seventeen, must flee El Salvador, make a . . . journey across the Rio Grande and the Texas desert, face capture by immigration authorities, and struggle to navigate life in America"--Provided by publisher.
14) El Salvador
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Readers will learn about the unique and defining features of El Salvador.
15) Salvador
Author
Pub. Date
1982.
Description
"Previously published in . . . The New York review of books in October 1982." Discusses the situation of anarchy and terrorism in El Salvador as of 1982.
16) El Salvador
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Series
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Presents the life of a twelve-year-old boy and his family in El Salvador, describing his home and school activities and discussing the history, geography, ethnic composition, natural resources, languages, government, religions, culture, and economics of his country.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Description
1989. La sociedad salvadorenأa vive sumida en el horror de la Guerra Civil. Una fatidica madrugada de noviembre, un grupo de hombres armados entra en las instalaciones de la Universidad Catolica y asesina a seis jesuitas y dos mujeres a sangre frÃa. El padre Tojeira se ve entonces obligado por las circunstancias a tomar las riendas de la Compania en esos dias siniestros tras la masacre, con el deseo y la obligacion de descubrir la verdad...
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Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
"The David and Goliath story of ordinary people in El Salvador who rallied together with international allies to prevent a global mining corporation from poisoning the country's main water source. At a time when countless communities are resisting powerful corporations--from Flint, Michigan, to the Standing Rock Reservation, to Didipio in the Philippines, to the Gualcarque River in Honduras--The Water Defenders tells the inspirational story of a community...