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1) Countdown
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Franny Chapman just wants some peace. But that's hard to get when her best friend is feuding with her, her sister has disappeared, and her uncle is fighting an old war in his head. Her saintly younger brother is no help, and the cute boy across the street only complicates things. Worst of all, everyone is walking around just waiting for a bomb to fall. It's 1962, and it seems the whole country is living in fear."--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
The fearful events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis are witnessed by 11-year-old Franny, who finds her life and perspectives changing throughout the course of a week that is also marked by difficult family issues.
3) Revolution
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
It's 1964 in Greenwood, Mississippi, and Sunny's town is being invaded by people from up north who are coming to help people register to vote. Her personal life isn't much better, as a new stepmother, brother, and sister are crowding into her life, giving her little room to breathe.--From publisher description.
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Struggling to adapt within her newly blended family in 1964 Mississippi, young Sunny witnesses increasingly scary community agitation when activists from the North arrive in town to help register African Americans to vote.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Already dubbed the most believable time travel adventure ever written, this is the first instalment of the Sixty-Six trilogy.
Have you ever felt uneasy when alone? Or, sensed a presence you can't explain? Simon Benson has.
Air-conditioning engineer Simon is single and dissatisfied with life, so when his student inventor friends John and Emily ask for help with their Human Aspect Scanner — a machine that captures glimpses of the past through harnessing...
6) Anthem
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
The remarkable story of two cousins who must take a road trip across American in 1969 in order to let a teen know he's been drafted to fight in Vietnam. Full of photos, music, and figures of the time, this is the masterful story of what it's like to be young and American in troubled times.
Author
Series
Sixties trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Molly and her cousin drive cross-country in an old bus, navigating protests, parades, and concerts to notify her conscientious objector brother that he has been drafted into the Vietnam War.
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