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Milkweed

He's a boy called Jew. Gypsy. Stopthief. Runt. Happy. Fast. Filthy son of Abraham. He's a boy who lives in the streets of Warsaw. He's a boy who steals food for himself and the other orphans. He's a boy who believes in bread, and mothers, and angels. He's a boy who wants to be a Nazi some day, with tall shiny jackboots and a gleaming Eagle hat of his own. Until the day that suddenly makes him change his mind. And when the trains come to empty the Jews from the ghetto of the damned, he's a boy who realizes it's safest of all to be nobody. Newbery Medalist Jerry Spinelli takes us to one of the most devastating settings imaginable-- Nazi-occupied Warsaw of World War II-- and tells a tale of heartbreak, hope, and survival through the bright eyes of a young orphan. "From the Hardcover edition. "

Milkweed

This is the true story of Jews and Gypsies in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. But it is also the story of a street orphan who survives on quick thinking schemes to find food: who believes in bread, mothers and angels. A tragic but beautiful account through the eyes of the innocent.

Mill

The mills at Wicksbridge are imaginary, but their planning, construction, and operation are quite typical of mills developed in New England throughout the nineteenth century.

Mill Girls: Harriet Hanson's Story

Mill girl Harriet Jane Hanson worked in the booming textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1830s.

Millard Fillmore: A MyReportLinks.com Book

- Covers the lives, accomplishments, and political careers of the American presidents. - Pre-evaluated Report Links back up each book.

Millennium Madness (Sabrina The Teenage Witch #29)

The Witches' Council once reset time to avoid a disaster involving the British throne and a rabbit but the clock is counting down and unless someone can stop it, magic will disappear from the world in the new millennium.

Millhouse

Fans of the I, Freddy series and Charlotte's Web will be won over by this charming, delightfully told and illustrated story of a petshop misfit -- a hairless guinea pig with a penchant for Shakespeare. Millhouse is a faint-hearted, hairless guinea pig. A great lover of all things theatrical, most especially the work of William Shakespeare, Milly longs for the limelight and someone to love. However, after the death of his beloved owner, the great actor Sir Roderick Lord Kingswagger, Millhouse is abandoned to a neglected and dusty pet shop filled with other rodents -- some rude, some odd, some cute and some downright frightening. Finding himself a reviled outcast and a target of the nasty Pepper Brown ferret, Millhouse sets about trying to find a way back to the theater and a happy home, and in doing so experiences more drama than he could ever have imagined.

Millicent Min, Girl Genius (The Millicent Min Trilogy #1)

Who would have thought being smart could be so hard (and funny)?Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. And her mother has arranged for her to tutor Stanford Wong, the poster boy for Chinese geekdom. But then Millie meets Emily. Emily doesn't know Millicent's IQ score. She actually thinks Millie is cool. And if Millie can hide her awards, ignore her grandmother's advice, swear her parents to silence, blackmail Stanford, and keep all her lies straight, she just might make her first friend.What's it going to take? Sheer genius.

Millicent Simmonds: Actor and Activist (Movers, Shakers, and History Makers)

Deaf actor Millicent Simmonds captivated audiences with her performances in Wonderstruck and A Quiet Place. She has appeared in music videos, TV episodes, and at awards shows that have brought awareness to how deaf people experience the world. Learn more about this talented young actor and how she intends to give deaf people the space to tell their own stories.

Millicent’s Gift

Like all her brothers and sisters, Millicent has received a special gift from her magical family, but she quickly learns that a gift can also be a burden.

Millie #1: Ride the River (Our Canadian Girl)

Millie has never seen rural Ontario and is enthralled by the beauty of the lakes. She learns about the country way of living-- which, for a child, includes work as well as play.

Millie (Best Friends Dog Tales Ser. #3)

Millie Bobby Brown (Influential People)

Millie Bobby Brown rose to fame playing the character Eleven on the Netflix TV show Stranger Things. Now she's using her fame to try to make the world a better place. Learn more about Millie's acting and activism!

Millie Fierce (Millie Fierce)

If Fancy Nancy got angry. Really, really angry.Millie is quiet. Millie is sweet. Millie is mild. But the kids at school don't listen to her. And she never gets a piece of birthday cake with a flower on it. And some girls from her class walk right on top of her chalk drawing and smudge it. And they don't even say they're sorry!So that's when Millie decides she wants to be fierce! She frizzes out her hair, sharpens her nails and runs around like a wild thing. But she soon realizes that being fierce isn't the best way to get noticed either, especially when it makes you turn mean. So Millie decides to be nice--but to keep a little of that fierce backbone hidden inside her. In case she ever needs it again.With bright art and an adorable character, it's easy to empathize with Millie. Because everyone has a bad day, once in a while.Praise for MILLIE FIERCE“Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang’s When Sophie Gets Angry.”--School Library Journal

Millie Fierce Sleeps Out (Millie Fierce)

Little girls can be strong and fierce and brave—and sometimes their ferocity is just the thing they need to save the day.Millie is strong. Millie is fierce. But Millie has learned to keep her fierceness in check. And since she’s been sweet all summer long, Millie gets to have a sleepout with her friends. One where she promises to be well behaved. But things don't go as Millie planned, and our fierce little heroine is not happy. Still, she tries her best to keep her fierceness inside. But when the scary dog from next door howls at the girls' tent, Millie's ferocity saves them all!A perfect addition to a bookshelf filled with Fancy Nancy, Eloise, Olivia, and Ladybug Girl.Praise for the Millie Fierce books:*"Readers already know what Millie learns: To everything there is a time and purpose, including fierceness; they will welcome this validation."--Kirkus Reviews, starred review"Millie Fierce is a delightfully naughty mix between Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and Molly Bang's When Sophie Gets Angry."--School Library Journal"An unexpected Yeatsian lilt to Manning's writing ("Millie frizzed out her hair and made the crazy eye") lifts the text out of the ordinary; her powers of observation set it apart, too."--Publishers Weekly

Millie Fleur Saves the Night

Wednesday Addams meets The Night Gardener in the sequel to The New York Times bestselling Millie Fleur's Poison Garden. A delightfully peculiar story about embracing the magic of the night.Garden Glen was afraid of the dark.Each night when the sun went down, all the lights in town turned on. The houses shone like the noon sun. Every house except for Millie Fleur La Fae's, of course.Millie Fleur knows there are enchanting things that can only be glimpsed in the dark. But ever since she moved to Garden Glen, her nighttime friends are nowhere to be found.Determined to welcome the dark back to town, Millie Fleur bakes delicious moon pies and plants a sweet-smelling moon garden. But before the nighttime creatures will return, Millie Fleur must convince the townspeople to be brave and turn out the lights.Millie Fleur Saves the Night is a delightfully peculiar story that encourages readers to find beauty in the darkness. A gorgeous companion to The New York Times bestseller Millie Fleur's Poison Garden, perfect for fans of The Dark by Lemony Snicket and Jon Klassen.

Millie Fleur's Poison Garden

Wednesday Addams meets The Curious Garden in this delightfully peculiar story about finding joy in being wonderfully weird. <P><P>Garden Glen is a very bland place. Every house and every garden looks exactly like the other. That is... until Millie Fleur La Fae comes to town.Up on a scruffy hill, beside a ramschackle house, Millie Fleur plants her marvelously strange garden, filled with Sneezing Stickyweed, Fanged Fairymoss, and Grumpy Gilliflower. Millie Fleur finds it enchanting, but the townspeople of Garden Glen call it poison! <P><P>But Millie Fleur is proud of her beloved little garden. So if some townspeople want to be sticks in the mud, she'll take matters into her own hands and find the kindred spirits who appreciate everything the garden has to offer. <P><P>Millie Fleur's Poison Garden is a reminder to embrace everything that makes us wonderfully weird. Perfect for readers of The Creepy Carrots and fans of the Addams Family movies. <P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i> <p> <b>New York Times Bestseller</b>

Millie Magnus Won't Be Bullied (Millie Magnus Chapter Books)

The first installment in a hilarious and charming chapter book series featuring exuberant and irresistible third-grader Millie Magnus.Millie Magnus has huge love for many things—her mom, her friends, her baby chicken, Extra Spicy, and even her hot pink rain boots. She loves school, too, and can&’t wait for Field Day, when her mom—the mayor of Washington, D.C.—will be her partner in the three-legged race.Millie Magnus DOESN'T love it when Buckley, a boy from school, makes fun of her curly hair, or her name, or her friends. And she can&’t believe it when Buckley is assigned to compete against Millie and her mother at Field Day! But then things get even worse. When Millie&’s plan to talk to Buckley about his bullying is ruined, SHE ends up in the principal&’s office.But Millie&’s can-do spirit is hard to keep down and her big feelings come in handy when she learns something new about Buckley. She may even find a way to call him a friend.

Millie Picklesnout's Wild Ride: Book 19 (Magic Animal Friends #19)

Lily and Jess can't wait for the Friendship Forest Funfair on the magical Sapphire Isle. But the lake around it has turned wild and dangerous... could this be the work of wicked witch Grizelda? Tiny piglet Millie Picklesnout must help the girls make the waters safe again for everyone!

Millie Vs the World: Book 2

Millie knows she's not what they say she is. She's not a unit: she's a girl! It's all just a crazy misunderstanding. If she could just talk to her Company without the police shooting at her - well, then they could sort this mess out. But, on the run and cut off from everyone she knew before, how can Millie get back to her friends when the only 'people' willing to talk to her are a bunch of outlawed machines? And they're no help: why would she want to be a fleshbag anyway?One thing's for sure, surviving in the real world is proving to be a lot dirtier, stranger and more dangerous than she could have expected.

Millie Waits for the Mail

Millie is unlike most other cows. She chews her cud and grazes in the fields with the others, but she doesn't enjoy that nearly as much as she loves scaring the mail carrier. It's too bad the mail carrier doesn't have as much fun each time Millie comes up with a new way to surprise him. Who knew delivering the mail was going to be such a difficult job?

Millie and the Great Drought: A Dust Bowl Survival Story (Girls Survive)

In 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie Horn is worried about her family’s survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, and her family is running out of food and money. Despite the hardships, Pa doesn’t want to abandon the farm, which has been in the family for generations. But when the worst "black blizzard" yet hits, they have no choice. The family decides to make the journey west, but life in California isn’t without struggle. Can Millie and her family survive the Dust Bowl and the hardships of the Great Depression? Readers can learn the real story of the Dust Bowl from nonfiction back matter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.

Millie vs the Machines: Book 1 (Millie vs the Machines)

Within the boundaries of Oaktree Boarding School, Millie Hendrick is a privileged girl in a future world. A world where students can download their memories to tablets and highly advanced robots are the servants of choice.With exams looming and the Look announcing daily-changing fashion trends, Millie has the same problems as every thirteen-year-old ... Well, there is one other thing troubling her. Millie's haunted by an accident she can't remember and a fear of the robots she can't explain. But it's OK. She can live with it. That is, until students start to disappear from her school. No one else sees that something suspicious is going on. It's up to Millie to uncover the truth.

Millie vs the World: Book 2 (Millie vs the Machines)

'Storming. Left me gasping, chilled, and desperate for more!' MELINDA SALISBURYMillie knows she's not what they say she is. She's not a unit: she's a girl! It's all just a crazy misunderstanding. If she could just talk to her Company without the police shooting at her - they could sort this mess out. But on the run and cut off from everyone she knew before, how can Millie get back to her friends when the only 'people' willing to talk to her are a bunch of outlawed machines? One thing's for sure, surviving in the real world is proving to be a lot dirtier, stranger and more dangerous than she could have expected.

Millie's Book

From the Book jacket: First Dog Millie Bush's memoir is a heartwarming look at one dog's life as Presidential best friend. Told with the characteristic modesty associated with Ms. Millie Bush, Millie's Book chronicles a very popular administration from the dog days of the August 19 8 8 Presidential campaign to the dog's heaven of a Camp David hiatus. For the first time, Millie recounts her occasionally circuitous path to the White House, from her arrival in Washington in 1987, through the sometimes lonely days of the campaign, to her establishment of residency at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and the birth of her six offspring in March 1989 on its second floor. Millie also takes readers through a typically busy day with the President that begins at 6:00 A.M. and includes morning briefings, deliberations in the Oval Office, with occasional short breaks for squirrel hunting. Shunning hounding media attentionshe's a spaniel -Millie also accompanies the First Lady on a tour of the White House from the Rose Garden to the Lincoln Bed room; from the East Room-to the Blue Room. And subtly enlisting her broadening social pedigree, Mille talks about her many friends, who include Gerald Ford, the Jordanian Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Clark Clifford, Bjorn Borg, Audrey Hepburn, Sam Donaldson, Billy Graham, and Helen Thomas. Celebrated on the cover of Life, kidded in the pages of Washingtonian magazine, Millie Bush has continued to gain the attention of the nation. Now Millie's Book presents an authorized account not only of the Bushes' White House but also of their home. It was, by the way, helped enormously by the hard work and patience of Barbara Bush. Mildred Kerr Bush lives at the White House, Camp David, and Kennebunkport, Maine.