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It has been nearly seventy years since Hitler's armies won the war, and sixteen-year-old Zara St. James lives in the Shenandoah hills, part of the Eastern American Territories, under the rule of the Nazis--but a resistance movement is growing, and Zara, who dreams of freedom, may be the key to its success.
6) Condenados
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After Wisty and Whit Allgood, a sister and brother were torn from their beds in the middle of the night and slammed into prison, they were accused of being a witch and a wizard. Others may try to help them but Wisty and Whit soon discover they must set themselves free.
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It has been eighty years since the Axis won World War II, and America was divided between the victors: the Nazis in the East and Imperial Japan in the West; but now resistance is growing in the Eastern territories and sixteen-year-old Chinese American RenCabot, who has every reason to hate the Japanese who executed his mother, finds himself drawn into a resistance group and confronted with choices that could lead to freedom--or death.
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In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "Gulag," acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway.
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"Simon Schwartz was born in 1982 in the GDR (East Germany). One and a half years later, he left the country with his parents, and the family resettled in West Berlin. As political dissidents, his parents experienced harassment by the Stasi and a lack of understanding from members of their own family. This striking graphic novel memoir chronicles the family's difficult journey to get to the other side of the Berlin Wall"--Provided by publisher.
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"Continuing this . . . middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman once persecuted by the Taliban shares her journey to becoming a community activist. As a girl and as part of an ethnic minority in Afghanistan, Freshta Tori Jan was persecuted relentlessly. Her family faced kidnappings and daily murder attempts on the bus, on the way to school, in the workplace, and beyond. Freshta's school was shut down by the Taliban, and many of her friends were...
14) Chile
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Explores genocide and persecution in Chile, including the history and controversies surrounding Pinochet's military coup and legacy, with personal narratives.
15) Tibet
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"This title explores decades of conflict and violence in Tibet, with historical background, an examination of the controversies, including the assertion that China committed genocide in Tibet, the status of religion in Tibet, what outsiders have done in regard to Tibet, and personal narratives of those affected"--
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This book presents historical background on repression in El Salvador and Guatemala, multinational perspectives on controversies surrounding the repression, and personal narratives of individuals who were affected by the violence, abuse of human rights, and genocide proceedings.
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Russian
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"Moscow, 1930s. The lives of the hero of the story, his mother, grandmother and younger brother were overturned by the arrest of the father. Now the mother is going to be expelled from the [political] party, the house is being monitored, poverty and hatred of neighbors have fallen upon the family. The courtyard has turned into a dangerous place, and the most painful test is the unknown. Father's paintings and favorite books, the brother's inventions...
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It is the late 1960s and there is no peace in the village of Yellow Stone for little Da and his family, who were former landowners; they are all persecuted by the Red Guard, particularly Da's oldest sister, Sisi, who tries hard to conform to the new political realities, but who cannot overcome the frightened hostility of the other villagers--so Sisi escapes to find work in a school in another town, taking Da with her, and trying to find a compromise...