~We started our third novel of the year this week! We are reading another novel by Jerry Spinelli...and yes it is also loosely connected to the American Revolution.....well, at least Washington and Valley Forge! This is the story of a young boy orphaned, homeless, and a school dropout by the age of 11! He encounters all sorts of ordinary people and enhances their lives through his "third grade" eyes!
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this is an actual boat used to smuggle Jews across the Kattegat ~How did the majority of Jews in Denmark escape to Sweden? The Jews were smu...
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~We finally met the boy in the striped pajamas from The Boy in the Striped Pajamas . His name is Shmuel (pronounced shmoo-el). He is ...
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the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania where Maniac's parents died the train trestle where the P&W Trolley had its famous ...