Book Reviews by JPod0411
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Women Heroes of World War II" is about twenty-six women and teenage girls who helped fight the Nazis. They joined Resistance groups, hid Jews, and distributed forbidden newspapers and pamphlets. This book starts with an introduction about the well-known heroes of World War II such as Winston Churchill and the troops who fought during that time. After the introduction, the book includes a background of each major country during the war. Finally, the book describes the individual stories of each woman or girl who acted as a hero during WW II with photographs beginning every account.

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Rock Bottom is about AJ who teams up with a lawyer to bring down a big coal mining company in a small town. The small town happens to be AJ's hometown that she left ten years ago. The company's coal sludge is contaminating the local water supply and the company is destroying the mountain top causing environmental problems. The lawyer dies before AJ begins to work with him. When lawyer's daughter gets death threats because of his actions, AJ comes to her aid.

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Fairy Navigator Runa by Miyoko Ikeda is about a girl 
named Runa Rindo, who was left in front of Children of the 
Stars School, a school for foster children, as a baby. She 
was found wearing a mysterious pendant. When we catch up 
with Runa in this book, strange things are beginning to 
happen to this fourth-grader. An example is her friend 
mysteriously disappearing. Only time will tell when she