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Alex Rider adventures volume 9
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English
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When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia, stirs up trouble in the Middle East, it is up to fourteen-year-old MI6 agent Alex Rider to thwart their plans.
2) Refugee 87
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English
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In the Middle East, fourteen-year-old Shif and his best friend Bini embark on a continent-crossing journey of survival after they are imprisoned and become refugees.
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Cooper kids adventure series volume 3
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English
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Jay, Lila and their father are exploring cave tombs in Anak when a co-worker Jerry Frieden disappears.
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Nathaniel Fludd beastologist volume 1
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English
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In 1928, when timid ten-year-old Nate learns that his parents have been lost at sea, he joins his father's cousin on a flight to Arabia where they must oversee the death and rebirth of the phoenix, thus beginning his training as a "beastologist."
7) Nasreddine
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As Nasreddine and his father take dates, wool, chickens, or watermelon to market, people tease them no matter who is riding their donkey, and this causes Nasreddine embarrassment until his father helps him to understand.
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"Award-winning writer and master storyteller Karim Alrawi draws on his deep knowledge of Arab culture in creating these enchanting tales that are a feast for young imaginations. These stories take readers of every age on a delightful literary, cultural and culinary odyssey. A profusion of unforgettable characters--fishermen and date merchants, child cooks and squabbling animals, beggars and thieves, genies and ghouls, sultans and princesses--appears...
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Laos enjoys his life in ancient Turkey. His father and grandfather are famous for crafting gold into beautiful objects, and Laos helps in their market stall, bartering golf for food and livestock. But exchanging such different goods is complicated. They need something to represent the value of their goods -- and so the king gives Laos's family the very important task of creating the world's first currency.
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Cooper kids adventure series volume 1
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English
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An American archeologist and his two children seek God's protection and guidance as they journey to the Near East in search of a biblical treasure which local residents believe is cursed.
11) Sharp shot
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English
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British twins Rich and Jade Chance are back for a third adventure with their spy father as they try to save the Middle East and the President of the United States from a terrorist government coup.
17) Azadah
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Español
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"Si me quedo aquí, mi futuro está urdido de antemano...¡Anja, llévame contigo!"--Cover.
19) One red shoe
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"There's been an attack. Grabbing his camera, a newspaper photographer rushes to the nearest clinic. What he finds there will change the way he thinks forever. Inspired by real events in the Middle East, this ground breaking and acclaimed picture book for older readers will take you to a place far from comfort and safety. What could you possibly have in common with the kids who live there? You're about to find out."--Dust jacket.