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An Inspiring True Story about One Family's Escape from Behind the Berlin Wall! Peter was born on the east side of Germany, the side that wasn't free. He watches news programs rather than cartoons, and wears scratchy uniforms instead of blue jeans. His family endures long lines and early curfews. But Peter knows it won't always be this way. Peter and his family have a secret. Late at night in their attic, they are piecing together a hot air balloon-and...

2) Flight for Freedom

Author:

Polk, Marcus G.

Publisher:

Hallard Press LLC

Pub. Date:

2021

Language:

English

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3) Flight for freedom: the Wetzel family's daring escape from East Germany

It's 1959 and fifteen-year-old Karny Wilson hates his small Tennessee town and school. So, he hops a railroad freight car and runs away to Florida and the circus. He hopes to find a job and his father.

Author:

Fulton, Kristen

Publisher:

Chronicle Books LLC

Pub. Date:

2020

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NC: Non-Conforming 1010L

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English

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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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4) 5,000 miles to freedom: Ellen and William Craft's flight from slavery

"Many people attempted daring escapes over the Berlin Wall, and most failed, giving their lives for the hope of freedom. This is the true story of one child, Peter Wetzel, and his family's daring escape from East Berlin to West Berlin via handmade hot air balloon in 1979"--

Author:

Fradin, Judith Bloom

Publisher:

National Geographic

Pub. Date:

c2006

Lexile measure:

1130L

Language:

English

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East Hampton Juvenile Nonfiction

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96 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

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5) Flight to Freedom

Author:

Buckmaster, Henrietta

Publisher:

Ebooks for Students, Ltd

Pub. Date:

2015

Language:

English

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This is a story of almost unbelievable heroism and great daring, told with gusto and sincerity. It is told through the lives of courageous men and women-some of them known to us by name; most of them, unknown. The Underground Railroad maneuvered the escape of Southern slaves to the North. It was, carried on at first by a handful of people: Quakers, ministers, farmers, journalists, the escaped slaves themselves. The movement spread, and eventually...

6) Flight to Freedom

Author:

Townsend, Colin

Publisher:

Austin Macauley Publishers

Pub. Date:

2022

Language:

English

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The planning was complete, and the three girls started their once in a lifetime journey. It had taken a lot of planning, but not as much as was needed later. It all started off so well but left Deb in a filthy cell with nothing to do but count the cockroaches, which there were many, the fetid water she was given gave her stomach cramps. Then Dad arrived... but how? He grabbed her quickly and pulled her near the door to unlock the hand and ankle cuffs...

7) Flight to freedom

Author:

Veciana-Suarez, Ana

Series:

First Person Fiction

Publisher:

Orchard Books

Pub. Date:

2002

Lexile measure:

850L

Language:

English

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Writing in the diary which her father gave her, thirteen-year-old Yara describes life with her family in Havana, Cuba, in 1967 as well as her experiences in Miami, Florida, after immigrating there to be reunited with some relatives while leaving others behind.

8) Flight and Freedom

Author:

Omidvar, Ratna

Publisher:

Between the Lines

Pub. Date:

2016

Language:

English

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The global number of people currently displaced from their home country-more than 50 million-is higher than at any time since World War II. Yet in recent years Canada has deported, denied, and diverted countless refugees. Is Canada a safe haven for refugees or a closed door? In Flight and Freedom, Ratna Omidvar and Dana Wagner present a collection of thirty astonishing interviews with refugees, their descendants, or their loved ones to document their...

9) My Flight to Freedom

Author:

Mahoney, Gina Iapicca

Publisher:

Fulton Books, Inc

Pub. Date:

2022

Language:

English

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Gina was born a free-spirited happy child and always wanted to make others uplifted. She knew she had a spiritual gift to help and heal people. Unfortunately, when she was at the tender age of four years old, she was sexually abused for the first time. This caused her severe problems from the start. She stuttered and had low self-esteem only to be mentally physically and sexually abused by her stepfather again for another ten years! That did not stop...

10) Fantastic flight to freedom

Author:

Schachtel, Roger

Publisher:

Raintree Publishers

Pub. Date:

c1980

Language:

English

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47 p. ; ill. ; 24 cm.

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Nickolas Flux History Chronicles

Relates the experiences of two teenage boys who decide to escape from Castro's Cuba by stowing away in the landing gear of an airplane.

11) Flight to Freedom!

Author:

Bolte, Mari

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Publisher:

Capstone Press

Pub. Date:

2017

Language:

English

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When a spontaneous time leap sends Nickolas Flux back to the height of the Underground Railroad, what's a teenage history buff to do? Try to help a runaway slave escape, of course! From slave catchers to safe houses, Nick must survive a journey on the secret network that helped runaway slaves gain their freedom.

12) Freedom Flight

Author:

Iszak, Frank

Publisher:

Morgan James Publishing

Pub. Date:

2016

Language:

English

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THERE WAS ONE THING THEY COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT: FREEDOM. On the rainy afternoon of Friday, July 13, 1956, seven desperate young people boarded a twin engine DC-3 in the People's Republic of Hungary, with the intention of diverting it to West Germany. They had no weapons, no map, and no idea whether the plane carried enough fuel to get them there. They would have to brave the gun of the security officer on board, the wild maneuvers of the pilot, the...

13) Freedom Flight

Author:

Jones, Patrick

Series:

Support and Defend

Publisher:

Lerner Publishing Group

Pub. Date:

Lerner Publishing Group

Lexile measure:

690L

Language:

English

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When Paige's mom returns from her final tour of Air Force duty, she brought something home with her-an addiction to pain pills. Can Paige help her mom get clean without ruining their relationship and her own ROTC dreams?

14) Freedom Flight

Author:

Toney, Jay

Publisher:

Jay Toney

Pub. Date:

2020

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English

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Captain Roberts, his crew, and his friends are being hunted by the Alliance, the Crimson Tide, and bounty hunters. He has a price on his head that few can resist. While fleeing his enemies, his fleet comes across a derelict fleet. The advice he is given by his friends is to leave them be, but he can't resist the temptation. Spiders have attacked a colony, but why? Can Nathaniel and his friends save the colonists from being eaten? What are deevils...

15) Reimagining Jonah: A Flight to Freedom

Author:

Wheeler, Doug

Publisher:

BookBaby

Pub. Date:

2023

Language:

English

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16) The Imam's Daughter: My Desperate Flight to Freedom

Devoted to an uncompromising commitment to selfhood, Dr. Doug Wheeler challenges the traditional assumption that Jonah was a miserable coward by examining him as a deeply conflicted, courageous, and soulful man. With a poetic flair, Reimagining Jonah provokes and confounds with language flavored by trauma and empathy, producing a richly contemplative and profoundly human version of this well-known tale.

Author:

Shah, Hannah

Publisher:

HarperCollins Christian Publishing

Pub. Date:

2010

Language:

English

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17) From Midnight to Dawn: the story of the underground railroad and the flight to freedom

Hannah Shah is an Imam's daughter. She lived the life of a devout Muslim in a family of Pakistani Muslims in England, but behind the front door, she was a caged butterfly. For many years, her father abused her in the cellar of their home. At sixteen, she discovered a plan to send her to Pakistan for an arranged marriage, and she gathered the courage to run away. Relentlessly hunted by her angry father and brothers, who were intent on executing an...

Author:

Tobin, Jacqueline, 1950-

Publisher:

Doubleday :

Pub. Date:

2006

Language:

English

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xi, 272 p., [16] p. of plates. : ill., maps. ; 25 cm.

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18) Deliver us from evil: the story of Viet Nam's flight to freedom

Author:

Dooley, Thomas A. (Thomas Anthony), 1927-1961

Publisher:

Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy

Pub. Date:

[1956]

Language:

English

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19) The voyage of the Catalpa : a perilous journey and six Irish rebels' flight to freedom

Author:

Stevens, Peter F.

Publisher:

Carroll & Graf

Pub. Date:

2002

Language:

English

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