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"A cutting-edge look into a pivotal moment in U.S. history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down "communists" in the U.S., citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other--pointing fingers at neighbors,...
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"Amber and her best friend Justin are spending the summer at Camp Cushetunk and Amber is having a great time learning to ride and take care of Cinnamon, the sweetest horse ever. Then, Amber becomes the target of pranks; certain that she knows who is behind them, she and her friends plot revenge. Things don't turn out quite as planned and the campers soon learn that horsing around can lead to real trouble -- but sometimes trouble can change things...
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Jill and Gwen are excited about the pet talent show coming up at their school. The problem is, Fletcher's talents are pretty much limited to eating salami and sleeping, until he hears Elvis! Things start to go wrong the first day. It looks like someone doesn't want Fletcher on stage.
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Fourth-grader Amber Brown is excited--her mom is finally remarrying to her boyfriend Max and her best friend Justin and second-best friends Brandi and Kelly are coming to the wedding. Then her mother has to go changing her plans--just a small wedding without a reception party--the perfect wedding dress is so hard to find, and Amber's biological dad makes fun of Max one too many times.
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Young Amber Brown's dance partner, Bobby Clifford, is famous for inventing the "Burping Olympics," but that is the least of all Amber's stresses. Her divorced dad is dating her dance teacher, Miss Isobel; her mom is moving houses with her boyfriend, Max; and her best friend has moved away. Unless Amber can learn to move with the changes in her life, she will be bowled under.