The Year You Were Born 1942: 82 page A4 book is full of interesting facts and trivia over many topics including Events of 1942, Music, Movies, Adverts and much more.

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Author Margery Sharp tells the tale of altruistic mice as they take on a daring mission to rescue an imprisoned poet in "The Rescuers." A Walt Disney movie by the same name was released nearly 20 years later, but it was primarily based on the sequel to the 1959 title. Trinity'' is an Irish classic, a historical fiction novel that depicts Ireland during its struggle for freedom in the 19th century. It's the story of two intertwined families: One of Catholic farmers and the other of Protestant shipyard workers, characters who navigate oppression, heritage, and love to form a brotherhood to protect their beliefs and their land. In this novel of rebellion, Leon Uris creates a history that inevitably draws readers in.

An aspiring teacher learns that his father has been convicted of murder in this best-selling book. He sets out to learn the truth.A toy rabbit becomes real through the power of a young child's love in "The Velveteen Rabbit." Margery Williams' 1922 book has become a classic and is regularly ranked as one of the best books for children. This book follows an Army unit stationed in Hawaii leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Private Prewitt and First Sergeant Warden are two soldiers separated by many differences beyond rank but bound by their home in the Army. James Jones uses careful, intimate detailing to paint a portrait of flawed humanity and imperfect men who demand empathy from the reader to understand the people behind the uniform. This isn't a wartime novel, but rather a masterpiece that captures life in this place at this time.

In 2005, the 6th installment of the "Harry Potter" series hit shelves, breaking the previous record sales of the last book. In this one, Harry excels in potions class thanks to notes scribbled in the margins of an old textbook — signed only "the Half-Blood Prince." As Dumbledore remains gone from Hogwarts for long stretches of time, the wizarding community feels the effects of Voldemort's slow rise. With help from the Half-Blood Prince and Dumbledore, Harry learns the story of the young boy who became a dark wizard and how he might fight the evil that lurks nearby. By the time "Breaking Dawn" was released, the "Twilight" series had already become a franchise with adoring fans and a movie adaptation in the works. The release of the fourth and final book was an instant success, lovers of vampire romance desperate to learn the conclusion of Bella and Edward's story. In the final book, Bella and Edward marry and Bella must choose to keep her mortal life or become a vampire to stay with the one she truly loves. Complicated by a tribe of werewolves and the fear of a mysterious legend, "Breaking Dawn" is dramatic, romantic, and fantastical. This book technically came in 3rd for most copies sold in 2016, behind " The Girl on the Train" and " A Man Called Ove," published in 2015 and 2012, respectively.One of the original dozen books that comprised the Little Golden Books collection, "The Pokey Little Puppy" is a beloved picture book that follows the adventures of a curious puppy. The book features now-iconic artwork from Gustaf Tenggren, who also illustrated "Tawny Scrawny Lion" and "The Shy Little Kitten," among other children's stories. Boring errands—like haircuts and shopping—get better for a young boy when he is accompanied by a dinosaur in this picture book by Elise Broach. Time magazine's Belinda Luscombe and Amy Lennard Goeh dubbed the title one of the top 10 children's books of 2007. This historical fiction-thriller follows secret negotiations between Russia and Great Britain just before World War I. The protagonist, Feliks, aims to assassinate the Russian prince, who is negotiating on behalf of Czar Nicholas II. But he'll have to get past the British police, a lord, and Winston Churchill. Set in southern Italy, "Strega Nona" revolves around a magic pot that floods a town with pasta. It's among the top 100 picture books, according to the School Library Journal.

This first-person narrative concerns a man who wants to learn the nine insights of life from an ancient Peruvian manuscript that had been recently translated. As he continues in his spiritual journey and his attempt to bring the knowledge to the public at large, he is chased by authorities who are loyal to the Catholic Church and don’t want the manuscript to get out. Winner of the first Newbery Award, "The Story of Mankind" is an illustrated history of civilization in the West for children. It touches on everything from writing and art to religion and government, according to Biblio. One student bets another that he can't eat a worm every day for 15 days in "How to Eat Fried Worms." The book details the many different ways the student prepares the worms, like covering them in ketchup, on his quest to win the bet. Ragtime" is a historical fiction novel that begins in 1906 when Harry Houdini mysteriously disappears after crashing his car into a telephone pole outside the home of an affluent American family. Embracing the whole of America before World War I, Doctorow weaves famous figures such as Henry Ford and Sigmund Freud through a magical and historical tale that captures the true atmosphere of the time. This beloved novella focuses on Franny and Zooey, the two youngest siblings of J.D. Salinger’s Glass family. Franny has a religious and existential breakdown while visiting her boyfriend's college over a weekend.

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Steven Fermoyle is a working-class American in Boston who becomes a priest and rises through the religious ranks until he's a cardinal in the Catholic Church. This historical fiction novel is separated into eight parts, each a different segment of Steven's life as his successes garner his promotions. With a strong plot full of Steven's trials and decisions, this novel is simply satisfying as each section presents intense problems yet closes with gratifying solutions. The Dot" centers around young Vashti's journey of self-discovery after she makes an angry mark on a blank sheet of paper in art class. The children's book is celebrated for its emphasis on the creative spirit and the importance of encouragement from teachers. Written by a French aristocrat, "The Little Prince" is a story about a young prince who travels to various planets and experiences themes like love, loneliness, and friendship, along his journeys. Even though author and illustrator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry didn't think of himself as an artist at the time he created this story, his simple watercolor illustrations have since become iconic. Laura Ingalls Wilder released the first installment of the popular "Little House" series, "Little House in the Big Woods," in 1932. The largely-autobiographical tale follows Laura as she learns homesteading skills at a log cabin in Wisconsin. The first title in "The Chronicles of Narnia" series, "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" takes readers into a mythical world with talking creatures that four English children discover through a magical wardrobe. The book has themes of Christianity, but is more than a "strictly allegorical" story, writes Meghan O'Rourke of Slate.

This 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner depicted the rise and fall of a farmer and his wife in a Chinese peasant village before World War I and through the 1920s. It was among the first novels for many Americans at the time that depicted the life and voices of Chinese people, reflecting a tumultuous time in China, as the book is set around the same time as the ouster of the last Chinese emperor. In another epic historical fiction account, James A. Michener chronicles centuries of Indigenous life in America, from prehistoric Chesapeake Bay to the race riots of the 1970s. With great detail and historical accuracy, Michener paints a landscape that represents stories often forgotten in American history. In all of his histo-geographic novels, Michener shows how the geographic location was of great importance to the development of major US events.Margaret Mitchell’s sweeping epic novel explores the life of Georgian socialite Scarlett O’Hara, weaving a narrative around the elite antebellum class and how the Civil War changed their lives forever. The 1939 film adaptation starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable is one of the most famous, acclaimed movies of all time—many know the line, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn," whether or not they've seen the film. Filled with anthropomorphic trains, "The Little Engine That Could" tells the story of a little engine that takes on the seemingly-impossible task of helping a stranded train reach its destination. The National Registry inducted a 1949 recording of this popular children's book into its archives in 2009. This story follows a Greek-American who pursues different roles—husband, advertising executive, magazine writer—and struggles between the self that he projects to others and his true self. He suffers a mental breakdown in the process of living authentically.