Small World: Ishta Mercurio & Jen Corace (Illustrator) Non Fiction No one in his civilian

No one in his civilian life knows he's actually

with the help of Scholastic

Russian Spanish

Of a terrible war and an occupied land Of the Balicki children who are determined to survive Of a dangerous journey from war-torn Poland to Switzerland Of a paper knife that gives them the courage to carry on when nearly all hope is lost

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Small World: Ishta Mercurio & Jen Corace (Illustrator) Non Fiction No one in his civilianWhen Nanda is born, the whole of her world is the circle of her mothers arms. But as she grows, the world grows too. It expands outwardfrom her family, to her friends, to the city, to the countryside. And as it expands, so does Nandas wonder in the underlying shapes and structures patterning it: cogs and wheels, fractals in snowflakes. Eventually, Nandas studies lead her to become an astronaut and see the small, round shape of Earth far away. A