 | Courage to Run: A Story Based on the Life of Harriet Tubman (Daughters of the Faith Series)
Release Date: April 1, 2002| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
 |  | Rebecca and Ana (American Girl (Quality))
Release Date: May 31, 2009| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Potato:A Tale From The Great Depression
Release Date: November 1, 2002| Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When Dorothy's father loses his job and cannot find another, the family borrows a car and sets off for Idaho where jobs digging potatoes can be found. The author was eight years old when she wrote this family story told to her by her aunt. Illustrated by Lisa Ernst. --This text refers to the School & Library Binding edition....
|  | Winnetou (Unabridged 2008 translation of Winnetou I)
Publication Date: August 1, 2008Fresh off the boat from Europe and looking for adventure, a young German named Charlie heads west. He finds plenty of excitement on the untamed American frontier. Whether it is an encounter with a grizzly, a hostile Indian, or a dishonest white man, he always manages to emerge victorious. He gets out of one dangerous situation after another, thanks to his quick wits, his skill with a gun, and his remarkable strength (which earns him the nickname "Old Shatterhand"). Along the way, he makes friends with an equally remarkable young Indian, Winnetou. Together, the...
|  | Shadows in the Glasshouse (American Girl History Mysteries)
Publication Date: September 2000| Age Level: 10 and up...
|  | The Cry of the Loon: A Samantha Mystery (American Girl Mysteries)
Release Date: March 1, 2009| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Across Five Aprils (Prentice Hall Literature Library)
Publication Date: June 30, 2000 ...
|  | Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family
Publication Date: March 1, 2000| Age Level: 10 and up | Grade Level: 5 and up World War I has ended, and Ella, the oldest of the five sisters, who dreams of singing and dancing in the theater, is discovered by a Broadway talent scout. It seems that she will have her chance at a theatrical career after all, starting in vaudeville. But her thoughts are also on Jules, just returned from the War, and marriage. Once again a loving family provides the support needed to make the right decision. ...
|  | Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Publication Date: September 13, 2010| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up This powerful account of the tragic defeat of the Nez Perce Indians in 1877 by the United States Army is narrated by Chief Joseph's strong and brave daughter. ...
|  | The Buffalo Knife (Odyssey Classics (Odyssey Classics))
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | Bridge of Time
Release Date: May 22, 2012| Age Level: 10 and up Best friends Lee Jones and Joan Lee have a lot more in common besides their names. On the eve of their class trip, they each learn their parents are getting divorced. Ugh. The class trip is a dud, so Lee and Joan steal away to talk. What follows is an afternoon nap in a lighthouse, walking up to find the Golden Gate Bridge gone--gone!--and meeting a young man named Sam Clemens, who is on the run from a mysterious stranger. Lee and Joan wonder: Where are they? What year is it? Why don't their cell phones work? How will they get back? Do they ev...
|  | Imogene's Last Stand
Release Date: October 13, 2009| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up Meet Imogene, a plucky heroine with a passion for history.As a baby, Imogene's first words were “Four score and seven years ago.” In preschool, she fingerpainted a map of the Oregon Trail. So it’s not surprising that when the mayor wants to tear down the long-neglected Liddleton Historical Society to make room for a shoelace factory, Imogene is desperate to convince the town how important its history is. But even though she rides through the streets in her Paul Revere costume shouting, “The bu...
|  | My Name Is America: The Journal Of Sean Sullivan, A Transcontinental Railroad Worker
Publication Date: September 1, 1999| Age Level: 9 and up...
|  | The Bobbin Girl
Release Date: May 1, 1996| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: K and up Rebecca Putney is a bobbin girl who helps support her struggling family by working all day in a hot, noisy cotton mill. Working conditions at the mill are poor, and there is talk of lowering the workers' wages. Rebecca's friend Judith wants to protest the pay cut--but troublemakers at the mill are dismissed. Does Rebecca have the courage to join the protest? Full color. ...
|  | Firestorm!
Release Date: September 20, 2011| Age Level: 8 and up Two worlds collide when Poppy, a street orphan who makes a living by stealing, and Justin, the son of a wealthy jeweler, meet and become friends. Poppy plans to change her thieving ways, but when Justin loses money at his father’s jewelry store and Poppy is accused of stealing it, she flees back onto the streets. Justin insists on searching for her—just as the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 breaks out. Alternately narrated by Poppy and Justin, this is a gripping story of right and wrong, trust and forgiveness, and finding hope in ...
|  | Camping With the President
Publication Date: September 1, 2009| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up Imagine a U.S. president on a camping trip. It seems unlikely today, but in May 1903 President Theodore Roosevelt dismissed his Secret Service men and sent away reporters and dignitaries to go camping with John Muir, the world-famous naturalist. For three glorious nights and four days in California's Yosemite National Park, the two men talked about birds, giant sequoia trees, glaciers, as well as the importance of preserving wilderness for future generations. They slept under the stars, built blazing campfires, ...
|  | A House of Tailors
Release Date: August 22, 2006| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up SEWING! NO ONE could hate it more than Dina Kirk. Endless tiny stitches, button holes, darts. Since she was tiny, she’s worked in her family’s dressmaking business, where the sewing machine is a cranky member of the family.When 13-year-old Dina leaves her small town in Germany to join her uncle’s family in Brooklyn, she turns her back on sewing. Never again! But looking for a job leads her right back to the sewing machine. Why did she ever leave home? Here she is, still with a needle and thread—...
|  | Really Truly Ruthie (American Girl (Quality))
Release Date: September 1, 2007| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
|  | How to Bake an American Pie
Release Date: May 22, 2007| Age Level: 4 and upHow do you bake an American pie?Preheat the world until fiery hot with a hunger and thirst to be free. Now find a giant melting pot on the shores of a great shining sea. From the bestselling author of Bear Snores On comes a remarkable recipe for America. Including a dash of purple mountain majesties, cupfuls of courage, and a pinch of liberty, this beautifully illustrated combination of ingredients yields an irresistible treat that promises plenty of servings for children everywhere. ...
|  | Christmas Stories (Little House Chapter Book)
Release Date: September 4, 1998| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 2 and up...
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