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Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
82) Circle of fire
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
150 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1958, Mendy puts herself in danger when she discovers that the Ku Klux Klan is planning to bomb the Highlander Folk School in order to disrupt a visit from Mendy's hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1754, with her own parents taken captive, twelve-year-old Rebecca must confront her fear and hatred of the Abenaki when a boy raised by members of that tribe is brought to the fort at Charlestown, New Hamphshire, just before a series of thefts occurs.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
39 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
All winter Felicity has waited to go to the Williamsburg town fair, but her foolhardy actions in trying to feed the race horses spoil the fun and teach her a lesson.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
77 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
67 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
87) Josefina's song
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the early 1800s, nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, and she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies, and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
163 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1904, twelve-year-old Orphelia follows her dream by running away from home to join an all-black minstrel show headed for the Saint Louis World's Fair, and learns about her family's troubled past in the process.
91) Molly marches on
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
40 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
Molly is sure that she will find the surprise at the end of the overnight nature hike at Camp Gowonagin, but then she finds her own secret surprise.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
179 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1774, twelve-year-old Rachel and her friend Sally discover a pirates' hiding place on a deserted island near Charles Town, South Caorlina, and they suspect it may be connected to the woman who will soon become Rachels' stepmother.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
161 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1878, twelve-year-old Ida Kate and her widowed father welcome a mail-order bride and her baby to their Kansas homestead, but Ida Kate soon suspects that the bride is not the woman with whom Papa has corresponded.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
191 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1711, twelve-year-old Cecile Revel unexpectedly gets the chance to serve Louis XIV's sister-in-law at the palace of Versailles, but instead of a dream come true, life at court proves to be complicated and precarious.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
70 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
178 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1592, twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of adventure and finds it, not only on her journey from her London home to her aunt's manor house in Northamptonshire, but also through the healing arts her aunt teaches her.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
81 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Percé children.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Percé and Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Percé Indians.
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