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Strawberry Girl (Trophy Newbery)
by Lois Lenski  
Publisher Comments The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old Birdie Boyer can hardly wait to start picking them. But her family has just moved to the Florida backwoods, and they haven't even begun their planting...
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Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and C (Anne Schwartz Books)
by Deborah Hopkinson Publisher Comments Apples, ho! When Papa decides to pull up roots and move from Iowa to Oregon, he can't bear to leave his precious apple trees behind. Or his peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, and pears. Oh, and he takes his family along too. But the trail is cruel...
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Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books)
by Jennifer L Holm Publisher Comments She may be a miracle, but she's no proper young lady! It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love of...
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Nightjohn (93 Edition)
by Gary Paulsen Publisher Comments "To know things, for us to know things, is bad for them. We get to wanting and when we get to wanting it's bad for them. They thinks we want what they got . . . . That's why they don't want us reading." --Nightjohn "I didn't know what letters was, not...
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Joshua's Oregon Trail Diary: Book One: Westward to Home (My America)
by Patricia Hermes Publisher Comments It is 1848 when Joshua McCullough and his family leave their home in St. Joseph, Missouri, and set off for Oregon on a wagon train. Though many of the other families on the trail suffer devastating losses during their long journey, Joshua's is spared...
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Code Talker: A Novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
by Joseph Bruchac Publisher Comments The United States is at war, and sixteen-year-old Ned Begay wants to join the cause — especially when he hears that Navajos are being specifically recruited by the Marine Corps. So he claims he's old enough to enlist, breezes his way through boot...
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The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe (Lewis & Clark Expedition)
by Roland Smith Publisher Comments Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old riverman, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn’t imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory--beyond chasing down rats. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds...
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Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail
by Elvira Woodruff Publisher Comments In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As he makes his way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing life on the rugged Overland Trail. Extensively researched, with episodes based...
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Freedom's Wings: Corey's Underground Railroad Diary, Book One
by Sharon Dennis Wyeth Publisher Comments Corey Birdsong is a lively young boy in search of freedom in the same country that made an economy of slavery. He and his family are owned by the Hart family of Kentucky. But, when Corey's father, Roland, flees to the North and Corey and his mother...
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Wagon Wheels (I Can Read History Book)
by Barbara Brenner Publisher Comments Free people, Free land The Muldie boys and their father have come a long way to Kansas. But when Daddy moves on, the three boys must begin their own journey. They must learn to care for one another and face the dangers of the wilderness alone....
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The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Step Into Reading: A Step 3 Book)
by Natalie Standiford Publisher Comments Illus. in full color....
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So You Want to Be President? Revised Ed.
by Judith St. George and David Small Synopsis This new version of the Caldecott-winning classic by illustrator David Small and author Judith St. George is updated with current facts and new illustrations to include our forty-second president, George W. Bush. There are now three Georges in the...
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So You Want to Be President?
by Judith St George
Publisher Comments So you want to be President! Why not? Presidents have come in every variety. They've been generals like George Washington and actors like Ronald Reagan, big like William Howard Taft and small like James Madison, handsome like Franklin Pierce and homely...
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George Vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen from Both Sides
by Rosalyn Schanzer Publisher Comments There are two sides to every story. Rosalyn Schanzer's engaging and wonderfully illustrated book brings to life both sides of the American Revolution. The narrative introduces anew the two enemies, both named George: George Washington, the man who freed...
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Mr. Barrington's Mysterious Trunk #03: Journey to Gonzales
by Melodie A. Cuate Publisher Comments Third in the award-winning Mr. Barrington's Mysterious Trunk Series, which presents Texas history to young readers through fiction....
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The Swamp Fox of the Revolution (Sterling Point Books)
by Steward H. Holbrook Publisher Comments Welcome back one of the most beloved and requested histories for children! It relates a little known but crucial episode in the Revolutionary War, one that inspired the fictional motion picture, The Patriot in 2000. With no pay and little ammunition, a...
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A Difficult Boy
by M. P. Barker Synopsis It is 1839 and nine-year-old Ethan finds himself an indentured servant working for Mr. Lyman, a mean-spirited shopkeeper in Massachusetts. When Ethan and another young servant are beaten by Mr. Lyman, the two boys find out what it takes to be a friend....
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See How They Run: Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes, and the Race to the White House
by Susan Goodman Publisher Comments Using witty anecdotes and clear explanations, acclaimed writer Susan E. Goodman takes readers from the birth of democracy to the Electoral College; from front porch campaigning to hanging chads. It’s all here, spiced up with Elwood Smith’s...
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Gods of Manhattan
by Scott Mebus Synopsis Layered on New York is a spirit city inhabited by warrior cockroaches, malevolent subway trains, and children made entirely of papier-mch. Only one person can see this spirit city--12-year-old Rory Hennessey. Now everyone is racing to find the boy who...
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Jimmy's Stars
by Mary Ann Rodman Publisher Comments It’s September 1943, and eleven-year-old Ellie McKelvey’s older brother, Jimmy, has just been drafted. Jimmy has a joyful heart and a kind word for everyone, and he’s the only person who thinks Ellie is smart and funny and as beautiful...
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