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Author
Series
My father's dragon volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young boy runs away from home to rescue an abused baby dragon held captive to serve as a free twenty-four hour, seven-days-a-week ferry for the lazy wild animals living on Wild Island.
Author
Series
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
1983
Physical Desc
133 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
In his letters to his favorite author, ten-year-old Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents' divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers. The family's survival in their new home depends on the success of the first wheat harvest. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers descend on the farm and its fields.
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.
Author
Language
English
Description
Living in rural Virginia, ten-year-old Jess and Leslie become special friends as they create a magical secret world that they call Terabithia. But when a tragic accident causes Leslie's death during a storm, Jess is forced to face life alone.
"This Newbery Medal-winning novel by bestselling-author Katherine Paterson has been a modern classic about friendship and loss for forty years. Jess Aarons has been practicing all summer so he can be the fastest...
16) The long winter
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
Author
Series
Ramona Quimby volume 4
Language
English
Description
The family routine is upset during Ramona's year in second grade when her father unexpectedly loses his job.
20) Rifles for Watie
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Recounts the struggles and hardships faced by Jeff Bussey on his 300-mile escape route during the Civil War.
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