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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Sixteen-year-old Celestia is a wealthy member of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, where she meets and falls in love with Peter, a hired hand who lives in the valley below, and by the time of the torrential rains that lead to the disastrous Johnstown flood of 1889, she has been disowned by her family and is staying with him in Johnstown. Includes an author's note and historical timeline.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Omakayas and her family, members of the Ojibwa tribe, are forced to leave their island on Lake Superior in 1850 when white settlers move into the territory, and comes to realize that the things most important to her are her home and way of life.
85) A faraway island
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to flee the Nazis in Austria, but while eight-year-old Nellie settles in quickly, twelve-year-old Stephie feels stranded at the end of the world, with a foster mother who is as cold and unforgiving as the island on which they live.
87) Yellow star
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish girl and her family struggle to survive in Poland's Lodz ghetto during the Nazi occupation.
89) Land of hope
Author
Series
Ellis Island volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1993], c1992
Language
English
Description
Rebekah, a fifteen-year-old Jewish immigrant arriving in New York City in 1902, almost abandons her dream of getting an education when she is forced to work in a sweatshop.
Author
Publisher
Philomel
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
In 1746, a year after the Scottish clans have rallied to the call of their exiled prince, Charles Stuart, to take up arms against England's tyranny, fourteen-year-old, epileptic Duncan MacDonald and his cousin, Ewan, run away to join the fight at Culloden and discover the harsh reality of war.
91) Trail of fate
Author
Series
Youngest templar volume 2
Publisher
Putnams
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In the Middle Ages, young squire Tristan of the Knights Templar, King's Archer Robard, and Muslim assassin Maryam work together to protect the Holy Grail as they travel across France toward England, a journey that takes them to the Cathar fortress of Montségur.
94) Orphan Ahwak
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Aneze, a young aboriginal girl, is left for dead after a raid on her village results in the death of her father and brother and the kidnapping of her mother.
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
As World War II draws to an end, Russian soldiers occupy Schwarz, Germany, bringing both friendships and hardship to the family of ten-year-old Fritz, whose grandfather was a Nazi sympathizer, and after they are forced to leave their farm, Fritz's mother and hired hand are arrested, leaving Fritz to fend for himself.
Author
Series
Sofia's immigrant diary volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
In 1903, Maureen, originally from Ireland, comes to Boston to live with her old friend Sofia and her Italian American family, where the two girls share fifth grade class and various adventures.
97) Mudball
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
During a rainy Minneapolis Millers baseball game in 1903, Little Andy Oyler has the chance to become a hero by hitting the shortest and muddiest home run in history.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Amber Billows, upset to be moving once again to follow her father's reporting job, cannot help loving Hawaii, but the peace of her tropical paradise is shattered on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.
Author
Series
Girls of Lighthouse Lane volume 1
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
Language
English
Description
In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In 1804, fifteen-year-old Jacky Faber heads back to sea after seeing her beloved Jaimy with another woman; however, her life takes a dramatic turn when she and her shipmates take command of the ship and she is accused of piracy.
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