Hist. Fic. 1700's

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The winter people - Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-

Summary: As the French and Indian War rages in October of 1759, Saxso, a fourteen-year-old Abenaki boy, pursues the English rangers who have attacked his village and taken his mother and sisters hostage.

Streams to the river, river to the sea : a novel of Sacagawea - O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989.

Summary: A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

Mark of the bear claw - Panagopoulos, Janie Lynn.

Summary: Set in the Indian rebellions of 1763, this story tells of an angry Indian boy who joins the warriors who are headed to attack the English while still learning to deal with family relationships and...

Standing in the light : the diary of Catharine Carey Logan - Osborne, Mary Pope.

Summary: A Quaker girl's diary reflects her experiences growing up in the Delaware River Valley of Pennsylvania and her capture by Lenape Indians in 1763.

The sign of the beaver - Speare, Elizabeth George.

Summary: Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

The light in the forest - Richter, Conrad, 1890-1968.

Summary: John Butler, son of a wealthy colonial family, is captured by Delaware Indians and reared as the son of the tribal leader.

The last of the Mohicans - Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851

Summary: Retells, in comic book format, the story of a wilderness scout and his Mohegan companions who accept the dangerous task of transporting two young women to Fort William Henry during the French and...

Contents: The last of the Mohicans / adapted from the novel by James Fenimore Cooper ; writer, Roy Thomas ; penciler, Steve Kurth ; inker, Cam Smith ; colorist, June Chung -- The deerslayer / adapted from...

Johnny Tremain - Forbes, Esther.

Summary: After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.

Indian captive : the story of Mary Jemison - Lenski, Lois, 1893-1974.

Fever, 1793 - Anderson, Laurie Halse.

Summary: In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

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