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Aunts Fiction Free African Americans Fiction Free African Americans Juvenile fiction Friendship Fiction Friendship Juvenile fiction Mexican Americans Fiction New Mexico History To 1848 Fiction New Orleans (La.) History 19th century Fiction United States History War of 1812 Fiction United States History War of 1812 Juvenile fictionErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Caroline and her mother make a dangerous trip across Lake Ontario to the British fort where her father is a prisoner. When Mama isn't allowed to see Papa, it's up to Caroline to deliver a secret message to him--right under the nose of a British guard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNSummary: Born for adventure, Lea Clark heads deep into the Brazilian rainforest, where her most exciting story awaits. When Lea's brother, Zac, goes missing while studying the ecology in South America, she suspects he's fallen prey to a band of ruthless animal poachers, and Lea convinces her mom to spring into action. From the minute their plane touches down, Lea's mom wants her to stay safe in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV AMESummary: Meet Samantha : In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.Samantha learns a lesson : Samantha is determined to help 9-year-old Nellie with her school work and learns a great deal herself, about what it is like to be...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD ADLErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Caroline's father has just returned when they receive frightening news--British warships are sailing to attack Sackets Harbor. Every grown man, including Papa, has been called to defend the village. Mama and Caroline are left alone to guard Abbott's Shipyard as the battlefront draws ever closer. Caroline knows she must be brave to keep Papa's shipyard safe. But when the battle seems lost, Mama...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Caroline and her mother make a dangerous journey across Lake Ontario to the British fort where Papa is being held prisoner. When Mama isn't allowed to see Papa, it's up to Caroline to pass a secret message to him--right under the nose of a British guard! She hopes desperately that Papa will understand her message and make an escape. But can she get to him in time? The illustrated "Looking Back"...
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2000
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHATripp, Valerie
Summary: Josefina hopes to become a "curandera" or healer like Tia Magdalena, and she is tested just before her tenth birthday when a friend receives a potentially fatal snakebite.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Tía Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: "Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goofy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kittredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help..."--Cover back.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNEvert, Jodi.
Summary: Presents instructions for making a yarn doll, a Dala horse, and other crafts brought by Swedish pioneers or learned from their Native American neighbors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1994
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 745.5 KIRBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When Marie-Grace discovers a baby outside her father's office and a slave catcher claims the boy, she helps place him at a white orphanage where she becomes a volunteer, as her friendship with Cécile grows and she hears rumors of yellow fever.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCErnst, Kathleen
Summary: When her father is taken prisoner by the British, Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812, tries to help her family run their shipyard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: After her parents divorce, fun-loving San Francisco girl Julie moves away from her best friend Ivy to start over again in a new house and school. But before long, she learns to create a few changes of her own--from saving endangered eagles to celebrating the U.S. Bicentennial.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD MCDShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHAShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: Kaya becomes jealous of a girl from another tribe until they are forced to work together in a dangerous situation. Includes historical notes on Indian trading along the Columbia River in 1764, as well as instructions for creating a petroglyph.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2003
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Summary: In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1991
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIErnst, Kathleen
Summary: Continues the story of Caroline Abbott, a young girl living during the War of 1812.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: Marie-Grace Gardner, a doctor's daughter who has just returned to her native New Orleans in 1853, makes friends with Cécile Rey, whose prosperous family are free people of color, and is persuaded to change places with her at separate Mardi Gras balls.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCPorter, Connie Rose
Summary: After their escape from North Carolina to Philadelphia in the summer of 1864, Addy and her mother begin their new life as free people as her mother gets a paying job and Addy goes to school and learns a lesson in true friendship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1993