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Historical fiction.Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: When Julie runs for student body president, the other students are put off by her choice for vice president, a deaf student named Joy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCDShaw, 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 SHATripp, Valerie
Summary: Molly befriends a war refugee from England named Emily Bennett, who struggles to overcome shyness.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant 2006
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC TRITripp, 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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2 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 TRIGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GRETripp, Valerie
Summary: In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: Nellie O'Malley finally has a home again. She and her little sisters, Bridget and Jenny, are happily settling in with Samantha's family in New York City ..."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2004
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AG TriCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRITripp, Valerie
Summary: Elizabeth Cole and her best friend, Felicity, are "the merriest girls in Virginia". The merry friends think it's very funny to play tricks on Elizabeth's snobby older sister, Annabelle. When Annabelle Bananabelle becomes engaged, Elizabeth and Felicity's mischief heats up, until Elizabeth finds herself in big trouble!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Ten-year-old Rebecca Rubin is injured during a strike at the sweatshop where her uncle and cousin work when she tries to give a speech, while keeping a big secret from her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: The first Christmas since Julie's parents' divorce is difficult for the whole family, but Julie finds comfort sharing the Chinese New Year traditions of her best friend, Ivy Ling, and thinking about new beginnings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCDMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: When Julie and Ivy visit a wildlife rescue center after finding a baby owl in Golden Gate Park, they learn about two eagles who need help before they can be released back into the wild.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC MCDShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In 1764, Kaya greatly admires a courageous and kind young woman in her Nez Percé village and wants to be worthy of her respect. Includes historical notes on the winter activities of the Nez Percé Indians, including ceremonies and crafts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHATripp, Valerie
Summary: In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: In 1914 New York City, nine-year-old Rebecca is determined to show her family that she is old enough to light the Shabbos candles and go to the movies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Greene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: Rebecca Rubin worries that her tenth birthday will be ruined because it falls during Passover, but her mother's cousin Max, an actor, takes her with him to a movie studio, where she makes friends with an actress and a set carpenter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: In 1974 at her new San Francisco school, nine-year-old Julie does not want to tell her class about her parents' divorce, or to tell her sister about messing up her school assignment, but when she breaks her finger playing basketball and her whole family rallies around her, she realizes the importance of telling the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC McDMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: To celebrate the country's bicentennial, Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train which is filled with adventures, challenges, and self discovery.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007