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Summary: When John Hale's parents moved from Chicago to a farm in the Dakota Territory in the late 1880s, he was not happy (too hot in summer, too cold in winter, and that is just the beginning); but after a year, and now eleven, he has settled in and made some friends at school--but when a sunny day in January 1888 turns abruptly into a deadly blizzard he will need all his strength and courage to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2018
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC TARBenjamin, Melanie
Summary: "The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a punishing cold spell. It was warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota Territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats-- leaving them unprepared when disaster struck. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Benjamin 2021Benjamin, Melanie
Summary: The morning of January 12, 1888, was unusually mild, following a long cold spell, warm enough for the homesteaders of the Dakota territory to venture out again, and for their children to return to school without their heavy coats. At the hour when most prairie schools were letting out for the day, a terrifying, fast-moving blizzard struck without warning. Schoolteachers as young as sixteen were...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BENCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Benjamin 2021Holm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Schooled in the lessons of etiquette for young ladies of 1854, Miss Jane Peck of Philadelphia finds little use for manners during her long sea voyage to the Pacific Northwest and while living among the American traders and Chinook Indians of Washington Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2001
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Far from her native Philadelphia, Miss Jane Peck continues to prove that she is more than an etiquette-schooled graduate of Miss Hepplewhite's Young Ladies Academy as she braves the untamed wilderness of Washington Territory in the mid 1850s.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: The arrival from Philadelphia of her spiteful nemesis Sally Biddle and the return of her corrupt ex-fiance Richard Baldt spell trouble for seventeen-year-old Miss Jane Peck, who has survived on her own in Shoalwater Bay, a community of white settlers and Chinook Indians in 1850s Washington Territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2004
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC HOLWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Children's Audio 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD WILGilbert, Julie
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GILSmoker, M. L. (Mandy L.)
Summary: "If Aiyana hears one more traditional Lakota story, she'll scream! More interested in her social media presence than her Native American heritage, Aiyana is shocked when she suddenly finds herself in a magical world-with no cell coverage! Pursued by the trickster Raven, Aiyana struggles to get back home, but is helped by friends and allies she meets along the way. Her dangerous journey through...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Curiosity Books, an imprint of Curiosity Ink Media, LLC 2022
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Summary: In Dakota Territory in the 1880s, half-Chinese Hanna and her white father face racism and resistance to change as they try to make a home for themselves. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PARCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Park 2020Snelling, Lauraine.
Contents: Dakota dawn -- Dakota dream -- Dakota dusk -- Dakota destiny.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Pub. 1996
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SNEWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: Laura has her first experiences as a teacher, and is courted by Almanzo Wilder.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper & Bros. 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Wilder 1971Copies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC WILBrown, Dee Alexander.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1983
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BROWilder, Laura Ingalls
Summary: During their first four years of marriage, Laura and Almanzo Wilder have a child and fight a losing battle in their attempts to succeed at farming on the South Dakota prairie.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTrophy 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J Fiction Series Wilder 1971Friedman, Mel
Summary: Discusses how the United States gained ownership of the Oregon Territory, who discovered the best routes west, and the obstacles pioneers faced on their journeys along the Oregon Trail.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.804 FRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 978.02 FRISnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: Augusta Bjorklund, after discovering her intended bridegoom married someone else, decides to leave her broken heart in Norway and start a new life in America. But knowing no English, Augusta misunderstands a ticket agent's directions in St. Paul, Minnesota, and in the harried confusion, she boards the wrong train.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 1999
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SnellSnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: It had taken four long, difficult years to tame the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory , Looking back through all the heartache and the body- breaking labor , Ingeborg Bjorkland knew that God had been with them every step of the way. Dreams that had turned into veritable nightmares had been reshaped with the promise of a new day rising , and her marriage to haaken had been its sure sign.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SnellSnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: The dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Alantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstance and overwhelming grief, she struggles to keep the farm and her family together....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNEMcCarthy, Kevin
Summary: "A saga of loyalty and survival in the vast, severe American West. Irish immigrant brothers Michael and Thomas O'Driscoll have returned from the brutal front lines of the Civil War. Unable to adapt to life as farm laborers, they reenlist in the army and are thrown into ferocious combat with Red Cloud's coalition of Indian tribes in the heart of Montana's Powder River Valley. Thomas finds love...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCCCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC MCCSnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: In the Dakota Territory of 1883 Ingeborg Bjorklund's husband disappears in a winter storm. In the spring her late husband's brother and cousin arrive to help her, and Ingeborg finds love again.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Snelling 1996Richmond, Catherine
Summary: "When Susannah goes to Dakota territory as a mail-order bride she finds something she never dreamed she would-true love. With no prospects for marriage and her parents recently deceased, Susannah Freemont agrees to go west to the Dakota territory to marry her minister's homesteading brother, Jesse. But Susannah is painfully shy, doesn't see herself as worthy of love from either a husband or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RICSnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: Hjelmer travels west to work on the railroad, but after sending only one letter to Penny, who has agreed to wait for him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SNESnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: Ever so slowly the Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmlands. Finally the Bjorklund family and their neighbors are reaping the promised harvest that had drawn them from their homes in Norway to cross the Atlantic. Withthe coming of the railroad and shipments of wheat to larger markets, the small town of Blessing beings to prosper in 1886.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1998
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SNESnelling, Lauraine.
Summary: Ever so slowly Dakota Territory is being transformed from a vast prairie into rich farmland. But for Ingeborg and Haakan, realizing their dreams will not come without a struggle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2006