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Aunts Fiction Cincinnati (Ohio) History 20th century Fiction Depressions 1929 Fiction Mexican Americans Juvenile fiction Minnesota History 19th century Fiction Missing persons Fiction Mystery and detective stories New Mexico History To 1848 Juvenile fiction Ranch life New Mexico Fiction Swedish Americans FictionHart, Alison
Summary: During a visit to her grandparents' Illinois farm in 1944, ten-year-old Molly tries to prove the innocence of a German-American neighbor whom the FBI suspects of smuggling anti-American propaganda. Includes historical notes about life on the home front in World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC HARJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity runs the household while her mother and siblings are away, but is distracted by her horse's ill health, two strangers in town, and the fear that a box of family heirlooms is haunted. Includes historical information about life in colonial Williamsburg.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONReiss, Kathryn.
Summary: In 1977 San Francisco, Julie wants to be just like her new friend Carla, until she discovers that Carla is either in big danger or telling big lies.
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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 REITripp, Valerie
Summary: In 1825 when Josefina trusts a trader in Santa Fe with an important deal, she makes a surprising discovery about this young American who leaves town without paying her.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 1998
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When her family temporarily moves into a luxury apartment building in 1904 Manhattan, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover whether a series of mishaps is related to a curse on the building's owner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCErnst, Kathleen
Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM JONCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONTripp, 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 TRIBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM BucGreene, Jacqueline Dembar.
Summary: When Rebecca attends summer camp in the country because of the spreading polio epidemic in New York City, she is troubled by a bully in her tent and another fellow camper who is strangely secretive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2010
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGHM GRECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC GREShaw, Janet Beeler
Summary: In 1765, the arrival of an injured stranger from another tribe, traveling alone and apparently unable to speak, arouses suspicion in Kaya's Nez Percé village. Includes glossary and historical notes on the Nez Percé Indians
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHABuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: In 1935, while preparing to write a newspaper story about a theater production of Macbeth in her hometown of Cincinnati, twelve-year-old Kit discovers that a thief is stealing from the box office.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCErnst, Kathleen
Summary: While staying with her Aunt Millie in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky in the summer of 1934, Kit tries to discover who is sabotaging a visiting folklore researcher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2007
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNJones, Elizabeth McDavid
Summary: In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC JONReiss, Kathryn.
Summary: In 1970s San Francisco, Julie and her best friend Ivy learn about Chinese immigration in the early twentieth century when they investigate a mysterious doll theft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC REIBuckey, Sarah Masters
Summary: When an archaeologist's priceless jewel goes missing during a 1906 ocean liner voyage to Europe, eleven-year-old Samantha tries to discover which of the first-class passengers is the thief. Includes French glossary and historical information on travel and archaeology in the early twentieth century.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCErnst, Kathleen
Summary: While working as a reporter during her summer vacation in 1935, Kit uncovers a mystery at the Cincinnati Zoo involving suspected break-ins at the monkey house.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2005
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AG ErnCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC ERNErnst, Kathleen
Summary: When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl 2008
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J AGM ErnstTripp, Valerie
Summary: When Tia Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 1998
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2 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