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American girls collectionMcDonald, Megan.
Summary: In 1974, after Julie's parents divorce, she moves to a new San Francisco neighborhood where the school does not have a girls' basketball team, so she fights for the right to play on the boys' team.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC AMEBuckey, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCShaw, 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.
Format: text
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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. Publications 2003
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Place a hold to request this item.Shaw, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Co. 2002
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC SHABuckey, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Pub. 2011
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC BUCMcDonald, 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