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Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1986.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of change as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Lexile measure
610L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1986.
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
61 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Samantha is determined to help nine-year-old Nellie, attending school for the first time, with her school work and learns a great deal herself about what it is like to be a poor child and work in a factory.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[1997]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
85 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2000]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
71 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1932, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[2000]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations, (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When her father's business closes because of the Great Depression forcing Kit to make changes in her life, the nine-year-old responds with resourcefulness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001.
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
60 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 x 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through photographs, illustrations, and both factual and fictionalized anecdotes, shows what life was like in the United States during the Depression.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Julie is in school detention for passing a note to Joy, a deaf student who has trouble understanding what their teacher is saying. Indignant, Julie decides to run for student body president so she can make changes to the detention system. But the other students are put off by Joy, her choice for vice president, and Julie worries that she'll have little chance of winning if she partners with someone who seems so different. With persistence and creative...
13) Good luck, Ivy
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1976, Ivy must choose between participating in a gymnastics tournament and attending a family reunion.
14) Julie's journey
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
84 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
It's 1976 and the entire country is celebrating America's 200th birthday. Julie joins her cousins on a pioneer-style wagon train in honor of the Bicentennial. The journey is filled with adventures, challenges, and self-discovery as Julie faces her fears to make an important contribution to her country's birthday. The "Looking Back" section provides additional information about Bicentennial celebrations in the United States.--From publisher's description....
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
[2007]
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
92 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Lexile measure
770L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
85 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
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.
19) Lanie
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
760L
Physical Desc
108 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie of Cambridge, Massachusetts, who loves nature and the outdoors, wants to go camping with her family but her favorite aunt teaches Lanie to find the wonders of nature anywhere, even in her own backyard.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2010.
Lexile measure
800L
Physical Desc
106 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Lanie's wildflower garden is thriving and attracting butterflies to her Cambridge, Massachusetts, backyard, but a neighbor not only objects to her growing "weeds," she also uses harmful chemicals on her own plants.
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