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  • af Gregory Kristiana Gregory
    108,95 kr.

    The adventures of a twelve-year-old white boy living among the Shoshoni Indians during the early frontier days

  • af Ann Rinaldi
    188,95 kr.

    Leigh Ann Conners is spunky and determined. Although she often finds herself in trouble, she loves her two older brothers dearly and would do anything to make them proud. When the Yankees arrive in Roswell, Georgia, Leigh Ann places a French flag upon the family's mill. She hopes the Yankees will then spare the mill from destruction, but her actions have disastrous results. Sent north with the women and children who worked in the mill?all branded traitors for making fabric for Confederate uniforms?Leigh Ann embarks on a journey that requires her to find her own inner strength. Only then will she be able to rise above the war raging around her.

  • af William Lavender
    168,95 kr.

    When Lady Jane, orphaned daughter of an English earl, arrives in Charlestown, South Carolina, in 1776, she finds herself in the middle of a heated war--a war not only between her former country and her new home but one between the members of her own family, whose loyalties are strongly divided in America's fight for freedom. Torn by family feuds, the war, a secret romance, and her own growing need for independence, Jane struggles for the courage to become the person she wants to be: just Jane. Includes a reader's guide.

  • af Ann Rinaldi
    188,95 kr.

    An independent-minded young maid tells the story of social-climber Peggy Shippen and how she influenced Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the Patriot forces. Revolutionary Philadelphia is brought to life as Becca seeks to find her ?missing pieces? while exploring the complicated issues of the war between the impoverished independence men and the decadent British Tories. ?This tale of treachery comes alive under [Rinaldi's] pen.?--Kirkus Reviews

  • af Kristiana Gregory
    148,95 kr.

    It's April 18, 1906, and a powerful earthquake has just rocked San Francisco. Photographer Edith Irvine and her assistant, Daisy Valentine, survive the tragedy. Armed with Edith's camera, the two women set out to document the devastation--even as buildings crumble around them and soldiers promise to shoot anyone trying to photograph the crippled city. Based on the real-life experience of photographer Edith Irvine, this harrowing tale of bravery and survival includes many of Irvine's now-famous photographs.

  • - The Story of Phillis Wheatley
    af Ann Rinaldi
    118,95 kr.

    Kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, a young girl is purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family in Boston. Phillis Wheatley-as she comes to be known-has an eager mind and it leads her on an unusual path for a slave-she becomes America's first published black poet. "Strong characterization and perceptive realism mark this thoughtful portrayal."-Booklist

  • af Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi
    108,95 kr.

    Eleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead, who serves as the "letter writer" for her blind stepmother, is haunted by her unwitting role in Nat Turner's Rebellion, one of the bloodiest and most effective slave uprisings in the history of America.

  • - The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker
    af Meyer Carolyn Meyer
    108,95 kr.

    From a master of historical fiction Carolyn Meyer comes the moving tale, based on a true story, of a white woman who lived her life among the Comanche Indians, married the chief, and in 1861 was captured along with her daughter and returned against her will to a white settlement.

  • af Jensen Dorothea Jensen
    88,95 kr.

    Lars Olafson moves with his parents to the old family farm near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to live with his aged aunt Cass. Lars is miserable--until he meets Geordie, a ghost whose stories of the Revolutionary War are as exciting as those of an eyewitness. When Aunt Cass dies suddenly, Lars is faced with a mystery linked to the Revolutionary War--and Geordi's ghostly stories are his only chance of solving it.

  • af Gregory Kristiana Gregory
    88,95 kr.

    The Golden Kite Award-winning story of Shoshoni Indian Jenny Leigh and her pioneer life in America in the 1870s

  • - A Story of the American Revolution
    af Reit Seymour Reit
    108,95 kr.

    A tale of courage and bravery?the daring and dangerous trek that gave young America its first real victory, paving the way for the future of a great democratic nation.This exciting middle grade novel is the true story of Will Knox, a nineteen-year-old young man who transported 183 cannons from New York's Fort Ticonderoga to Boston?in the dead of winter?to help George Washington win an important battle.Paul Revere's midnight ride...Washington crossing the Delaware...the winter crisis at Valley Forge... Some events in America's War for Independence are known to all. This book brings to history fans the story of another true episode, just as dramatic but not nearly as well known.As you read these pages, you will agree that Colonel Knox's great adventure was a stirring, suspenseful, and important event in American history.

  • - The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy
    af Seymour Reit
    108,95 kr.

    Seymour Reit, the creator of Casper the friendly ghost, blends fact with fiction in this captivating tale about one woman who dared to go behind enemy lines as a spy for the Union Army.

  • - The Story of December 7, 1941
    af Taylor Theodore Taylor
    108,95 kr.

    On December 7, 1941, Americans were stunned to learn that Japanese forces had launched an attack on Pearl Harbor. In this engrossing and extensively researched account, Theodore Taylor examines both sides of the battle, taking a close look at the events leading up to it and providing compelling insight into the motives and operations of the brave men and women swept up in the fight.

  • af Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi
    88,95 kr.

    Tragedy strikes a Texas family when they fail to tell their slaves that they have been freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.

  • - A Story of the Boston Massacre
    af Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi
    108,95 kr.

    An indentured servant of John Adams is caught up in the events that lead to the infamous Boston Massacre.

  • - The American Revolution in the South
    af Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi
    88,95 kr.

    A young girl living in South Carolina during the American Revolution discovers the duplicity within herself and others.

  • - My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
    af Roland Smith
    118,95 kr.

    NYT best-selling author of Peak, Roland Smith, reimagines the famous Lewis and Clark expedition in this historical fiction novel told through the compassionate eyes of a remarkable dog.