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After the train After the train Gloria Whelan Peter Liebig can't wait for summer. He's tired of classrooms, teachers, and the endless lectures about the horrible Nazis. The war has been over for ten years, and besides, his town of Rolfen, West G… OL14866551W
A clearing in the forest A clearing in the forest Gloria Whelan An aging widow and a neighboring youth join forces to wage battle against a powerful company that threatens to destroy the northern Michigan woods where they live. OL14866557W
Hannah Hannah Gloria Whelan Hannah, a blind girl living in Michigan in the late nineteenth century, doesn't go to school until a new teacher tells her about the Braille method of reading for the blind. OL14866564W
A haunted house in Starvation Lake A haunted house in Starvation Lake Gloria Whelan The community of Starvation Lake helps fourth-grader Dawn Zonder clean and repair an old house, hoping that her family will find the money to be able to move in. OL14866565W
The listeners The listeners Gloria Whelan After a day of picking cotton in late 1860, Ella May, a young slave, joins her friends Bobby and Sue at their second job of listening outside the windows of their master's house for useful informatio… OL14866569W
The miracle of Saint Nicholas The miracle of Saint Nicholas Gloria Whelan When Alexi learns from his babuskha that a Russian village church has been closed for sixty years, the resourceful young boy decides to prepare it for a Christmas miracle. OL14866573W
Night of the Full Moon Night of the Full Moon Gloria Whelan In 1840, Libby, living with her family on the Michigan frontier, finds herself inadvertently caught up in the forced evacuation of a group of Potawatomi Indians from their tribal lands. OL14866577W
The secret keeper The secret keeper Gloria Whelan Sixteen-year-old Ali comes face to face with murder and kidnapping during what promised to be a pleasant summer on Lake Michigan. OL14866584W
The shadow of the wolf The shadow of the wolf Gloria Whelan Libby's family moves to Northern Michigan WHERE she is reunited with her best friend, Fawn, whose family now lives there with the Ottawa tribe. The girls' happiness is short lived when they find out … OL14866585W
Summer of the war Summer of the war Gloria Whelan It's the summer of 1942. At her grandparents' island cottage in Michigan, 14–year–old Belle excitedly awaits the arrival of her exotic older cousin, Carolyn. Belle's expecting worldly sophistication … OL14866593W
A week of raccoons A week of raccoons Gloria Whelan Raids on his corn, garbage can, and bird feeder lead Mr. Twerkle to trap five raccoons and take them out to the woods, but they refuse to stay where he puts them. OL14866595W
Yuki and the one thousand carriers Yuki and the one thousand carriers Gloria Whelan In Japan, as a provincial governor, his wife, and daughter Yuki, followed by 1,000 attendants, travel the historic Tokaido Road to the Shogun's palace in Edo, Yuki keeps up with her lessons by writin… OL14866597W
The turning The turning Gloria Whelan In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect whi… OL14866607W
Burying the Sun Burying the Sun Gloria Whelan Too young for the army, one boy takes saving the city into his own hands. The Russian city of Leningrad is darkening with winter and war, and Georgi's family prepares for the worst. His sister, Marya… OL14866609W
Farewell to the Island Farewell to the Island Gloria Whelan In 1816, sixteen-year-old Mary O'Shea accepts her married sister's invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world beyond her beloved family farm on Mackinac Island. OL14866611W
Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky Gloria Whelan After her father dies in the river they both love, twelve-year-old Lily struggles to come to terms with her loss, and in so doing, she helps a paraplegic former pilot accept his condition and move on… OL14866612W
A time to keep silent A time to keep silent Gloria Whelan Thirteen-year-old Clair Lothrop's world is falling apart. Her mother has died, and her father spends his evenings shut in his study. In a desperate attempt to get her father's attention, Clair stops … OL14866618W
Goodbye, Vietnam Goodbye, Vietnam Gloria Whelan Thirteen-year-old Mai and her family embark on a dangerous sea voyage from Vietnam to Hong Kong to escape the unpredictable and often brutal Vietnamese government. OL14866619W
That Wild Berries Should Grow That Wild Berries Should Grow Gloria Whelan Elsa dreads spending the summer at her grandparents' house on Lake Huron, but she discovers the excitement of nature and the richness of friendship. OL14866621W
Chu Ju's house Chu Ju's house Gloria Whelan In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, wh… OL15835320W
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