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Addie's long summer Addie's long summer Laurie Lawlor Twelve-year-old Addie eagerly awaits her cousins' summer visit to her prairie home but, once they arrive, finds things much more complicated than she had ever imagined. OL145225W
Adventure on the Wilderness Road, 1775 Adventure on the Wilderness Road, 1775 Laurie Lawlor In 1775, while traveling with her family from Virginia to Kentucky, and joined by another family along the way, eleven-year-old Elizabeth reads Gulliver's Travels to the children and keeps a journal … OL145226W
Dead reckoning Dead reckoning Laurie Lawlor Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a servant aboard the Golden Hind--the ship of his cousin, the explorer and pirate Francis Dr… OL145227W
Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Exploring the Chicago World's Fair, 1893 Laurie Lawlor After moving to Chicago so their father can work for Buffalo Bill's Wild West show, twelve-year-old Dora and her three younger sisters find jobs and amusement at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition… OL145228W
Gold in the Hills Gold in the Hills Laurie Lawlor When they are left with relatives while their father goes prospecting for gold in the Colorado mountains, ten-year-old Hattie and her older brother depend on their friendship with a recluse who lives… OL145229W
Horseback on the Boston Post Road, 1704 Horseback on the Boston Post Road, 1704 Laurie Lawlor As war with the French and Indians begins in 1704, Madame Sarah Kemble Knight is instructed to bring twin servant girls Hester and Philena on a perilous journey by horse from Boston to New Haven, Con… OL145231W
A Titanic journey across the sea, 1912 A Titanic journey across the sea, 1912 Laurie Lawlor Two sisters united by hardship cross the Atlantic on the Titanic in order to start a new life with their father in Chicago. OL145236W
West along the wagon road, 1852 West along the wagon road, 1852 Laurie Lawlor Eleven-year-old Harriet "Duck" Scott, who isn't nearly as ladylike as her older sisters, finds many opportunities for adventure during an 1852 wagon train trip from Illinois to Oregon Territory, as h… OL145238W
The worst kid who ever lived on eighth avenue The worst kid who ever lived on eighth avenue Laurie Lawlor Trying to be detectives, Mary Lou and her friends imagine that terrible crimes are being committed when Leroy, the worst kid who ever lived on Eighth Avenue, returns to the house next door. OL145239W
George on His Own George on His Own Laurie Lawlor Addie's twelve-year-old brother, George, doesn't think anyone appreciates his musical talent, and when his father threatens to sell his trombone, George decides to run away from the family's prairie … OL145241W
How to Survive Third Grade How to Survive Third Grade Laurie Lawlor Ernest, an unpopular third grader, has a difficult adjustment to make until he finds a friend and experiences his first real successes in life. OL145243W
Wind on the River Wind on the River Laurie Lawlor In 1863, fifteen-year-old Private Allen of South Carolina, captured at the Battle of Gettysburg, decides to switch his allegiance to the Union and is sent to fight "savages" in Dakota Territory, wher… OL145244W
Daniel Boone Daniel Boone Laurie Lawlor Traces the life of the colonial pioneer, hunter, and woodsman, from his youth in the Pennsylvania wilderness to his adventures exploring the frontier, especially the "dark and bloody" land called Ken… OL15280893W
LUCK FOLLOWS ME LUCK FOLLOWS ME Laurie Lawlor It's 1910, and Hayley's comet is coming...will it bring Moe good luck or bad? Some people think it will cause fires, floods, earthquakes -- all kinds of terrible things. But Moe knows better. The com… OL15280903W
Magnificent voyage Magnificent voyage Laurie Lawlor Based on the writings of John Ledyard, an American cook on the ship Resolution, tells of explorer James Cook's final voyage in search of the Northwest Passage, discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and … OL15280904W
TAKE TO THE SKY TAKE TO THE SKY Laurie Lawlor 162 p. : 20 cm OL15280911W
The two loves of Will Shakespeare The two loves of Will Shakespeare Laurie Lawlor After falling in love, eighteen-year-old Will Shakespeare, a bored apprentice in his father's glove business and often in trouble for various misdeeds, vows to live an upstanding life and pursue his … OL15280913W
Where will this shoe take you? Where will this shoe take you? Laurie Lawlor A history of fashion in footwear through the ages. OL15280917W
Muddy as a duck puddle and other American similes Muddy as a duck puddle and other American similes Laurie Lawlor A collection of 26 American similes--one for each letter of the alphabet--including notes on the origins and meanings of each. OL15530324W
Window on the West Window on the West Laurie Lawlor Presents the photographs taken by William Henry Jackson from 1869 to 1893, discussing his life and how his work captured and introduced the American West to the public. OL15754416W
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