Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Red rock over the river Red rock over the river Patricia Beatty When a new girl arrives at Fort Yuma, Arizona, in 1881, thirteen-year-old Dorcas finds herself involved in the escape of an outlaw from the prison across the river. OL15844824W
Charley Skedaddle Charley Skedaddle Patricia Beatty During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters the suspicious Granny Bent in the Blue Rid… OL16067666W
The bad bell of San Salvador The bad bell of San Salvador Patricia Beatty In the 1840's in California a young Comanche refuses to accept the ways of his Mexican captors but wins their acceptance and admiration when he helps to cast the church bell and uses it to warn the v… OL4090609W
Behave yourself, Bethany Brant Behave yourself, Bethany Brant Patricia Beatty A preacher's daughter with lots of curiosity and a penchant for getting into trouble has an eventful year and a half, as all the predictions of a fortune-teller at a Texas county fair in 1898 come tr… OL4090611W
How many miles to Sundown How many miles to Sundown Patricia Beatty In 1881 a tomboy, her younger brother, and her pet longhorn accompany a fifteen-year-old boy searching for his father through Texas and the New Mexico and Arizona territories. OL4090620W
Lacy makes a match Lacy makes a match Patricia Beatty A 13-year-old living in a turn-of-the-century California mining town determines to marry off her adoptive brothers and discover the identity of her real parents. OL4090625W
Me, California Perkins Me, California Perkins Patricia Beatty Appalled by conditions in the uncivilized nineteenth-century silvermining town to which her husband has brought his family, Mrs. Perkins sends him to live in the town's bachelor quarters, until, a ye… OL4090628W
The sea pair The sea pair Patricia Beatty A new teacher and a pair of sea otters raise problems for an Indian boy living on the coast of Washington in the early 1940's. OL4090633W
Something to shout about Something to shout about Patricia Beatty The women of a Montana mining town disrupt life when they try to raise money for a new school. OL4090635W
The Staffordshire Terror The Staffordshire Terror Patricia Beatty The Staffordshire terrier 13-year-old Cissie raises from an orphaned pup is stolen by her uncle and entered in illegal dogfights. OL4090637W
Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee Patricia Beatty In 1865 with the war recently over, fourteen-year-old Hannalee and her recently reunited family decide to start a new life in Atlanta where, because of the need to rebuild the devastated city, jobs a… OL4090640W
Lupita Manana Lupita Manana Patricia Beatty Lupita and Salvador trying to cross the border and try to get to there ranch ant OL4090641W
Bonanza girl Bonanza girl Patricia Beatty A widow and her two children head for gold rush territory in Idaho, hoping to find jobs and a new life. OL4090644W
Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee Patricia Beatty After being captured by Comanche Indians, thirteen-year-old Lewallen Collier vows to escape and to rescue his sister. OL4090650W
The nickel-plated beauty The nickel-plated beauty Patricia Beatty This book is a wonderful book by Patrica Beatty. It is about some amazing children who get in big trouble with C.O.D. The children do the best they can to try and fix their problem.Along the way the … OL4090652W
Turn homeward, Hannalee Turn homeward, Hannalee Patricia Beatty Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed, forced to relocate in Indiana along with other Georgia mill workers during the Civil War, leaves her mother with a promise to return home as soon as the war ends. OL4090653W