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Dear America
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Sherry Garland |
In the journal she receives for her twelfth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexic… |
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The last rainmaker
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Sherry Garland |
Abandoned by her father, thirteen-year-old Caroline runs away to join Shawnee Sam's Wild West Extravaganza in the hope of learning more about her mother, a performer who died in childbirth and whose … |
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Summer sands
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Sherry Garland |
After a winter storm destroys the sand dunes that provide a home for plants and animals, a beach community bands together to restore the dunes. |
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Best Horse on the Force
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Sherry Garland |
When Brandon and Wayne try to take revenge on a rookie mounted policeman who has been teasing them, their practical joke backfires and causes their favorite horse Skyjacker to be kicked off the force… |
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Indio
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Sherry Garland |
Thirteen-year-old Ipa struggles to survive a brutal time of change as the Spanish begin the conquest of the native people along the Texas border. |
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Dear America
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Sherry Garland |
María Rosalía is a Mestizo servant in a Spanish home. Orphaned years ago, she and her brother Domingo work on a ranch run by the stern Señor Medina.
María's writing captures the intense tradition … |
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Voices of the Alamo
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Sherry Garland |
From the 1500s to the present, different voices and perspectives of men and women--Indian, Mexican, Spanish, Texan, and American--recount the history of the Alamo and its region. |
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Why ducks sleep on one leg
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Sherry Garland |
A Vietnamese folktale explaining why ducks sleep on one leg. |
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