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Rachel's Journal Rachel's Journal Marissa Moss In her journal, Rachel chronicles her family's adventures traveling by covered wagon on the Oregon Trail in 1850. OL106899W
A stitch in time A stitch in time Ann Rinaldi With quilting on the rise as a hot trend, it's time for this reissue by our top historical-fiction maven. The brilliantly woven 1st book "will leave readers in eager anticipation of its successors"-P… OL112455W
Little Obie and the flood Little Obie and the flood Martin Waddell Through hardships and good times, Little Obie, Grandad, Effie, and newly adopted Marty grow to become a real family. OL114154W
On the other side of the hill On the other side of the hill Roger Lea MacBride In the early 1900s, young Rose Wilder and her parents struggle with a series of natural disasters on their farm in Missouri. OL115574W
Bluestem Bluestem Frances Arrington With their father away and their mother traumatized by some unknown event, eleven-year-old Polly and her younger sister are left to take care of themselves and their prairie homestead. OL119106W
Courageous Kate Courageous Kate Sheila C. Ingle Through the mid-to-late 1700s, a large family of Scots Irish immigrants migrates from Pittsburgh to North then South Carolina, as eldest daughter Kate learns the art of housewifery, marries and has c… OL13392992W
Fat chance, Claude Fat chance, Claude Joan Lowery Nixon A zany Texas couple, Shirley and Claude, grow up and meet out in the gold mining hills of Colorado. OL137737W
Woods Runner Woods Runner Danny Campbell,Gary Paulsen Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that A… OL14850166W
Thomas Thomas Bonnie Pryor In the early years of the Revolutionary War, eleven-year-old Thomas and his family escape a bloody massacre at Wyoming Valley and endure innumerable hardships as they try to make their way to Philade… OL14854557W
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 water seeker The water seeker Kimberly Willis Holt,Kimberly Holt Traces the hard life, filled with losses, adversity, and adventure, of Amos, son of a trapper and dowser, from 1833 when his mother dies giving birth to him until 1859, when he has grown up and has a… OL14928957W
Dear America Dear America Murphy, Jim The first humorous book in the Dear America series follows an Italian girl's immigrant family as they move from New York City to a utopian community in the frontier West. While traveling in 1883 w… OL15054265W
A vote of confidence A vote of confidence Robin Lee Hatcher In A Vote of Confidence, the stage is set for some intriguing insight into what it was like during 1915 to be a woman in a 'man's world.' Guinevere Arlington is a beautiful young woman determined to… OL15120297W
Grub Line Rider Grub Line Rider Louis L'Amour The fury of the Wild West explodes in this thrilling dramatization of the Louis L’Amour classic Grub Line Rider . Most folks would call Kim Sartain an easygoing, peace-loving man. But the few who cro… OL15317059W
Dear America Dear America 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… OL16050074W
The Sisters Brothers The Sisters Brothers Patrick deWitt Hermann Kermit Warm is going to die. The enigmatic and powerful man known only as the Commodore has ordered it, and his henchmen, Eli and Charlie Sisters, will make sure of it. Though Eli doesn't sha… OL16190670W
The quilt walk The quilt walk Sandra Dallas Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s. OL16571956W
Hard Times on the Prairie Hard Times on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder,Melissa Peterson Laura and her pioneer family struggle against hardships on the Kansas frontier, including a prairie fire, a grasshopper invasion, and a blizzard. OL1719626W
Little House Parties Little House Parties Laura Ingalls Wilder,Heather Henson From the maple syrup party at her grandpa's house in the Big Woods in Wisconsin to parties with her school friends in Plum Creek and her first co-ed party in De Smet, Dakota Territory, Laura enjoys a… OL1719669W
Animal Adventures Animal Adventures Laura Ingalls Wilder,Melissa Peterson Laura Ingalls and her pioneer family encounter a variety of animals traveling through and living on the American frontier at the turn of the century. OL1719775W
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