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1) My Ántonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
MY ANTONIA is the wistful tale of an immigrant girl from Bohemia, who has settled in Nebraska. Narrated by Antonia's childhood friend Jim Burden, the novel draws heavily upon Willa Cather's own formative years, as well as, through the persona of Jim, Cather's experience of New York, where she worked as Editor of the MCCLURE magazine. MY ANTONIA is the third in a sequence of Cather's works which deal with immigrant settlers in the USA. Writing as a...
Author
Series
Wilderness series (Sara Donati) volume 5
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
It is the late summer of 1814, and Hannah Bonner and her half brother Luke have spent more than a year searching the islands of the Caribbean for Luke’s wife and the man who abducted her. But Jennet’s rescue, so long in coming, is not the resolution they’d hoped for. In the spring she had given birth to Luke’s son, and in the summer Jennet had found herself compelled to surrender the infant to a stranger in the hope of keeping...
4) First dawn
Author
Series
Freedom's path volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"A saga of two families that portrays the harsh circumstances and intense courage displayed by African-American sharecroppers and Caucasian men as they formed the towns of Nicodemus and Hill City in the western Kansas prairie during the late nineteenth century"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Return to the Canadian West volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the early 20th century, new schoolteacher Beth Thatcher is assigned a post in a remote mining community in Western Canada. There her courage--and her heart--will be tested in unexpected ways"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
As he nation moves toward civil war, one resident of Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania has her live irrevocably changed. Dorthea Granger is asked by her uncle--shortly before his violent death--to stitch an unusual quilt. When she learns the quilt contains hidden clues for the Underground Railroad, Dorthea makes a brave decision. she will put her own life at risk to continue the work that cost her uncle his life.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Traveling by covered wagon, Marty and her husband come to the frontier prairie with bright dreams of a new homestead. But her husband is killed in an accident, and Marty, pregnant and alone, now has nowhere to go. When widower Clark Davis offers her a home in exchange for caring for his little girl, Marty knows she must accept. But acceptance means she must marry Clark, and become a real mother for little Missy.
10) Glory
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Author
Series
Canadian West series volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
Janette Oke's beloved story of a young teacher moving west concludes with a poignant and touching tale. Canadian West book 4.
12) To dream anew
Author
Series
Heirs of Montana volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
13) Ruby
Author
Series
Dakotah treasures volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
14) Pearl
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ruby's most recent boarder is timid schoolteacher Pearl Hossfuss. To avoid an arranged marriage, Pearl deserts her home in Chicago to teach in Little Missouri. Ther she befriends Ruby and falls in love with young carpenter Carl Hegland. But when her father threatens to find her and take her back home, Pearl turns to God for the strength to stand up for herself and follow her heart.
Author
Series
Secret refuge volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
16) Rivers of gold
Author
Series
Yukon quest volume 3
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
19) Land of my heart
Author
Series
Heirs of Montana volume 1
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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