Five smooth stones : Hope's Revolutionary War diary

Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. This book will be part of the re-launch of the My America series. As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots, Hope's life in Philadelphia becomes more confusing. Will Papa ever return from his voyage? Has he been killed, or worse become a Tory? When Hope's thirtee…

Fever, 1793

An epidemic of fever sweeps through the streets of 1793 Philadelphia in this novel from Laurie Halse Anderson where "the plot rages like the epidemic itself" (The New York Times Book Review). During the summer of 1793, Mattie Cook lives above the family coffee shop with her widowed mother and grandfather. Mattie spends her days avoiding chores and making plans to turn the family business int…

Knots in my yo-yo string : the autobiography of a kid

Newbery medalist Jerry Spinelli has penned his early autobiography with all the warmth, humor, and drama of his best-selling fiction. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new novel, Dead Wednesday! A master of those embarrassing, gloppy, painful, and suddenly wonderful things that happen on the razor's edge between childhood and full-fledged adolescence --The Washington Post Fro…

The Liberty Bell

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780516244853

Collation

24 pages : illustration ; 15 cm

Series Title

Welcome books

Call Number

974.8 DOU

Just plain fancy

Naomi Vlecke lives with her farming family in an Amish community in Pennsylvania. The Amish first came to Pennsylvania in the early 1700s, and to this day preserve a religious and "plain" life-style. As part of her household chores, Naomi looks after the chickens with her little sister, Ruth. One day Naomi and Ruth find an abandoned egg near the road. This is no ordinary chicken egg, though.…