Author : Elizabeth Yates
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 28,14 MB
Release : 1989-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0140341587
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave traders and brought to Massachusetts, where he was sold at auction. Although his freedom had been taken, Amos never lost his dinity and courage. For 45 years, Amos worked as a slave and dreamed of freedom. And, at age 60, he finally began to see those dreams come true. "The moving story of a life dedicated to the fight for freedom."—Booklist
Author : Carole Pelttari
Publisher :
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 24,66 MB
Release : 1996
Category : African Americans
ISBN :
A study guide to accompany home reading of Amos Fortune, free man in the home featuring suggested discussion questions, vocabulary work, work sheets, related Bible passages and further readings.
Author : Laura Adams Armer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0486492885
Story, told in beautiful poetic prose, of the training of a present-day Navajo Indian boy who feels a vocation to become a medicine man.
Author : Arthur Bowie Chrisman
Publisher :
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,69 MB
Release : 1925
Category : Children's stories, American
ISBN :
Newbery Awards.
Author : Elizabeth Yates
Publisher : Walker Childrens
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 40,85 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :
A boy in a family of sheep farmers raises a black lamb to be the leader of the flock.
Author : Troll Communications L.L.C.
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 47,79 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780816750795
Author : Elizabeth 1905-2001 Yates
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 47,46 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781015128477
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Joan W. Blos
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 41,68 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0684163403
The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
Author : Howard Fast
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 10,94 MB
Release : 2011-12-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1453234810
Howard Fast’s bestselling coming-of-age novel about one boy’s introduction to the horrors of war amid the brutal first battle of the American Revolution On April 19, 1775, musket shots ring out over Lexington, Massachusetts. As the sun rises over the battlefield, fifteen-year-old Adam Cooper stands among the outmatched patriots, facing a line of British troops. Determined to defend his home and prove his worth to his disapproving father, Cooper is about to embark on the most significant day of his life. The Battle of Lexington and Concord will be the starting point of the American Revolution—and when Cooper becomes a man. Sweeping in scope and masterful in execution, April Morning is a classic of American literature and an unforgettable story of one community’s fateful struggle for freedom. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author’s estate.
Author : G a Henty
Publisher :
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 42,25 MB
Release : 2021-04
Category :
ISBN :
The hero is a young thane who wins the favor of Earl Harold and becomes one of his retinue. When Harold becomes King of England Wulf assists in the Welsh wars, and takes part against the Norsemen at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. When William of Normandy invades England, Wulf is with the English host at Hastings, and stands by his King to the last in the mighty struggle. Altogether this is a noble tale. Wulf himself is a rare example of Saxon vigor, and the spacious background of stormfulHistorylends itself admirably to heroicRomance-General-General.
