Author : Julie Gilbert
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 19,80 MB
Release : 2024
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 166905943X
For young Cora Moffat March 18, 1925 has been a bad day, but it gets much worse when her school is hit by the Tri-State Tornado, and she, her twin brother and her former best friend Claire, struggle to survive as the school and town are destroyed around them. Includes historical notes.
Author : Jessica Gunderson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 24,54 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496587553
Twelve-year-old Carrie is excited to spend the night at her best friend Betsy's house one Saturday night in the turn of the century Galveston, Texas. But when her parents receive a last-minute invitation to a high-society party, they insist Carrie stay home to babysit her little brother, Henry. Despite a storm brewing -- and Carrie's protests over the change in plans -- her parents go to the party. As the storm approaches, the streets begin flooding. Henry is scared, and Carrie tries to calm him. But then hurricane hits, and the house is shaken from its foundation. Carrie must make some quick decisions to save herself and her little brother from the Great Galveston Hurricane. Readers can learn the real story of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 from the nonfiction backmatter in this Girls Survive story. A glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts are also provided.
Author : Cristina Oxtra
Publisher :
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 49,13 MB
Release : 2020-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496597621
When her mother announces a holiday vacation to Thailand, Tara isn't thrilled. She'd rather stay home with her friends, but Mom is determined they use the girls' trip to explore their Thai heritage. Tara is reluctant to travel so far from home, especially to a country she doesn't feel connected to. But then disaster strikes. The day after Christmas, a massive tsunami sweeps through Phuket, Thailand. Tara's resort vacation suddenly becomes a fight to survive - and find her mother in the wreckage.
Author : Nikki Shannon Smith
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496583841
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are being moved from Richmond further south. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Author : Emma Carlson Berne
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 41,96 MB
Release : 2020-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496597613
The American Revolution is raging in Philadelphia, and Rebecca is determined to do all she can to help. With her father stationed with Washington's army at nearby Whitemarsh, it's up to Rebecca to help her mother at home with her younger siblings. That includes selling vegetables to British officers stationed in wealthy houses nearby. When Rebecca intercepts a message about an impending British attack against the Patriots from one such house, she knows she has to act. It's up to her to get the message to the Patriot army - before it's too late.
Author : Emma Carlson Berne
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 14,17 MB
Release : 2019-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496583876
Includes a note from the author, a glossary and discussion questions.
Author : Cora Reilly
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 2020-09-28
Category :
ISBN :
A new STANDALONE age-gap, arranged marriage romance from USA Today Bestselling author Cora Reilly!Sofia knows how it feels to be the consolation prize.Too young.Not blond.And definitely not an ice princess.Her sister is-was all those things. Perfection. Until she wasn't. Until she ran off to be with the enemy and left her fiancé behind.Now Sofia is given to Danilo in her sister's stead, knowing she'll never be more than second best. Yet, she can't stop longing for the love of the man she's been crushing on even when he was still her sister's.Danilo is a man who's used to getting what he wants.Power.Respect.The sought-after ice princess.Until another man steals his bride-to-be. Danilo knows that for a man in his position losing his woman can lead to a loss of face.Wounded pride.Thirst for revenge.A dangerous combination-one Danilo can't leave behind, not even when a girl just as precious takes her sister's place to placate him. Yet, she's got one flaw: she's not her sister.Unable to forget what he's lost, Danilo might lose what he's been given.
Author : Julie Kathleen Gilbert
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 44,3 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496587138
Fourteen-year-old Daisy Meyer is angry and frustrated with her world: her German American town, New Ulm, is under surveillance, her father's newspaper was forced to shut down for criticizing the United States' entry into World War I, her beloved older sister Elsie's fiancé is deployed to France, and she deeply resents her stepmother--but worse is coming, because this is October 1918, and influenza is about to descend on her home and family, and it is not certain who will survive.
Author : Julie Gilbert
Publisher : Girls Survive
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 20,24 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1515883345
In 1620 an orphaned fifteen-year-old servant girl joins Separatists seeking religious freedom and others aboard the Mayflower as they undertake a perilous journey to the New World. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Author : Natasha Deen
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 26,65 MB
Release : 2021
Category : JUVENILE FICTION
ISBN : 1515883329
The people of fourteenth-century Florence, Italy, starving after years of bad weather and natural disasters, now face the Black Plague but twelve-year-old Maria is determined to survive. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
