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Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
141 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1931, "times are tough" for Anna Harrington. But times are even tougher for some of her friends, who've been devastated by the Great Depression. Dot's family is hungry and may lose its home, while Chet, riding the rails as a hobo in search of work, is in trouble with the law. Twelve-year-old Anna and her cousin, Fred, watch in sorrow as the others suffer, wondering what they can do to show God's love to their friends. Soon they come up with some...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
290 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Each of the Baxter children experiences trouble at school, and when Principal Bond announces a new Character Awards initiative competition breaks out between the siblings until they remember what being a Baxter really means.
Author
Publisher
Moody Publishers
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
167 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
While living with her aunt in the English countryside, a naughty nine-year-old girl named Ruth finds her life changed when she asks the Good Shepherd, Jesus, to come to her.
Author
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
541 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of tales featuring Mandie, an orphan, and her friends as they solve mysteries together in turn-of-the-century North Carolina. Includes books 1-5 in the Mandie mystery series.
Author
Publisher
Christian Focus Publications
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
99 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Ivan refuses to join the Communist youth organization, his classmates make fun of him and try to force Ivan off the school hockey team His teacher tells him that Christians are not allowed to attend university.
11) Never grow up
Author
Series
The Baxter family children volume 3
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
While Kari Baxter eagerly awaits a meteor shower and frets over what she wants to be when she grows up, Ashley gets an idea for how to keep her siblings from growing up too fast.
12) Adventure awaits
Author
Series
Baxter family children volume 4
Publisher
A Paula Wiseman Book, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
277 pages.
Language
English
Description
Kari and Ashley go through the ups and downs of summer camp together. School science camp is a few weeks away, but Ashley and Kari Baxter have very different feelings about going. With the help of their siblings, Kari and Ashley prepare for wild experiments and the challenges of the great outdoors, and together they learn what it means to plan for an experience they won't forget. In the process, all five Baxter Children learn how to make new friends...
13) Finding home
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
For Ashley, moving to Bloomington, Indiana, is especially hard, but with time, prayer, a few surprises, and especially the love of her family, she finally feels at home.
Author
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
144 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As World War II draws to a close, Laura comes to admire her Japanese American neighbor whose father is fighting for the U.S. Army in Europe, but will she be strong enough to defend her new friend from the persecution of schoolmates?
Author
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
140 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nellie Starr, a young Cherokee girl, and her family are forced by U.S. soldiers to leave their home in Tennessee and travel the "Trail of Tears" to a new home in the western Indian territory.
Author
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
141 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Natural disasters and social attitudes in 1832 Cincinnati threaten to ruin twelve-year-old Emma Farley's secret hope. Can she rise above them to live her God-given dreams?
Author
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
142 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1903, eleven-year-old immigrant Maureen Stevenson is ready to become a U.S. citizen--just as soon as she solves the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion.
