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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to 'aging out' out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse.... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren't as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
171 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Minnesota, 1862: As a woman fleeing from a dark and secret past, Sarah Wakefield leaves Rhode Island quietly and quickly under cover of night for the long journey to Minnesota where she has been advised there is good work to be had. She soon finds a husband who becomes a resident physician for a Sioux town there but the political backdrop of that moment is volatile: white settlers are breaking treaties, Native American land is shrinking, and mass...
Author
Series
Little house books volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After grasshoppers ruin the crops, eight-year-old Laura Ingalls and her family leave Plum Creek and move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they experience life in a small town and help manage a hotel.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tough Minnesota winter brings many changes to Kirsten's frontier life, including the new responsibility of helping her brother Lars set his traps and a move into a new house for her family.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Kirsten is proud and excited when she finds a bee tree full of honey, one of the natural treasures of her Minnesota frontier world, but she exposes herself to great danger by trying to harvest the honey by herself.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kirsten's neighbor and friend, Erik Sandahl, disappears, everyone believes he is skipping out on the money he owes Uncle Olav, but Kirsten believes that something is terribly wrong and sets out to clear her friend's good name.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
179 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kirsten's neighbor and friend, Erik Sandahl, disappears, everyone believes he is skipping out on the money he owes Uncle Olav, but Kirsten believes that something is terribly wrong and sets out to clear her friend's good name.
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2011
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 sound discs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Taking place in 1854, Kirsten's stories follow the young Swedish immigrant and her family as they attempt to start a new life on a farm in frontier Minnesota. This collection includes: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Happy Birthday, Kirsten!, Kirsten Saves the Day, and Changes for Kirsten."--Container.