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Prairie lotus
by Linda Sue Park
A young half-Asian girl arriving in 1880s America struggles to adjust to new surroundings while navigating the almost unanimous prejudice of the townspeople in her heartland community. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of A Single Shard. 75,000 first printing. Simultaneous eBook.
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Sarah, plain and tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
When their father invites a mail-order bride to come live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by their new mother and hope that she will stay
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The birchbark house
by Louise Erdrich
Chronicles the experiences of an Ojibwa girl and her family as they live their lives quietly on an island in Lake Superior in 1847, until the white man comes and begins moving her entire tribe off their land.
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Rachel's journal : the story of a pioneer girl
by Marissa Moss
A journal-style book tells of the day-to-day accounts of a young girl as she and her family travel from Illinois to California along the Oregon Train in a covered wagon on their way to their new home in the west. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Our only May Amelia
by Jennifer L. Holm
As the only girl in a family of seven brothers, May Amelia Jackson resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington state in
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Fair weather
by Richard Peck
Set at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, Rosie gets her first taste of big city life as she, her siblings, and their grandfather attend the big event where they soon meet famous people, share an exciting experience, and take in all the wonders the fair has to offer. Reprint.
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May B. : a novel
by Caroline Starr Rose
A gripping novel in verse follows the experiences of young May, who is separated from her family when she is sent to help at a neighbor's Kansas prairie homestead and who struggles for survival when she is abandoned and left to fend for herself in an isolated, snow-covered sod house. Simultaneous.
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Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
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The quilt walk
by Sandra Dallas
Ten-year-old Emmy Blue learns the true meaning of friendship--and how to quilt--while making a harrowing wagon journey from Illinois to Colorado with her family in the 1860s
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Wanderville
by Wendy McClure
Torn from their home in New York and sent to Kansas on an orphan train, Jack, Frances and Frances' younger brother, Harold, hear terrible rumors about the life awaiting them and decide to jump off the train, where they meet a boy in the woods who changes their lives forever. By the author of The Wilder Life.
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Bo at Ballard Creek
by Kirkpatrick Hill
Winning the hearts of two tough gold miners who raise her near an Eskimo village in 1920s Alaska, young orphan Bo thrives amid the daily activities of both cultures before seeing a first airplane, encountering a bear and meeting a mysterious lost little boy.
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Sweet home Alaska
by Carole Estby Dagg
Moving to the Alaskan frontier in the 1930s when the mill in her small Wisconsin town closes, Trip revels in her new home's pioneer environment and starts a library with her friends before aspiring to raise money for a piano to cheer up her unhappy mother. By the author of The Year We Were Famous. Simultaneous eBook.
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The ballad of Lucy Whipple
by Karen Cushman
Dragged along to California during the Gold Rush, shy and bookish Lucy intends to be miserable until she can return to her New England home and writes yearning letters to those she left behind. By the Newbery Medal-winning author of Catherine, Called Birdy and The Midwife's Apprentice.
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