Ann Warren Turner

The narrator describes her experiences as her Navajo tribe is forced to relocate by the U.S. Army in 1864 New Mexico.

The Diary of Sarah Nita, a Navajo Girl

The Girl who Chased Away Sorrow

In Greenmarsh, Massachusetts, in 1774, thirteen-year-old Prudence keeps a diary of the troubles she and her family face as Tories surrounded by American patriots at the start of the American Revolution.

Love Thy Neighbor : the Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson : Green Marsh, Massachusetts

Dear America

A ten-year-old northern girl encounters the ugly realities of slavery when she visits Richmond, Virginia, and sees a slave auction.

Nettie's trip South

A rising high school baseball star faces his most difficult challenge when his father is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Hard Hit

A series of poems convey the feelings of a young girl whose sense of joy and security at the family's summer house is shattered when an older boy who lives nearby sexually abuses her.

A Memoir

Learning to Swim

The Tory Diary of Prudence Emerson

Love Thy Neighbor

When ten-year-old Maddy Trevor goes for her annual summer visit to her grandfather and her cat Sabrina goes missing, she searches the woods and discovers a magical world.

Elfsong

An exploration of beliefs and ritualistic practices associated with mourning through the ages that begins with the burial customs of the ancient Celts, Egyptians, and Chinese and goes on to consider European, American Indian, Mexican, and Jewish rites.

Houses for the Dead

The diary of Sarah Nita, a thirteen-year old Navajo girl, which describes the Navajos' forced 400-mile walk from their ancestral homeland to Fort Sumner in 1864.

The Girls Who Chased Away Sorrow

Poems reflecting the points of view of three pioneer children describe their family's journey from Kentucky to Oregon.

Three Prairie Journals

Mississippi Mud

Intended as a literary study guide with activities designed for group and individual projects. Includes a book summary, author information, vocabulary builders, comprehension and discussion questions and cross-curricular activities. Some pages are reproducible for classroom use.

Nettie's Trip South

In 1349, a young girl returns from months of surviving in the marsh, having been "outlawed" for offending the village lord, only to find that her village has been wiped out by "the sickness."

The Way Home

A series of poems describes the lives of a family of dolls and their servants living in a dollhouse in a young girl's room, from the perspective of Emma, the oldest of the doll children. Full-color illustrations.

Secrets from the Dollhouse

A series of poems describe what Christmas means to various members of a household--grandparents, parents, children, pets, and even the house itself.

The Christmas House

A collection of seventeen poems describing the experience of traveling West during the 1800s, as seen through the eyes of pioneer women.

Grass Songs

Celebrates the way of life of the people who began forming communities in America in 1774 and who numbered more than 4,000 members in the late 1820s.

Shaker Hearts

After moving into an old house in a small New England town, 9-year-old Rosemary discovers that the nearby woods conceal a 150-year-old witch, who once lived in the house and is using her magic to take it back.

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