Elizabeth Yates

Kh Pathways (Elizabeth Yates)

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

Amos Fortune, Free Man

Nora Spicer Unwin

Describes the search for and adventures of a young girl lost in a New Hampshire forest in the pioneer days. Based on a true incident.

Sarah Whitcher's Story

Gloria Repp

The boy isn't much to look at: thin, pale, and undersized for his age. Neighbors shake their heads over Jared Austin's odd ways. His father doesn't think he's good for anything much. Even his friend Jennet wonders what will become of him. But Jared isn't concerned; he has his own ideas about what is really important. One day a journeyman painter visits their quiet New Hampshire farm, and his unexpected offer sets Jared aglow with excitement. He starts off on an adventure that takes him miles from home and into experiences that bring him to manhood and deepen his faith. But before he leaves, Jared promises Jennet that someday, someday, he will come back for her. - Back cover.

The Journeyman

Wolves, weather, a black lamb, a trusty dog--all are part of Peter's life on a mountain farm. His best friend is Benj, a wise old shepherd, and Benj teaches him to care for the sprightly lamb that becomes his own special pet, his cosset. As Biddy grows into her place as leader of the flock, Peter grows too, learning the skills and joys of the shepherd's life. Book jacket.

Carolina's Courage

Mountain Born

Prudence Crandall

Howard Thurman is an unusual man and this book is his inspiring story. Born in Daytona Beach, Florida, at the turn of the century, he was the grandson of slaves. He is a minister and teacher whose life is characterized by the quest, in a world of divisive complexity, for the nuggets of common experience that bind brother to brother and man to man. His is a deeply personal faith; he a modern mystic who seeks not only insights into the nature of God, but ever richer experiences of God. (As written on the inside front cover.).

Howard Thurman, Portrait of a Practical Dreamer

After Peter hears his mother read the Christmas story, and tell him how she once went out on Christmas Eve and saw the forest in bloom, and Benj, the hired man, tells him how he heard the animals speak on Christmas Eve, he determines to go to the barn atmidnight and hear for himself

A Christmas Story

Once in the Year

The Road Through Sandwich Notch

A boy in a family of sheep farmers raises a black lamb to be the leader of the flock.

Jared Austin, staunch member of the mutual protection society that defends his 1830s New Hampshire community against thieves, tries to temper justice with mercy when his deaf daughter Melody befriends a young Irish immigrant who has stolen a horse.

Hue & Cry

The Story of Willa and Her Hearing Ear Dog

Sound Friendships

The life of the 18th-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts, where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of 60.

The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts, where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.

Free Man

Amos Fortune

Sam's Secret Journal

Under the Little Fir and Other Stories ... Illustrated by Nora S. Unwin

K/H (Pathways)

Grade 6 Amos Fortune: Free Man Trade Book

Pathways

A collection of diary entries from 1917 to 1950 portray the life of an aspiring writer.

A Diary Keeper Becomes a Writer

Spanning Time

Thirteen-year-old Peter gets a chance to earn his doubting father's trust when he successfully handles the important task of tapping the sugar maples to make syrup for their mountain farm.

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