Wilderness Books
Can’t get out - so stay in with a good book (and quit your gripin’). |
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 | Bellairs, John |
| House with a Clock in its Walls |
After his parents’ death, Lewis goes to live with his magician Uncle Jonathan, where a clock steadily ticks down to doomsday.
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| Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker |
| Halfway to the Sky |
When Dani runs away from home, planning to hike the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, the last person she expects to join her is her mother.
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| Brett, Jan |
| The Hat |
A hedgehog with a sock stuck on his head convinves his animal friends that his new hat will keep him dry, warm, and cozy throughout the winter.
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| Byars, Betsy |
| The Golly Sisters Go West |
The Golly Sisters are heading west, with new dresses and the best show on either side of the Mississippi.
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| Cushman, Karen |
| Rodzina |
Rodzina, a Polish American orphan boarded onto awestbound orphan train in Chicago, fears traveling to a life of unpaid slavery.
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| Edwards, Julie |
| Mandy |
A quiet restlessness leads Mandy over the orphanage wall to a very old, very small, seemingly abandoned cottage.
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| Holm, Jennifer |
| Our Only May Amelia |
May Amelia Jackson, the only girl in a BIG family, resents being expected to act like a lady while growing up in Washington State in 1899.
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| Kinsey-Warnock, Natalie |
| Lumber Camp Library |
Ruby wants to be a teacher, but after her father’s death in a logging accident she must quit school to care for her ten brothers and sisters.
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| Levinson, Nancy |
| Prairie Friends |
Betsy loves the prairie, but it is a lonely place. When a family moves nearby, Betsy can’t wait to make friends with the new girl, Emmeline.
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| Morey, Walt |
| Gentle Ben |
In the bleak Alaskan wilderness a lonely boy finds an unlikely friend.
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| Paulsen Gary |
| Mr. Tucket |
When Francis lags behind his wagon train to practice shooting his new rifle, he is captured by Pawnees.
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| Tunis, Edwin |
| Frontier Living |
Frontier Living illuminates all aspects of daily life on the American frontier, from the log cabin to the ranchero.
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| Tunnell, Michael |
| Mailing May |
When a promised train ticket through the Idaho mountains proves too expensive, May’s father comes up with a unique solution: he mails her by parcel post instead.
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| White, Linda Arms |
| I Could Do That!: Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote |
Hatmaker, wife, mother, pioneer, and activist, Morris was instrumental in getting the vote for women in Wyoming, the first state to pass such a law.
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