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Series
American girl BeForever. Kit, 1934 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Kit 1934 volume 2
A Kit classic volume 2
American girl BeForever. Kit 1934 volume 2
A Kit classic volume 2
Language
English
Description
"For Kit, the Depression has brought big changes: a houseful of boarders, tons of chores, and no birthday party. Then Aunt Millie arrives, and it looks as if her great ideas might turn things around for the Kittredges. But when Kit's taste for adventure gets her into trouble, she discovers that the Depression has hit a lot of people far worse than her own family. Can one girl make a difference for homeless kids--when even grownups have lost hope?"--...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice who needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots.
Author
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goffy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kttredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help ..."--Cover back.
5) Taking off
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Maryellen, 1954 volume 2
American Girl.Maryellen 1954 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 2
A Maryellen classic volume 2
American Girl.Maryellen 1954 volume 2
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 2
A Maryellen classic volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In the 1950s, if fourth-grader Maryellen is going to invent a flying machine, become famous, and get her big sister Joan's wedding off the ground, she will need all the help and all the friends she can get!"--
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
When Samantha moves to New York and is reunited with Nellie, she discovers that their lives have changed in very different ways. Part of the "American Girls" series.
When she discovers that Nellie and her sisters have been sent to an orphanage, Samantha, now living with her aunt and uncle in New York City, tries to help her friends as much as she can.
11) The one and only
Author
Series
American girl BeForever. Maryellen, 1954 volume 1
A Maryellen classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 1
A Maryellen classic volume 1
American girl BeForever. Maryellen 1954 volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Growing up in the 1950s, nine-year-old Maryellen longs to stand out, but in a family with five brothers and sisters, it's easy to get lost in the shuffle!"--
14) Josefina's song
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In the early 1800s, nine-year-old Josefina accompanies her father into the New Mexican mountains to check on the elderly shepherd who works for him, and she proves herself a good traveling companion when her father has an accident.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where a fight spoils the preparations for the Thanksgiving pageant.
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