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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 6
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English
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After an October blizzard, Laura's family moves from the claim shanty into town for the winter, a winter that an Indian has predicted will be seven months of bad weather.
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English
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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher. Originally published 1941; illustrated ed. first published 1953.
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"Includes an afterword...from Patricia MacLachlan"--P. [1] of cover. "This edition is only available for distribution through the school market" -- P. [4] of cover. 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. RL4. 008-012.
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Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 1
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English
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A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
10) Skylark
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English
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When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
14) Red dog
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c1987
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English
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Living with his family in the rugged, often dangerous, Wyoming mountains in the 1860's, twelve-year-old Adam finds his courage put to the test when he is left in charge of the household during his stepfather's absence.
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Quilt trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
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Shortly after the War of Independence, Hannah sees her family being torn apart by old secrets and new developments, as her sister resolves to marry a sea captain and other siblings prepare to help start a new town in the Northwestern Territory.
20) Calico bush
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Pub. Date
c1966
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English
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Left orphaned and alone shortly after her French family arrives in the New World, young Marguerite Ledoux becomes an indentured servant and must survive the dangers of hostile Indians, the bitter, hungry winter of 1743, and the people in Maine who treat her with suspicion because she is a "foreigner."
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