Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail
Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 1998-02-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0679885587

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In 1851, 12-year-old orphan Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As he makes his way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing life on the rugged Overland Trail. Extensively researched, with episodes based on true incidents, "the epistolary format and character development offer solid reading."--Booklist An IRA Teachers' Choice

Dear Levi
Dear Levi

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1998-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780606129107

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In 1851, 12-year-old Austin Ives joins a wagon train headed for California. As he makes his way across the country, Austin writes home to his brother Levi, describing the rugged Overland Trail. Extensively researched, with episodes based on true incidents, the epistolary format and character development offer solid reading (Booklist).

Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad
Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2000-08-08

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 0375803564

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Now in paperback! In this companion novel to Dear Levi, told in letters,11-year-old Levi helps a young African American in a harrowing flight for freedom along the Underground Railroad.

Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But. .
Dear Napoleon, I Know You're Dead, But. .

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 1994-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780740914

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When Marty Belucci chooses to write to Napoleon for a class project, his grandfather tells him how to get the letter delivered. His classmates are stunned when Marty receives a surprising reply.

Dear Levi
Dear Levi

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780679846413

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Twelve-year-old Austin Ives writes letters to his younger brother describing his three-thousand-mile journey from their home in Pennsylvania to Oregon in 1851.

Small Beauties
Small Beauties

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Published: 2014-04-30

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 0307546705

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"One day this child shall hold the very heart of our family in the palm of her hand," predicts Granny on the day Darcy Heart O'Hara is born in a cottage on Derry Lane, in the town of Pobble O'Keefe, in County Kerry, Ireland. Darcy grows up to be a noticer, delighting in the small beauties all around her: a dew-covered spider web, castles in the clouds, a shiny wooden rosary bead. Life is simple but sweet in Pobble O'Keefe, with her family gathered round the hearth in the evenings while Granddad's voice fills the small room with stories. But in 1845, a blight strikes the land, the potatoes turn rotten, and Darcy and her family must leave Ireland forever. How will Darcy ever find a way to to bring the small beauties of home across the sea to America? Elvira Woodruff's story of emigration, heartbreak, and hope is vividly illustrated with the warm, evocative oil paintings of Adam Rex.

Lady Liberty
Lady Liberty

Author: Doreen Rappaport

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 46

ISBN-13: 9780763625306

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Offers the true story about the work that was done by so many on both sides of the ocean to create this enduring symbol of freedom and the fundraisers held by everyday people to build her the pedestal on which she would forever stand in the Hudson Harbor. 40,000 first printing.

The House on the Gulf
The House on the Gulf

Author: Margaret Peterson Haddix

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-01-04

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1442430206

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[If only] Bran would stop acting weird....Probably he had a perfectly reasonable explanation for everything. I just couldn't imagine what it would be. When Britt's older brother, Bran, lands a summer job house-sitting for the Marquises, an elderly couple, it seems like a great opportunity. Britt and Bran have moved to Florida so their mother can finish college, and the house-sitting income will allow their mom to quit her job and take classes full-time. Having never lived in a real house before, Britt is thrilled. There's only one problem: Britt starts to suspect her family isn't supposed to be there. She's been noticing that Bran is acting weird and defensive -- he hides the Marquises' mail, won't let anyone touch the thermostat, and discourages Britt from meeting any of the neighbors. Determined to get to the bottom of things, Britt starts investigating and makes a startling discovery -- the Marquises aren't who Bran has led her and their mom to believe. So whose house are they staying in, and why has Bran brought them there? With unexpected twists and turns, award winner Margaret Peterson Haddix has again crafted a thriller that will grip readers until its stunning conclusion.

The Magnificent Mummy Maker
The Magnificent Mummy Maker

Author: Elvira Woodruff

Publisher: Perfection Learning

Published: 1995-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780780766327

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Ten-year-old Andy's life changes after a strange encounter with an ancient mummy during a class trip to the museum.

The Flight of the Union
The Flight of the Union

Author: Tekla White

Publisher: First Avenue Editions

Published: 1998-02-01

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 1575053004

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Relates the story of Homan Walsh, a fifteen-year-old boy who in 1847 successfully flew a kite over the Niagara River from Canada to the United States, enabling work to begin on a suspension bridge over Niagara Falls.