A Heart for Any Fate

A Heart for Any Fate

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher: Ooligan Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 1932010262

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Lovisa King, 17, comes of age on the Oregon Trail and finds the strength to help her family survive a deadly shortcut on their journey to the Willamette Valley.


Nekomah Creek

Nekomah Creek

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 157

ISBN-13: 0307538869

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Life at Robby Hummer's house is wild, fun, and a big mess since his twin brother and sister were born. At school, he'd rather read quietly than play games at recess of watch a filmstrip. But his teacher thinks he reads too much and sends him to Mrs. Van Gent, the schol counselor. Sheesh! Since when is liking books a problem? Meanwhile, some kids at school think it's weired that Robby's father stays home to take care of the twins while his mother works. Robby worries that, if his family is not like everybody else's, the authorities could take him away from them. When he learns that Mrs. Van Gent is coming to dinner, he knows she plans to spy. He's got to turn the Hummers into a normal family-now!


Brides of Eden

Brides of Eden

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 2003-09-01

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 9780613684088

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In this story based on true events, sixteen-year-old Eva and her female friends become obsessed with a charismatic young man who comes to Corvallis, Oregon, in 1904, claiming to be a Christian prophet.


Fire on the Wind

Fire on the Wind

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher:

Published: 2009-01

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781440116193

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The summer before her fourteenth birthday, a fierce forest fire rages throughout northwestern Oregon and threatens the logging camp where Storie and her family live.


Someday I'll Laugh about This

Someday I'll Laugh about This

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 1992-07

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780440406792

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Spending the summer at her family's beach house off the Oregon coast, twelve-year-old Shelby struggles to accept her older cousin's new interests, her favorite uncle's marriage plans, and her own growing up.


Children of the River

Children of the River

Author: Linda Crew

Publisher: Laurel Leaf

Published: 2009-01-21

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0307517284

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Sundara fled Cambodia with her aunt's family to escape the Khmer Rouge army when she was thirteen, leaving behind her parents, her brother and sister, and the boy she had loved since she was a child. Now, four years later, she struggles to fit in at her Oregon high school and to be "a good Cambodian girl" at home. A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy. Yet Sundara and Jonathan, an extraordinary American boy, are powerfully drawn to each other. Haunted by grief for her lost family and for the life left behind, Sundara longs to be with him. At the same time she wonders, Are her hopes for happiness and new life in America disloyal to her past and her people?


A House by the River

A House by the River

Author: William Miller

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781880000489

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Illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu Belinda doesn't like the house by the river and, when a dramatic storm approaches, wishes she lived on higher ground in the town. If only her father was alive, she thinks, then she'd feel saver. But what Belinda discovers through the long night is that her house is made from more than wood and brick - it is fortified by the family. An unforgettable story of love and courage. Full colour illustrations thoughout. Ages 4 - 9.


If I Should Die Before I Wake

If I Should Die Before I Wake

Author: Han Nolan

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780152046798

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A neo-Nazi teen is transported back in time to World War II Poland, where she is now a Jewish girl in a Nazi ghetto.


1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up

Author: Julia Eccleshare

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 960

ISBN-13: 9781844036714

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.


A Long Walk to Water

A Long Walk to Water

Author: Linda Sue Park

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 0547251270

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When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, 11-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan. By a Newbery Medal-winning author.