Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 (Dear America)

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Diary of Pringle Rose, Chicago, Illinois, 1871 (Dear America)

Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0545470110

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Newbery Honor author Susan Campbell Bartoletti brings the story of a young girl caught up in a web of murder, lies, and the Great Fire of Chicago to bold life. In the spring of 1871, fourteen-year-old Pringle Rose learns that her parents have been killed in a terrible carriage accident. After her uncle Edward and his awful wife, Adeline, move into the Pringle family's home -- making life for her and her younger brother, Gideon, unbearable -- Pringle runs away with Gideon to Chicago, seeking refuge from the tragedy, and hoping to start a new life. She becomes a nanny for the children of a labor activist, and quickly finds herself caught up in a web of intrigue and lies. Then, when a familiar figure from home arrives, Pringle begins to piece together the devastating mystery of what happened to her parents, and realizes just how deadly the truth might be. But soon, one of the greatest disasters this country has ever known -- the Great Fire of Chicago -- flares up, and Pringle is on the run for her life.


Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

Author: Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Publisher: Scholastic Incorporated

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545297011

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It is 1871 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and 14-year-old Pringle Rose, still grieving from the death of her parents, takes her brother Gideon, who has Down syndrome, escapes from her uncle and aunt and catches a train to ChicagoNbut disaster seems to follow her there.


A City Tossed and Broken

A City Tossed and Broken

Author: Judy Blundell

Publisher: Scholastic Press

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780545310222

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An award-winning author brings the story of one American girl to life. When Minnie Bonner's father disappears, the wealthy gentleman Edward Sump, led by his avaricious wife, offers Minnie a chance to work as a lady's maid. The Sumps have grand plans, grander than the city of Philadelphia can offer, and decide to move to San Francisco - the greatest city in the west. But when a powerful earthquake strikes, Minnie finds herself the sole survivor among them. After the dust settles, Minnie discovers a bag belonging to the Sumps filled with cash and papers. With no one else to claim it, Minnie has turned into an heiress overnight. Wealth comes at a price, however, and she is soon wrapped up in a deception that leads her down a dangerous path.


Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie

Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie

Author: Kristiana Gregory

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9780590226516

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In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.


Bat Loves the Night

Bat Loves the Night

Author: Nicola Davies

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2014-07-08

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 076367334X

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"A charming and informative story about a pipistrelle bat. . . . Offers vivid descriptions of the animal's flight, its navigational skills, and the hunt for food." – School Library Journal Features an audio read-along! Night has fallen, and Bat awakens to find her evening meal. Follow her as she swoops into the shadows, shouting and flying, the echoes of her voice creating a sound picture of the world around her. When morning light creeps into the sky, Bat returns to the roost to feed her baby . . . and to rest until nighttime comes again. Bat loves the night! Back matter includes an index. A Common Core Text Exemplar


Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills

Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills

Author: Virgil M. Harris

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-04

Total Pages: 529

ISBN-13:

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills" by Virgil M. Harris. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.


The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers

The Devil's Engine: Hellraisers

Author: Alexander Gordon Smith

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-12

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 0374301697

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Marlow Green's a high school boy in New York who's always in trouble for vandalism and acting out, and who one day stumbles into the middle of a battle with a demon and learns about The Devil's engine--an ancient machine which can grant anything you wish for--in exchange for your soul.


I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived #9)

I Survived the Nazi Invasion, 1944 (I Survived #9)

Author: Lauren Tarshis

Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

Published: 2014-02-25

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 054563380X

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One of the darkest periods in history... In a Jewish ghetto, Max Rosen and his sister Zena struggle to live after their father is taken away by the Nazis. With barely enough food to survive, the siblings make a daring escape from Nazi soldiers into the nearby forest.Max and Zena are brought to a safe camp by Jewish resistance fighters. But soon, bombs are falling all around them. Can Max and Zena survive the fallout of the Nazi invasion?


The Cambridge History of Medicine

The Cambridge History of Medicine

Author: Roy Porter

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2006-06-05

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 0521864267

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Against the backdrop of unprecedented concern for the future of health care, 'The Cambridge History of Medicine' surveys the rise of medicine in the West from classical times to the present. Covering both the social and scientific history of medicine, this volume traces the chronology of key developments and events.


Hunting and Fishing in the New South

Hunting and Fishing in the New South

Author: Scott E. Giltner

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 2008-12-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1421402378

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This innovative study re-examines the dynamics of race relations in the post–Civil War South from an altogether fresh perspective: field sports. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, wealthy white men from Southern cities and the industrial North traveled to the hunting and fishing lodges of the old Confederacy—escaping from the office to socialize among like-minded peers. These sportsmen depended on local black guides who knew the land and fishing holes and could ensure a successful outing. For whites, the ability to hunt and fish freely and employ black laborers became a conspicuous display of their wealth and social standing. But hunting and fishing had been a way of life for all Southerners—blacks included—since colonial times. After the war, African Americans used their mastery of these sports to enter into market activities normally denied people of color, thereby becoming more economically independent from their white employers. Whites came to view black participation in hunting and fishing as a serious threat to the South’s labor system. Scott E. Giltner shows how African-American freedom developed in this racially tense environment—how blacks' sense of competence and authority flourished in a Jim Crow setting. Giltner’s thorough research using slave narratives, sportsmen’s recollections, records of fish and game clubs, and sporting periodicals offers a unique perspective on the African-American struggle for independence from the end of the Civil War to the 1920s.