The Journal of Otto Peltonen

The Journal of Otto Peltonen
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: Scholastic
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2003-11-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439555005

In 1905 fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.

journal of Otto Peltonen.the:a finnish Immigrant

journal of Otto Peltonen.the:a finnish Immigrant
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: 케이론교육
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2000
Genre: Diaries
ISBN: 9780439445641

A young man tells the story of climbing into the cage and being lowered back down into the mine and how hard life was.

journal of Otto Peltonen.the:a finnish Immigrant

journal of Otto Peltonen.the:a finnish Immigrant
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: 케이론교육
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Diaries
ISBN: 9780439445641

A young man tells the story of climbing into the cage and being lowered back down into the mine and how hard life was.

The Broken Blade

The Broken Blade
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: New York : Bantam Doubleday Dell Pub.
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1997
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 044041184X

In 1800, 13-year-old Pierre La Page never imagined he'd be leaving Montreal to paddle 2,400 miles. It was something older men, like his father, did. But when Pierre's father has an accident, Pierre quits school to become a voyageur for the North West Company, so his family can survive the winter. It's hard for Pierre as the youngest in the brigade. From the treacherous waters and cruel teasing to his aching and bloodied hands, Pierre is miserable. Still he has no choice but to endure the trip to Grand Portage and back.

The Journal of Otto Peltonen

The Journal of Otto Peltonen
Author: William Durbin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2020
Genre:
ISBN: 9781517910464

In 1905, fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.

The Journal of C.J. Jackson

The Journal of C.J. Jackson
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2002
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780439153065

Desperate to survive during the Dust Bowl, C. J. Jackson and his family leave the panhandle of Oklahoma and head west to California, where they hope to make a better life for themselves.

Song of Sampo Lake

Song of Sampo Lake
Author: William Durbin
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-11-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1452931259

For fifteen-year-old Matti Ojala and his family, Finnish immigrants in Minnesota in 1900, starting a new life in America is both a hardship and an opportunity. After a tragic mining accident kills their beloved uncle, the family turns away from the iron mines to pursue the dream of owning a homestead in the wilderness. This means constant hard work and new challenges for the entire family. But will it also allow Matti, the in-between child, the chance to escape from his older brother’s shadow and gain the approval of his father, which he so desperately desires?

Max the Mighty

Max the Mighty
Author: Rodman Philbrick
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2013-06-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545628229

A companion to Newbery Honor winning author Rodman Philbrick's Freak the Mighty. This is the dramatic, heart-wrenching tale of Max and Worm, two outsiders who turn to each other for survival. Meet Maxwell Kane, the brooding giant-of-a-boy who escaped from his basement hiding place and faced the real world in FREAK THE MIGHTY.Still grieving over the loss of his best friend, Kevin, Max finds himself defending a young, solitary girl cruelly nicknamed "Worm" because she loves to read so much.When Max gets blamed for a horrific crime, he and Worm are forced to run for their lives. They flee across America -- hunted by the police, and pursued by the mysterious man known as the Undertaker. The only way they can survive is to confront Worm's darkest and most revealing secret. And that means facing something more frightening than death itself.

Into No Man's Land

Into No Man's Land
Author: Ellen Emerson White
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-06
Genre: Diaries
ISBN: 9780545398886

An eighteen-year-old Marine records in his journal his experiences in Vietnam during the siege of Khe Sanh, 1967-1968. Includes a history of Vietnam, war timeline, glossary, and related military information.

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins

The Journal of Scott Pendleton Collins
Author: Walter Dean Myers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1999
Genre: World War, 1939-1945
ISBN: 9780439445764

A fictionalized account of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and subsequent battles to liberate France, told through the journal entries of a seventeen-year-old soldier from central Virginia.