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Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496592182 |
In 1851 twelve-year-old Sarah is a free Black, happy living with her parents, grandparents, and brother on their own farm in Iowa; but her father has been bitten by the gold bug and wants to take the trail west to California, and after some argument it is decided that the the grandparents will stay on the farm, but the rest of the family will go; the journey will be difficult and dangerous, but if they survive extreme weather, difficult terrain, illness, and the racism of others in the group there may be a better life waiting for them at the end of the trail. Includes nonfiction material on the Oregon Trail, a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts.
Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Capstone |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2019-02-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496581962 |
Twelve-year-old Ann understands there is only one thing to be grateful for as a slave: having her family together. But when the master falls into debt, he plans to sell both Ann and her younger brother to two different owners. Ann is convinced her family must run away on the Underground Railroad. Will Ann's family survive the dangerous trip to their freedom in the North ? This Girls Survive story is supported by a glossary, discussion questions, and nonfiction material on the Underground Railroad, making it a valuable resource for young readers.
Author | : Julie Gilbert |
Publisher | : Girls Survive |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1515883345 |
In 1620 an orphaned fifteen-year-old servant girl joins Separatists seeking religious freedom and others aboard the Mayflower as they undertake a perilous journey to the New World. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Author | : Andrea L. Rogers |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496587146 |
It is June first and twelve-year-old Mary does not really understand what is happening: she does not understand the hatred and greed of the white men who are forcing her Cherokee family out of their home in New Echota, Georgia, capital of the Cherokee Nation, and trying to steal what few things they are allowed to take with them, she does not understand why a soldier killed her grandfather--and she certainly does not understand how she, her sister, and her mother, are going to survive the 1000 mile trip to the lands west of the Mississippi.
Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496582519 |
Thirteen-year-old Noelle feels like the luckiest girl in the world to be cruising the Atlantic aboard the famed Titanic. The trip is made even better by her new friend, Pauline, a girl who is traveling with her father to live in America. The girls spend the first days of the journey exploring, but on the fifth night, Noelle awakes to a sinking ship. Women and children will be rescued first, and Noelle realizes motherless Pauline will be left all alone. Despite her parents' wishes, Noelle breaks away from her family to find and help her friend. Nonfiction information, a gloassary, and reader response questions make up the back matter of this Girls Survive story.
Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Picture Window Books |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1515844684 |
Azaleah loved her class field trip to the National Zoo in Washington D.C, and is looking forward to earning extra credit by building a diorama of a tiger in his natural habitat for extra credit--but before she can even begin her task she has to solve the mystery of her younger sister's favorite missing stuffed animal because her parents and older sister are too busy and Tiana is ready to throw a tantrum.
Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496583841 |
In 1864 twelve-year-old former slave Charlotte is lucky enough to live on a plantation near Richmond, Virginia, owned by a Miss Van Lew, who hates slavery, and when Charlotte overhears a conversation she realizes that her mistress is gathering information and passing it on to the Union army; Charlotte is eager to help, (especially since her own cousin, Mary, is involved) but her enthusiasm may endanger them all--or help free 400 Union soldiers who are being moved from Richmond further south. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
Author | : Emma Bland Smith |
Publisher | : Sasquatch Books |
Total Pages | : 33 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1632170655 |
This beautiful picture book follows the journey of a young gray wolf who garnered nationwide attention when he became the first wild wolf in California in almost a century. Using facts recorded by Fish & Wildlife scientists, author Emma Bland Smith imagines the wolf's experiences in close detail as he makes an epic 2,000-mile trek over three years time. The wolf's story is interwoven with the perspective of a young girl who follows his trek through the media. As she learns more about wolves and their relationships with humans, she becomes determined to find a way to keep him safe by making him a wolf that is too famous to harm.
Author | : Nikki Shannon Smith |
Publisher | : Stone Arch Books |
Total Pages | : 73 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1496598695 |
Matthew, a young African American with asthma who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens, accompanies his journalist father to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.
Author | : Sarah Kesty |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2013-04-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780989272407 |