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I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade

Author : Diane Wilson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781402269530

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I Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade by Diane Wilson Pdf

A moving and heartfelt story about the lengths one would go to help their family When Oyuna was a baby, a horse accidentally crushed her foot, cursing her family with bad luck. Oyuna vows to restore good fortune to her family...but how? One fateful day, soldiers from the great Khan's army invade her village to steal horses and gather new soldiers. In hopes of bringing honor to her family, Oyuna courageously disguises herself as a boy and joins the soldiers on their quest. With only her horse and her cat to keep her company, Oyuna sets off on an amazing journey across deserts and mountains—a journey that will change her life forever. "No ordinary horse story...Horse lovers or not, readers will be riveted."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review "Ambitious and fast-moving."—New York Times

Black Storm Comin'

Author : DIANE LEE WILSON
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781471103384

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Black Storm Comin' by DIANE LEE WILSON Pdf

WANTED: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders. Willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. When Colton Wescott sees this sign for the Pony Express, he thinks he has the solution to his problems. He's stuck with his ma and two younger sisters on the wrong side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, with no way to get across. They were on the wagon train heading to California when Pa accidentally shot Colton and then galloped away. Ma is sick, and Colton needs money to pay the doctor. He'd make good money as a Pony rider. he also needs to get to California to deliver freedom papers to Ma's sister, a runaway slave. The Pony Express could get him there too... Does Colton have what it takes to be a Pony Express rider? And if so, will traveling the dangerous route over the mountains bring him closer to family, freedom, and everything he holds dear?

Feathers

Author : Jacqueline Woodson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142411981

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Feathers by Jacqueline Woodson Pdf

When a new, white student nicknamed "The Jesus Boy" joins her sixth grade class in the winter of 1971, Frannie's growing friendship with him makes her start to see some things in a new light.

The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai

Author : Erik Christian Haugaard
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0618548963

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The Revenge of the Forty-Seven Samurai by Erik Christian Haugaard Pdf

A fourteen-year-old serving boy finds himself surrounded by suspicion and betrayal as his master gathers a group of samurai to avenge Lord Asano's death.

The Horse and his Boy

Author : C. S. Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547115748

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The Horse and his Boy by C. S. Lewis Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Horse and his Boy" by C. S. Lewis. 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.

Breaker Boys

Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780756544393

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Breaker Boys by Michael Burgan Pdf

Recounts photographer Lewis Hines' fight against child labor in the early 1900s and discusses how his work and the work of others revealed truths about the issue to the public.

Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze

Author : Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547114994

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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze" by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. 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.

Twice Upon a Marigold

Author : Jean Ferris
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780547546070

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Twice Upon a Marigold by Jean Ferris Pdf

Since Queen Olympia's fateful fall into the river, newlyweds Christian and Marigold have been living happily ever after. And they had every intention of keeping it that way--until they find out that Olympia may not be as gone as they thought. Turns out Olympia is alive and well in a faraway village, having lost her memory after her ill-timed tumble. But one day she awakes and remembers her previous glory as queen. Accompanied by Lazy Susan (Sleeping Beauty's slacker sister) and Stan Lucasa (a gentleman with a surprising destiny), Olympia returns, determined to take back the kingdom. Yet, thanks to a cast of familiar characters, grabbing the throne may not be as easy as Olympia thinks!

Shadow Spinner

Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442446816

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Shadow Spinner by Susan Fletcher Pdf

Every night, Shahrazad begins a story. And every morning, the Sultan lets her live another day -- providing the story is interesting enough to capture his attention. After almost one thousand nights, Shahrazad is running out of tales. And that is how Marjan's story begins.... It falls to Marjan to help Shahrazad find new stories -- ones the Sultan has never heard before. To do that, the girl is forced to undertake a dangerous and forbidden mission: sneak from the harem and travel the city, pulling tales from strangers and bringing them back to Shahrazad. But as she searches the city, a wonderful thing happens. From a quiet spinner of tales, Marjan suddenly becomes the center of a more surprising story than she ever could have imagined.

Seven Daughters and Seven Sons

Author : Barbara Cohen,Bahija Lovejoy
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1994-10-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780688135638

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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons by Barbara Cohen,Bahija Lovejoy Pdf

In an ancient Arab nation, one woman dares to be different.Buran cannot -- Buran will not-sit quietly at home and wait to be married to the man her father chooses. Determined to use her skills and earn a fortune, she instead disguises herself as a boy and travels by camel caravan to a distant city. There, she maintains her masculine disguise and establishes a successful business. The city's crown prince comes often to her shop, and soon Buran finds herself falling in love. But if she reveals to Mahmud that she is a woman, she will lose everything she has worked for.

Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan

Author : Hildi Kang
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781933718620

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Chengli and the Silk Road Caravan by Hildi Kang Pdf

Chengli is an orphaned errand boy who lives in Chang'an China in 630 A.D. His mother has died from illness and his father is presumed dead after disappearing into the desert when Chengli was a baby. Now thirteen, Chengli feels ready for independence. He is drawn to the desert, beckoned by the howling of strange winds and the hope of learning something about his father--who he was and how he died. Chengli joins a caravan to travel down the merchant route known as the Silk Road, but it is a dangerous life, as his father knew. The desert is harsh, and there are many bandits--bandits interested in Chengli's caravan because a princess, her servants, and royal guards are traveling with them. But the desert is full of amazing places and life-changing experiences, as the feisty princess learns the meaning of friendship and Chengli learns the heroism of which he is capable.

Firehorse

Author : Diane Lee Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781442403352

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Firehorse by Diane Lee Wilson Pdf

Fifteen-year-old Rachel is furious and lonely when her father moves the family to Boston in 1872—especially since she had to sell her beloved horse. But in Boston she finds the Governor’s Girl, an injured firehorse, and begins caring for her and thinking about becoming a veterinarian. Then an outbreak of fires causes Rachel to question the ethics of her journalist father, and when the horses who pull the fire engines fall ill, the danger escalates. In a dramatic climax, the Great Boston Fire of 1872 is brought to life with cinematic vividness, and Rachel proves her grit and determination to make something of herself.

The Ghost of Fossil Glen

Author : Cynthia DeFelice
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781429930536

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The Ghost of Fossil Glen by Cynthia DeFelice Pdf

The Ghost of Fossil Glen gripping ghost story and murder mystery by a popular and highly regarded author. Allie Nichols knows she's being pursued by a ghost. But her friend Karen calls her a liar and doesn't want to hear "stuff like that." It is Allie's old pal Dub who listens eagerly as Allie tells him about a voice that guides her safely down a steep cliff side, the face in her mind's eye of a girl who begs "Help me," and a terrible nightmare in which that girl falls to her death. Who is the girl? Is she the ghost? And what does the ghost want from Allie? As Allie discovers that her role is to avenge a murder, she also learns something about friendship, false and true, in the latest chilling tale from best selling author Cynthia DeFelice.

Raven Speak

Author : Diane Lee Wilson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1442402490

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Raven Speak by Diane Lee Wilson Pdf

Asa is the daughter of a Viking chief whose clan is struggling to survive a never-ending winter. All the able-bodied men head to sea in search of food, leaving behind the children, the elderly, the sick—and Jorgen the skald, the wise man who will stop at nothing to take over the clan. When Asa learns the skald wants to kill and eat her beloved horse, she runs away. But then she meets a strange woman who talks to her two pet ravens, and who warns Asa she’ll have to make a great sacrifice to save her clan. Now Asa must face the biggest challenge of her life in this eerie, absorbing adventure tale.

The Turning

Author : Gloria Whelan
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781497673854

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The Turning by Gloria Whelan Pdf

As the Soviet Union crumbles, one ballerina dreams of Paris It is 1991, and revolution is coming to the Soviet Union, but in Leningrad, life goes on as it always has. Food is scarce and luxuries are few, but for a young dancer named Tanya, life is a beautiful dream. She dances all day and all night, performing on the stage of the greatest theater in Russia. Her family has sacrificed everything for her dream, and their efforts are finally paying off. Soon the company will tour Europe, and Tanya will see Paris—a city so beautiful that she has begun to contemplate the unthinkable: leaving the Soviet Union forever. Paris offers a chance for defection, which would mean saying good-bye to her family. But as the group prepares for the trip, politics and romance tempt her to stay in Leningrad. Soon Tanya must choose her path. Does her future lie in Paris—or in a new Russia?