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Fourteen-year-old Abby seeks both her father and the secret of a handsome but mysterious boy during an arduous journey by wagon train from the middle of the country to the Pacific coast in 1850.
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It's the spring of 1851 and San Francisco is booming. Twelve-year-old Amelia Forrester has just arrived with her family and they are eager to make a new life in Phoenix City. But the mostly male town is not that hospitable to females and Amelia decides she'll earn more money as a boy. Cutting her hair and donning a cap, she joins a gang of newsboys, selling Eastern newspapers for a fortune. And that's just the beginning of her adventures. Participating in the biggest news stories of the day, Amelia is not a girl to let life pass her by - even and especially when it involves danger!
While helping his grandfather herd and shear his flock of sheep on a small island off the coast of Maine, twelve-year-old Gabe encounters a mysterious woman who may be the ghost of a drowned milkmaid.
Begin with a Bee and its story of the life of one queen bee, a rusty-patched bumblebee, teaches us not only about bees but also about our own responsibilities in the natural world By looking closely at the life cycle of one bee, Begin with a Bee helps readers of all ages understand and appreciate the contributions and significance of all bees. The life cycle of the rusty-patched bumblebee is a tale of wonder, the adventure of one queen bee who carries an entire colony of bees inside her tiny body. Her story begins in the spring when she emerges from a hole in the ground to search for pollen. She finds a nest, "underground best," lays a few eggs, and seals them in pollen. All summer this sing...
Embark on a gardener's personal journey that begins and ends in Vermont, with settings as varied as the Adirondacks, a New York suburb, coastal Florida, and Oxfordshire, England. With detailed, monochrome drawings by botanical illustrator Bobbi Angell, The Last Garden delineates the practical aspects of gardens and plants as we face the perils of climate change, food scarcity, and pollinator decline; the healing power of gardens; and the importance of mentors in a gardening life.Writer Liza Ketchum profiles the gardeners whose techniques and wisdom influenced her life and helped shape her life and the gardens she created. She shares the myriad ways that gardens have provided beauty, comfort, and inspiration during periods of change, loss, and renewal, and offers inspiration for readers to create their own garden, whether on a city balcony, a suburban yard, or a larger country plot.
In 1828, while traveling by wagon from Illinois to Kentucky, twelve-year-old Jesse and her siblings lose their parents to a mysterious illness and must finish the dangerous journey by themselves.
"In 1913, young Teresa dreams of leaving her life in Vermont and hitting the road to join a vaudeville troop and sing in theaters across the country. Once she does, however, she finds the job and the country [are] not as glamorous as she once believed"--
Twelve days in August change a sixteen-year-old soccer player's perceptions of himself, his family, girls, and gays.
Fourteen-year-old Molly tries to uncover the mystery surrounding her mother's death ten years before.