James Lincoln Collier
Author
Pub. Date
19uu
Description
When the Depression strikes America, throwing millions out of work, Petey Williamson's family seems safe. Hadn't the boss promised Petey's father that he'd always have a job? But during the Depression, promises cannot always be kept, and Petey finds his family sliding rapidly into poverty. And when Petey's much-admired cousin Steve starts working as a union organizer in the battle to improve conditions for workers, poverty turns into tragedy.
"Collier...
Author
Series
Arabus family saga volume 1
Pub. Date
1987, c1983
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Description
A free thirteen-year-old black girl in Connecticut is caught up in the horror of the Revolutionary War and the danger of being returned to slavery when her patriot father is killed by the British and her mother disappears.
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Grade 5-8N̜ick Hodges, a 13-year-old orphan with the reputation of being a troublemaker, lives with his Uncle Jack in a small coastal New England village in 1931. His parents both died in the influenza epidemic of 1918, which the villagers are reluctant to talk about. The story opens with Nick's waking from a disturbing dream in which he feels he has lost something. Soon he is accused of not speaking to a neighbor at the pond, when he was miles from...
6) Wild boy
Author
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
Description
Twelve-year-old Jesse runs away from home and tries to survive on his own in the nearby mountains.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
Presents a biography and examines some of the legends surrounding the famous jazz musician and entertainer, who learned to play the cornet in the Waif's home in New Orleans, escaping poverty and going on to have a recording of "Hello Dolly" top the Beatles on the charts.
Author
Series
Arabus family saga volume 2
Pub. Date
c1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1787 a fourteen-year-old slave, anxious to buy freedom for himself and his mother, escapes from his dishonest master and tries to find help in cashing the solidier's notes received by his father for fighting in the Revolution.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 3
Description
Discusses the settling of the area between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains and the conflicting interests of the different groups involved--the Indians, cowboys, farmers, sheepherders, and railroad barons.