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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The adventures of a spirited boy growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century, as he tries a new method for curing warts, witnesses a murder, runs away to an island and pretends to be a pirate, watches his own funeral, and falls for the new girl in the neighborhood.
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson
Pub. Date
[c1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
219p illus
Language
English
Description
In Mansfield, Missouri, during the harsh winter of 1905, Laura, her family, and her neighbors help each other survive and discover the true meaning of Christmas
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson
Pub. Date
[c1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
209p illus
Language
English
Description
In 1905, Laura's assignment to write an article for the Mansfield, Missouri, newspaper about the new school teacher leads her to start an unpopular crusade to get the farm children into school
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson
Pub. Date
[c1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
222p illus
Language
English
Description
While life goes on in Mansfield, Missouri, Laura agrees to help her elderly father fulfill his dream of returning to their former home on the Kansas prairie
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson
Pub. Date
[c1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
231p illus
Language
English
Description
As she gets to know and like the reclusive woman healer whom some in town consider a witch, Laura realizes that Mansfield, Missouri, faces a much greater threat from a self-proclaimed religious leader
10) Land of promise
Author
Series
Publisher
Nelson
Pub. Date
[c1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
228p illus
Language
English
Description
Laura and the other inhabitants of Mansfield, Missouri, face the problems of racism and a clash of cultures when Chinese immigrants try to settle in the pioneer community