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Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
336 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When winsome socialite Mia Stanley insists on researching downtrodden seaman's wives on the docks of Philadelphia for the magazine she works for, she uncovers a scheme that puts her own life in danger.
2) Fever, 1793
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1777 Philadelphia, young Maddy Rose spies for General Washington's army by using an unusual code to communicate with her soldier brother.
Author
Series
Magic Tree House volume 32
Publisher
Random House
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie are whisked back in time to Old Philadelphia by the magic tree house to meet the Founding Father, journalist, and famous inventor Benjamin Franklin.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her family moves to Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood in 1866, Addy discovers that her new home holds dangerous secrets--including one connected to the North Carolina plantation she had escaped from only two years earlier. Includes a brief overview of the experiences of African Americans during Reconstruction, the period immediately following the Civil War.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
189 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Readers choose from a variety of options in a multiple ending story as they join in Addy's Civil War-time adventures to outrun a slave catcher, raise money for soldiers, and search for Addy's family.
Author
Series
Little House volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.