Liza Ketchum
3) Newsgirl
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 10
Description
In the spring of 1851 San Francisco is booming. 12-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 will 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.
Author
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Years after a violent New England raid by the Redcoats and their Revolutionary War Indian allies, two families, one that suffered during that raid and one with an Indian mother and Patriot father, become neighbors and must deal with past trauma and prejudices before they can help each other in the present. Based on the author's family history. Includes historical notes and notes on the Pequot Indians.
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