Susan McAliley
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While looking for Steps High, the horse that had been stolen from her, Kaya faces danger from a sudden mountain fire. Includes historical notes on the Nez Perc Ǐndians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
70 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
81 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Still grieving over the death of her hero, and missing her stolen horse and kidnapped younger sister, Kaya tries to earn the trust of a lone and starving dog who is about to have puppies. Includes historical notes on Nez Perc čhildren.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company Publications
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
67 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1764, when Kaya and her family reunite with other Nez Perc Ǐndians to fish for the red salmon, she learns that bragging, even about her swift horse, can lead to trouble. Includes historical notes on the Nez Perc Ǐndians.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
73 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kaya and her family join with other Nez Perc ǎnd Salish Indians to fish for the red salmon, she and her older sister hope to be reunited with their younger sister, who had been kidnapped some time before. Includes historical notes on the summer activities of the Nez Perc Ǐndians.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
77 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While celebrating her brother's Bar Mitzvah on Coney Island, nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin disobeys by going off on her own, leaving her cousin Ana, a recent immigrant, alone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Josefina, the youngest of four sisters living in New Mexico in 1824, tries to help run the household after her mother dies.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
70 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Josefina and her sisters distrust learning to read and write, as well as other changes their Ta̕ Dolores is bringing to the household, because they fear they will lose their memories of their mother.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
While Rebecca Rubin helps her building's ailing superintendent take care of his homing pigeons, she puzzles over what to do with the Christmas centerpiece her teacher insisted she make but which has no place in her Jewish home.
11) Rebecca and Ana
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Rebecca Rubin eagerly helps her cousin Ana, newly arrived from Russia, to adjust to life in New York City, but when their teacher says the two must sing together at a school assembly, Rebecca worries that her big moment will be ruined.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
76 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The first Christmas since Julie's parents' divorce is difficult for the whole family, but Julie finds comfort sharing the Chinese New Year traditions of her best friend, Ivy Ling, and thinking about new beginnings.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Company
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
72 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the fall of 1764, after Kaya and her sister are kidnapped from their Nez Perc v̌illage by enemy horse raiders, she tries to find a way to escape back home. Includes historical notes on education and learning among the Nez Perc Ǐndians.