The Secret of the Bradford House,by Albert A. Bell, Jr.
What is that light in the attic window of the spooky old Bradford House? Could it be a ghost? Hidden stairways and secrets from World War I draw Steve and Kendra into investigating the mysteries of this small town in Kentucky’s Land Between the Lakes. What they find is beyond any of their imaginings. Read More:Click to View
The Secret of the Lonely Grave,by Albert A. Bell, Jr. Steve (a baseball freak) and Kendra (a sassy Sherlock Holmes wannabe) were friends ‟before they knew they were not supposed to be.” They discover flowers on the ‟lonely grave,” an isolated headstone in the corner of an old graveyard they pass walking home from the school bus. They quickly discover who put the flowers there, but his reasons raise more questions. Dirty tricks by a bully put the answers and their lives in danger. Their investigation literally tunnels through the history of Kentucky, the Civil War, slavery and the Underground Railroad and discovers secrets even their parents would prefer remain hidden. Evelyn Thurman Young Readers Award Read More:Click to View Free Teachers Guide:Download Order Form with Extra Discounts for Class Sets:Download
Getorix,by Judith Geary
Getorix ("almost 15") has a last opportunity to gain his father’s regard and earn welcome into the Otherworld as a hero. He marches beside his father, a defeated Celtic leader, in the Roman triumph parade. Instead of a sacrifice at the Temple, as Getorix expects from his Celtic experience of honoring defeated enemies, Roman guards take them to a dark underground cell. Getorix's father is executed after charging Getorix to face his own death bravely before the Romans. Instead Getorix is taken to the home of a Roman general where he confronts Lucius, the general's son who spared his life. Lucius expects Getorix to be grateful and is puzzled by his continued rebellion.
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Dresses, Dreams & Beadwood Leaves,by Julia Taylor Ebel Rosa May wears dresses made from feed sacks, but her earthy knowledge of roots and herbs gives her hope of owning a store-bought dress and feeds her dream of wearing nurse’s white. Dresses, Dreams and Beadwood Leaves sets a girl’s journey to mold her own self esteem within the cultural history of the North Carolina mountains in the late 1940s, where root and herb gathering has offered many mountain people a way to meet both needs and dreams. Read More:Click to View Free Teachers Guide:Download Order Form with Extra Discounts for Class Sets:Download
Windmaster's Bane,by Tom Deitz David Sullivan, a southern Appalachian teenager, reads about the gods of Irish myth and enjoys fantasies drawn from these stories. When a chance encounter with a funeral procession – viewed from an eccentric angle – gifts him with Second Sight, however, the reality of the world of Faerie proves as dangerous as it is fantastic. When David’s brother is stolen and his beloved uncle felled by Faery magic, David enlists friends Alec McLean and Liz Hughes as companions on the quest to save their lives. Readers will recognize the names and attributes of the gods of Celtic myth, with a light admixture of legends from the Cherokee and familiar superstition. Georgia Author of the Year for Young Adult Fiction Read More:Click to View Free Teachers Guide:Download Order Form with Extra Discounts for Class Sets:Download
Boone,by Cameron Judd Cameron Judd's expansive recounting of the pivotal years of the Boone legend. Boone's life was marked by destiny and contradiction. Quaker born, peace-loving, yet a celebrated warrior. Devoted to family, he spent long months apart, leaving his resilient wife to fend for herself and their children. Sympathetic, and much like the American natives, yet he was a trailblazer for white civilization. Winner:Wilma Dykeman Award for Regional Fiction Independent Publishers Award (IPPY) Honor Book Winner:Fiction Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians Read More:Click to View Order Form with Extra Discounts for Class Sets:Download
Once Upon A Different Time,by Marian Coe Charles Dudley Warner, a travel writer, has received an assignment for a horseback trip from the railroad head at Abingdon, VA through the wilds of the Appalachian Mountains to the "fashionable resort" of Asheville, NC. He is to be accompanied by "the professor" and a guide, Starney. Warner's cousin, studying for the summer at Oxford, prevails on him to allow his fiancé Lily and her aunt Tess to join the party. Winner Clark Cox Fiction Award from the North Carolina Society of Historians Read More:Click to View Free Teachers Guide:Download Order Form with Extra Discounts for Class Sets:Download
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