Lyddie

Lyddie
Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0140373896

From two-time Newbery award-winning author Katherine Paterson. When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true. Includes an all-new common core aligned educator's guide. "Rich in historical detail...a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth." —The Horn Book, starred review "Lyddie is full of life, full of lives, full of reality." —The New York Times Book Review An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Editor's Choice American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" School Library Journal Best Book Parents magazine Best Book

Lyddie

Lyddie
Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101667443

From two-time Newbery award-winning author Katherine Paterson. When Lyddie and her younger brother are hired out as servants to help pay off their family farm's debts, Lyddie is determined to find a way to reunite her family once again. Hearing about all the money a girl can make working in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts, she makes her way there, only to find that her dreams of returning home may never come true. Includes an all-new common core aligned educator's guide. "Rich in historical detail...a superb story of grit, determination, and personal growth." —The Horn Book, starred review "Lyddie is full of life, full of lives, full of reality." —The New York Times Book Review An ALA Notable Book An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Booklist Editor's Choice American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists" School Library Journal Best Book Parents magazine Best Book

Jip

Jip
Author: Katherine Paterson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 014240411X

An abandoned boy turns to his only friend to help him make sense of his past, after a menacing stranger comes to town claiming to have been sent by his father.

The Widow's War

The Widow's War
Author: Sally Cabot Gunning
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2009-10-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0061870595

The Red Tent meets The Scarlett Letter in this haunting historical novel set in a colonial New England whaling village. “When was it that the sense of trouble grew to fear, the fear to certainty? When she sat down to another solitary supper of bread and beer and picked cucumber? When she heard the second sounding of the geese? Or had she known that morning when she stepped outside and felt the wind? Might as well say she knew it when Edward took his first whaling trip to the Canada River, or when they married, or when, as a young girl, she stood on the beach and watched Edward bring about his father’s boat in the Point of Rock Channel. Whatever its begetting, when Edward’s cousin Shubael Hopkins and his wife Betsey came through the door, they brought her no new grief, but an old acquaintance.” When Lyddie Berry’s husband is lost in a storm at sea, she finds that her status as a widow is vastly changed from that of respectable married woman. Now she is the “dependent” of her nearest male relative—her son-in-law. Refusing to bow to societal pressure that demands she cede everything that she and her husband worked for, Lyddie becomes an outcast from family, friends, and neighbors—yet ultimately discovers a deeper sense of self and, unexpectedly, love. Evocative and stunningly assured, The Widow’s War is an unforgettable work of literary magic, a spellbinding tale from a gifted talent.

Science and Stories

Science and Stories
Author: Hilarie Staton
Publisher: Good Year Books
Total Pages: 156
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1596471395

Bring science to life using 24 popular children's books. Cross-curricular activities provide theme-based units that engage students in a broad scope of science discovery. Includes activities, student worksheets, extensions, and correlation charts.

U.S. History Through Children's Literature

U.S. History Through Children's Literature
Author: Wanda Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1997-03-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0313079463

Allow students to step back in time to experience the thoughts, feelings, dilemmas, and actions of people from history. For each history topic, Miller suggests two titles-one for use with the entire class and one for use with small reading groups. Summaries of the books, author information, activities, and topics for discussion are supplemented with vocabulary lists and ideas for research topics and further reading. This integrated approach makes history meaningful to students and helps them retain historical details and facts.

Science & Stories

Science & Stories
Author: Hilarie N. Staton
Publisher: Good Year Books
Total Pages: 158
Release: 1994
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780673360847

Here's a surefire way to spark interest in both reading and science at the upper elementary level. The authors provide reading strategies and activities for 24 popular children's books you can use to integrate reading and science teaching. Activities covering oral language, writing, and cooperative learning apply the science concepts.

Through the Storm

Through the Storm
Author: Lisa Gallant
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1329759737

High in the northern mountains of Maine a family is faced with choices that will change their lives forever. Sam McRoy is a lumberjack and has to leave his family for several months out of the year. In the meantime, his wife, Millie, and two small children have to unexpectedly leave the town and the life they have established. Through a series of circumstances beyond their control, the family is separated. During the various trials that come their way, the family members must either cave to the pressures of doubt and wavering faith, or walk through their trials and come forth stronger and more sure of the hidden hand of God working in their family. Will this family snap against the fury of the storm that has hit, or will they turn to the only one who can walk with them...through the storm?