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In 1800's Canada, thirteen-year-old Pierre La Page decides to take his injured father's place on a 2400-mile long canoe trip from Montreal to trade furs. Along the way, he faces many physical dangers, as well as difficult relations with his fellow shipmates. Will he survive the hardships of the three-month journey to Lake Superior?
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0385322240
ISBN-13: 9780385322249
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Eleven-year-old Caddie, and her family, lived in the rolling hills of western Wisconsin during the mid-1800s. Caddie, whose real name is Caroline Augusta, is a bit different from her brothers and sisters. When her family came to Wisconsin from Boston, she was very ill. Once she got better, her father begged her mother to let her grow up free, and running wild, and that's how she is. She would rather plow a field than bake a cake. Caddie, along with her brothers, gets herself into an amazing number of scrapes. This book is a fictionalized account of events that actually happened to the author's grandmother. It won the Newbery Medal in 1936.
Awards won: John Newbery Medal
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/12/2009
ISBN-10: 0027136701
ISBN-13: 9780027136708
Case of the Cryptic Crinoline: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Nancy Springer (2009), 176 pages
Audience: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
Enola Holmes is a runaway trying to escape from her brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, who want to place her in a finishing school. Enola is horrified when her beloved old landlady, Mrs. Tupper, is kidnapped. Using various disguises, she sets out to solve the crime. Surprisingly, the trail leads to a meeting with Florence Nightingale, with whom Mrs. Tupper was acquainted during the Crimean War. If you enjoy historical settings, solving mysterious codes and heroines that jump out of windows, then this book is for you.
Book 5 in the Enola Holmes Mysteries series.
Book Series: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Reviewed by: rn
Date read: 8/29/2009
ISBN-10: 0399247815
ISBN-13: 9780399247811
Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery
Nancy Springer (2006), 208 pages
Audience: 3rd Grade - 6th Grade
Did you know Sherlock Holmes had a much younger sister who also had his sleuthing skills? Fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes must solve the mystery of her mother's sudden disappearance. In the process, she gets swept up into another mystery and begins a life of adventure in London. If you enjoy this book, be sure to read the rest of the series. The Case of the Left-handed Lady is next.
Book Series: Enola Holmes mystery
Reviewed by: msp
Date read: 8/26/2010
ISBN-10: 0399243046
ISBN-13: 9780399243042
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South
Ann Rinaldi (1998), 288 pages
Audience: 6th Grade - 8th Grade
In the South Carolina of 1780, 14-year-old Caroline sees the Revolutionary War take a terrible toll on her family, and friends, and comes to understand the true nature of war.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0152008810
ISBN-13: 9780152008819
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