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When his Uncle Foxfire comes for a visit to China in 1865, fourteen-year-old Otter finally gets to realize his wish to work on the Transcontinental Railroad in Nevada. However, the dangerous hardships Otter endures are the opposite of the America in his dreams. Will Otter be able to survive the hardships he faces while working? This title is the sequel to Mountain Light.
Book Series: Golden Mountain Chronicles
Awards won: Newbery Honor book 1994
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0060229721
ISBN-13: 9780060229726
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It's 1909 and orphanages have yet to benefit by the 'progressive movement' credited to Teddy Roosevelt. Plain, trouble-making, 11-year-old Maud lives in an orphanage of that era - tasteless lumpy food, ill-fitting clothes, unfair punishments, but far worse - no love or warmth or even kindness. Maud imagines spending the rest of her time there - for as the head mistress constantly reminds her 'no one would ever want to adopt such a homely, unruly and ungrateful child as she.' So when the genteel Hawthorne sisters come and want Maud, and only Maud, the head mistress is amazed and Maud is delighted. She knows it is the happiest day of her life and the start of a wonderful future. Beautiful dresses and books without pages missing are purchased for her, and she finally knows what it is to have a full stomach. The 'love' part may be a little harder to earn. Hyacinth Hawthorne seems to realize she can make Maud do anything for the sake of being loved. When Maud finds out 'the family business' - seances - and conning grieving families out of their money is part of their plan, she knows she must face a horrible choice.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/28/2009
ISBN-10: 0763638129
ISBN-13: 9780763638122
Lured by the glamour and excitement of a soldier's life, 11-year-old Nathaniel follows the British Army down the Hudson Valley during the American Revolution, and witnesses the true hardships of war, firsthand. Part of the Stories of the States series.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 188188970X
ISBN-13: 9781881889700
Most of us think we know something about farm life today, including modern machines, herds of cows, or growing food for families. Farm life in this book is very different. Early Farm Life shows us in pictures and words how families lived on farms as our country expanded west. Old farms were situated by water, the houses built of logs, and the whole family worked together for survival. As you are reading this book it might be fun to, answer in your mind or discuss with someone how you do tasks today that accomplish the same things as they did in early farm days.
Book Series: Early Settler Life
Reviewed by: cjones
Date read: 10/18/2010
ISBN-10: 0865050279
ISBN-13: 9780865050273
The story traces 14-year-old Daniel West's growth as he resolves his political conflicts in the pre-revolutionary Salem of 1775, a center of high feeling between the British and colonists.
Reviewed by: sc
Date read: 4/13/2009
ISBN-10: 0140322590
ISBN-13: 9780140322590
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