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The quiet rebels

the story of the Quakers in America
1999
Chronicles the Quakers' role in America's history, covering such topics as slavery, social change, and education.

Girls don't have cooties

Katie wants to go to Suzanne's sleepover party, but Jeremy wants her to ride the new roller coaster with him. Annoyed, Jeremy and the other boys decide that all girls have cooties. When Katie literally finds herself in Jeremy's shoes, she tries to reunite the boys and girls. Illustrations.

Trouble at Betts Pets

A number of changes are taking place in fifth-grader Aaron's life. business at the family pet shop is declining, forcing his parents to consider selling the store; luxury condos are going up on the land that houses a community garden, displacing the homeless woman who lives there; and Aaron gets to know his seemingly perfect clasmate Sharon when she begins to tutor him in math.

William Penn

2005
Examines the life of seventeenth-century Quaker, William Penn, discussing his clash with the English government over his religious beliefs, his request for land in the New World, and his establishment of the colony of Pennsylvania.
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American Quakers

1998
Contains a selection of primary source documents that provides information about the origins, history, and practice of Quakerism in America.

Diary of Sally Wister

a colonial Quaker girl
Briefly examines the life of Sally Wister, who was just a girl in 1777 when the Revolutionary War forced her and her family out of Philadelphia.

The extraordinary Suzy Wright

a colonial woman on the frontier
2016
A biography of Suzy Wright, a Quaker poet and political activist who helped settle the Pennsylvania frontier and exerted considerable influence in the highest circles of Pennsylvania goverment.

Diary of Sally Wister

a colonial Quaker girl
2014
Presents excerpts from the diary of Sally Wister, a 16-year-old Quaker girl who moved from Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War.

The whispering rod

a tale of old Massachusetts : a novel
2001
In 1659, fourteen-year-old Hannah Pryor is troubled by the persecution of Quakers by Puritan Boston's leading citizens, one of whom is her father, especially after learning of her deceased mother's friendship with a Quaker woman.

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