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A journey to the New World

the diary of Remember Patience Whipple
Twelve-year-old Mem presents a diary account of the trip she and her family made on the Mayflower in 1620 and their first year in the New World.
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Midnight rider

Fourteen-year-old Hannah, an orphan indentured to the family of a British general in Boston in 1775, begins attending secret meetings diguised as a boy, then passing messages and warnings to the revolutionaries using her beloved horse, Promise.
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Paul Revere's ride

An account of American patriot Paul Revere's famous ride to warn John Hancock and Sam Adams that the British were coming to arrest them and planning to seize weapons gathered by the colonial militia in preparation for the Revolutionary War. Presented in graphic novel format.
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You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!

a trip that took entirely too long
Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

The river king

An inexplicable death in Haddan, Massachusetts leads to the unraveling of the lives of some of the residents of the small river town.

The funeral director's son

The last thing twelve-year-old Christopher "Kip" Campbell wants is to take over the funeral business that has been in his family for generations, but he is the only Campbell heir and seems to have a calling to help the dead and their survivors in a most unusual way.

You wouldn't want to sail on the Mayflower!

a trip that took entirely too long
Presents a children's book for early readers about what a young girl needed to know in order to prepare for her trip on the Mayflower.

The namesake

A young man born of Indian parents in America struggles with issues of identity from his teens to his thirties.

Maniac Martians marooned in Massachusetts

While vacationing in October Mountain State Forest, Damon and Amber witness a flying saucer crash, and, along with Damon's sister Tracy, they begin an investigation that brings them face to face with some very unpleasant Martians.

1621

a new look at Thanksgiving
Draws on re-enactments, historical records, and oral legends to explore the events surrounding the first Thanksgiving celebration.

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