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Summer hawk

2001
When her rescue of a baby hawk takes fifteen-year-old Taylor to a raptor rehabilitation center in rural Pennsylvania, their offer of a summer public relations job seems a step toward her dream of becoming a journalist.

Waiting for the queen

a novel of early America
2013
In 1793, fifteen-year-old Eugenie de la Roque, her family, and other nobles barely escape the French Revolution and arrive in Pennsylvania, where homesick young Hannah Kimbrell, a Shaker, is among those charged with preparing New France for the aristocrats' arrival.

Black girl

a novel
2006
Genna Meade looks back from the perspective of fifteen years to 1975 when, as a student at an exclusive women's liberal college near Philadelphia, she tried to befriend one of the school's few African-American students who was the victim of racially-motivated harassment.

The Whiskey Rebellion

an early challenge to America's new government
2004
Discusses the first challenge to the new federal government of the United States, which began in 1794 when citizens of western Pennsylvania took up arms to fight against a new federal excise tax on whiskey.

I am Regina

2002
In 1755, as the French and Indian War begins, ten-year-old Regina is kidnapped by Indians in western Pennsylvania, and she must struggle to hold on to memories of her earlier life as she grows up under the name of Tskinnak and starts to become Indian herself.

Rosanna of the Amish

1995
Centennial edition of the true story of Rosanna McGonegal, an Irish orphan who was raised by Elizabeth Yoder, an unmarried Amish woman in central Pennsylvania in the 1800s, providing information on the religious, social, and economic traditions of the Amish people.

Pennsylvania facts and symbols

2003
Presents information about the state of Pennsylvania and its nickname, motto, and emblems.

The moon of the fox pups

1992
Describes the experiences of five fox pups during the month of June in the farmland of Pennsylvania.

Sizzle

a novel
2011
When her aunt suffers a ministroke, Lina Delgado is sent to Pittsburgh to live with her Aunt Pat and her seven kids. Despite Linda's penchant for cooking, Aunt Pat refuses to let her in the kitchen, which drives Linda crazy until she manages to pick up a cooking project at school. When her jealous cousin joins her group, however, Linda has to decide how to handle the situation.

Live and let shop

2006
Beverly Hills teenager Rachel Buchanan gets in trouble with the law and winds up at mysterious Blackthorn Academy in Pennsylvania, where she uncovers secrets about the school and becomes entangled in a case of international espionage.

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