Feeling out of place in her athletic family, artistic sixteen-year-old Jenny Fitzgerald, whose biological father was a sperm donor, finds her half sister through the Sibling Donor Registry and contacts her, hoping that this will make her feel complete.
Hank, Nathan, Jeremy, and Anabel deal with the realities of middle school basketball, including family pressure, a series of coaches with very different personalities and agendas, and what it means to be a team--and a friend.
Provides information about Connecticut, the third smallest state in the U.S., and includes information on its geography, people, plants, and animals. Includes a photo glossary.
The Finches, a Connecticut family, sponsor an African refugee family of four, all of whom have been scarred by the horrors of civil war, and who inadvertently put their benefactors in harm's way.
Presents an overview of the history of the early American colony of Connecticut, using primary source materials, with information on its founding, settlement, growth as a colony, and role in the American Revolution.
In 1832, Prudence Crandall begins admitting black girls to her exclusive Connecticut school, scandalizing white society and eventually causing her arrest and the closing of her school.
For Lizzie Bennett, a music scholarship student at Connecticut's exclusive, girls-only Longbourn Academy, the furor over prom is senseless, but even more puzzling is her attraction to the pompous Will Darcy, best friend of her roommate's boyfriend.
An illustrated introduction to Connecticut that covers the geography, climate, weather, plants, animals, history, people, cities, transportation, natural resources, industry, sports, and entertainment of the state.
Michael Burgan with Brendan McConville, consultant
Burgan, Michael
2007
Examines Connecticut society in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, exploring daily life in the first settlements and the perspectives of Puritans, Native Americans, and African slaves, and includes excerpts from primary sources.
