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K is for keystone

a Pennsylvania alphabet
2003
A rhyming alphabet that names people, places, and things from Pennsylvania's history, culture, and natural world and provides background information on each one.

Tomahawks and trombones

1982
Related how a group of Moravians, living in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, around 1755, used heavenly music to defeat the Delaware Indians.

Hannah, divided

2004
In 1934, a thirteen-year-old with a gift for numbers is offered the chance to leave her family's dairy farm to spend one term at an exclusive Philadelphia girls' school preparing for a scholarship exam.

William Penn

founder of Pennsylvania
2007
An account of the life of William Penn, telling of his Quaker beliefs and his urging that people be given religious freedom, discussing his efforts to establish the self-governing colony of Pennsylvania, and examining his many personal setbacks. Presented in graphic format.

Faces in the water

1981
During Daniel's summer visit with his grandmother in York County, Pennsylvania, characters and events from his visit to York, England, appear and reappear in mysterious ways. Sequel to Shadows on the Wall.

The tempering

2000
The summer of 1911 is a decisive one for three young men in a Pennsylvania steel town as they find and lose jobs, fall in love, and begin to shape their adult lives.

William Penn

1998
Focuses on the struggles of the founder of Pennsylvania who promoted the Quaker religion and spent his lifetime preaching the right of each individual to choose his own faith.

Pennsylvania

1978
Introduces the Keystone State, its history from the earliest time to the present, its famous citizens, and places of interest.

The Colony of Pennsylvania

1974
A history of the tenth colony founded in America, which became known as the Keystone State.

Powerless

2011
Soon after moving to Noble's Green, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Daniel learns that his new friends have super powers that they will lose when they turn thirteen, unless he can use his brain power to protect them.

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