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Streams to the river, river to the sea

a novel of Sacagawea
2008
A young Indian woman, accompanied by her infant and cruel husband, experiences joy and heartbreak when she joins the Lewis and Clark Expedition seeking a way to the Pacific.

Bones in the Badlands

2006
Alex, Mattie, and Sophie travel back to 1898 where they meet Walter Granger and try to catch a thief who is stealing dinosaur bones.

You can't, but Genghis Khan

2006
Transported to twelfth-century Mongolia, Joe, Fred, and Sam try to help the young Genghis Khan prove himself as chief after his father dies.

Merlin and the dragons

1998
When young Arthur is troubled by dreams, Merlin tells him a story about a fatherless boy who himself dreamed about dragons and the defeat of the evil king Vortigern.

The white ram

a story of Abraham and Isaac
2006
A white ram, made on the sixth day of creation, waits patiently in the garden of Eden until the time is right, then runs to save a certain child in fulfillment of God's plan.

Call me Marianne

2006
A boy meets an older woman at the zoo, and together they observe the animals while she tells him about the process of writing poetry.

Nobody owns the sky

the story of "brave Bessie" Coleman
1998
Presents a illustrated rhyming story of the life of Bessie Coleman, who became the first female African-American aviator, and describes how she persevered until she made her dream of flying come true.

The stolen smile

2004
From his jail cell in Italy, Vincenzo Peruggia tells how and why he stole the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911.

Twenty-one elephants

2004
Eight-year-old Hannah, upon completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, enlists the help of P.T. Barnum and his twenty-one elephants to prove to her father and all of Brooklyn that the bridge is safe.

Chig and the second spread

2003
Despite her small stature, eight-year-old Chig makes large contributions to her southern Indiana community during the Great Depression.

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