new york (state)

"Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer"--Publisher.

Explores the life and achievements of Elizabeth Blackwell, America's first female doctor.

Andy does not look forward to spending a summer in West Carthage, New York, but as he does chores for his grandmother and her eccentric neighbor and connects with his mother's childhood friend, John, he begins to accept that faith will help him deal with the changes that life brings, starting with his father's recent death.

Eleven-year-old Verbena Polter gets through a difficult summer of turbulent emotions and the revelation of a disturbing family secret with an odd new friend who believes she is the ghost of a girl who drowned many years before.

A look back at events and the changing of the seasons at a one-room school in rural New York during the last year of the Second World War.

Looks at the customs, family life, history, government, culture, and daily life of the Iroquois nations of New York and Ontario.

As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon named Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

When twelve-year-old Lidie leaves Brazil to join her father and brother on a horse ranch in New York, she has a hard time adjusting to her changed circumstances, as does a new horse that has come to the ranch.

"A giant copper statue welcomes people from around the world to the United States. Discover the story behind this famous national landmark, the Statue of Liberty"--Provided by publisher.