historical fiction

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The gardener

1997
A series of letters relating what happens when, after her father loses his job, Lydia Grace goes to live with her Uncle Jim in the city but takes her love for gardening with her.

The fighting ground

1984
Thirteen-year-old Jonathan goes off to fight in the Revolutionary War and discovers the real war is being fought within himself.

The toughest cowboy, or, How the Wild West was tamed

2004
A group of grizzly cowboys are transformed when Foofy, a French poodle, comes to live with them on the range.

A blue-eyed daisy

1985
Relates episodes in the life of eleven-year-old Ellie and her family who live in a coal mining town in West Virginia.

Little town on the prairie

1953
Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

The scarlet stockings spy

2004
In 1777 Philadelphia, young Maddy Rose spies for General Washington's army by using an unusual code to communicate with her soldier brother.

The butterfly

2000
During the Nazi occupation of France, Monique's mother hides a Jewish family in her basement and tries to help them escape to freedom.

Prairie day

adapted from the little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1997
A little girl and her pioneer family travel westward to find a new home on the prairie.

Winter on the farm

adapted from the little house books by Laura Ingalls Wilder
1996
A young farm boy in New York spends a winter afternoon doing barn chores, then sits down to a farm supper with his family.

Willow Run

2005
Eleven-year-old Meggie Dillon shares her feelings and experiences on the homefront during World War II after her family moves from Rockaway, New York to Willow Run, Michigan.

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