juvenile fiction

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juvenile fiction

The trail on which they wept

the story of a Cherokee girl
1992
Forced to leave their homes in Georgia in 1837, Sarah Tsaluh Rogers, her family, and other Cherokees make the long and difficult journey along the Trail of Tears to the Indian Territory in Oklahoma.

The day it rained forever

a story of the Johnstown flood
1993
When a cheaply constructed dam above Johnstown, Pennsylvania bursts under the onslaught of torrential rains, Christina and her family struggle to escape the floodwater which bears down upon their town.

Long shot for Paul

1996
Glenn Marlette wants his developmentally disabled brother, Paul, to be accepted by the members of the basketball team.

Wishbone: Don Quixote

1996
Retells Cervantes' story of the adventures of an eccentric Spanish country gentleman and his companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and punish evil.

The elephant truck

1998
Tells the story of Tembo, the first elephant to be relocated in a program to move elephants to safer, less populated areas in Kenya. Includes a section with facts and photographs about Kenya's Elephant Translocation Programme and the work of the Born Free Foundation.

Horton hears a Who!

1982
Horton the elephant goes to great trouble to protect some very small creatures who make their home on a speck of dust.

Catching the wind

1989
Transformed into a bird for a day, a child joins a flock of wild geese in glorious flight.

Show and tell

1991
Ben needs to bring something for show-and-tell, so he decides to take his baby sister.

A dozen dizzy dogs

1990
A dozen dizzy dogs have an adventure with a bone.

Robin Hood

1989
Retells Robin Hood's adventures to help the poor and win Maid Marian's hand in marriage.

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