wisconsin

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wisconsin

Dr. Kate

angel on snowshoes
2009
A brief biography of Dr. Kate Pelham Newcomb, who for a number of years strived to provide better healthcare for the people of northern Wisconsin.

Finders keepers

2015
In Wisconsin, ten-year-old Christa and eleven-year-old Alex team up to search for the lost treasure of Al Capone near where Alex has just moved into his grandfather's house and Christa is spending what may be her family's last summer in their cabin.

Caddie Woodlawn

1935
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

Little house in Brookfield

2007
Young Caroline Quiner, who would grow up to become Laura Ingalls Wilder's mother, and her family survive their first year without Father in the frontier town of Brookfield, Wisconsin.

The Oneida of Wisconsin

2003
An illustrated look at the Oneida Native Americans of Wisconsin, chronicling their history and describing their early government, homes, and daily life; myths and traditions; interactions with Europeans; and modern culture. Also provides a time line, glossary, and further resource list.

Unintimidated

a governor's story and a nation's challenge

Ida B

--y sus planes para potenciar la diversion, evitar desastres y (posiblemente) salvar el mundo
2005
In Wisconsin, fourth-grader Ida B spends happy hours being home-schooled and playing in her family's apple orchard, until her mother begins treatment for breast cancer and her parents must sell part of the orchard and send her to public school.

Joyce Westerman

baseball hero
2012
Chronicles the life and baseball career of Joyce Westerman, detailing her accomplishments both on and off the field. Details the events that led up to her playing for the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League and outlines her impact on the world of women's sports. Includes black-and-white photographs.

The bodies left behind

2009
Investigating a late night emergency call that came from a Wisconsin vacation home, deputy Brynn McKenzie narrowly escapes an encounter with two professional criminals, and flees into the woods with Michelle, the city-girl who rented the house for the weekend, but if the women want to survive, they will have to learn to trust one another.

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