Woodruff, Elvira

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Secret Funeral of Slim Jim the Snake

by Elvira Woodruff
  • Woodruff, Elvira
1993
Nick lives above the Funeral Home and makes a deal with his friend to have a ceremony for his dead snake.

Dear Austin

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his black friend Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.

Dear Austin

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

In 1853, in letters to his older brother, eleven-year-old Levi describes his adventures in the Pennsylvania countryside with his black friend Jupiter and his experiences with the Underground Railroad.

Fearless

  • Woodruff, Elvira
In late seventeenth-century England, eleven-year-old Digory, forced to leave his hometown after his father is lost at sea, becomes an apprentice to the architect Henry Winstanley, who built a lighthouse on the treacherous Eddystone Reef -- the very rocks that sank Digory's grandfather's ship years before.

Dear Napoleon, I know you're dead, but

  • Woodruff, Elvira
Marty Belluci is excited when his teacher asks the class to write letters to famous people. Marty chooses Napoleon, even though he's dead. Luck is with Marty when his grandfather tells him there is a secret courier service at his nursing home. The service delivers letters to people in other times. Gramps mails Marty's letter and soon Marty receives a return message from the one and only Napoleon!.

George Washington's socks

  • Woodruff, Elvira
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.

The magnificent mummy maker

Submitted by khenkes on Fri, 12/27/2019 - 10:15

The mummy that Andre creates for his fifth grade project seem to have special powers and helps him to understand his feelings about himself, his dead mother, and his stepbrother, who he calls Mr. Gifted.

The magnificent mummy maker

  • Woodruff, Elvira
The mummy that Andrew creates for his fifth grade project seems to have special powers and helps him to understand his feelings about himself, his dead mother, and his stepbrother, who he calls Mr. Gifted.
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The orphan of Ellis Island

a time-travel adventure
  • Woodruff, Elvira
During a school trip to Ellis Island, Dominick Avaro, a ten-year-old foster child, travels back in time to 1908 Italy and accompanies two young emigrants to America.

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