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Books with author A. Rinaldi

  • The Letter Writer

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, Nov. 1, 2008)
    Eleven-year-old Harriet Whitehead is an outsider in her own family. She feels accepted and important only when she is entrusted to write letters for her blind stepmother. Then Nat Turner, a slave preacher, arrives on her family’s plantation and Harriet befriends him, entranced by his gentle manner and eloquent sermons about an all-forgiving God. When Nat asks Harriet for a map of the county to help him spread the word, she draws it for him—wanting to be part of something important. But the map turns out to be the missing piece that sets Nat’s secret plan in motion and makes Harriet an unwitting accomplice to the bloodiest slave uprising in U.S. history.Award-winning historical novelist Ann Rinaldi has created a bold portrait of an ordinary young girl thrust in to a situation beyond her control.
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  • The Coffin Quilt: The Feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, Sept. 20, 1999)
    Fanny McCoy has lived in fear and anger ever since that day in 1878 when a dispute with the Hatfields over the ownership of a few pigs set her family on a path of hatred and revenge. From that day forward, along the ragged ridges of the West Virginia-Kentucky line, the Hatfields and the McCoys have operated not within the law but within mountain codes of their own making. In 1882, when Fanny’s sister Roseanna runs off with young Johnse Hatfield, the hatred between the two clans explodes. As the killings, abductions, raids, and heartbreak escalate bitterly and senselessly, Fanny, the sole voice of reason, realizes that she is powerless to stop the fighting and must learn to rise above the petty natures of her family and neighbors to find her own way out of the hatred.
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  • Broken Days

    Ann Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Scholastic, Oct. 1, 1995)
    The second title in the series that began with A Stitch in Time follows what happens when Thankful's orphaned half-Shawnee daughter is sent to live with her Chelmsford cousins in Salem. Jr Lib Guild.
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  • Term Paper

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Walker & Co, Nov. 1, 1980)
    Nicki's teacher-brother assigns her a term paper on the topic of a death in their family, in hopes that she will release long-suppressed emotion about the event.
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  • Sarah's Ground

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, Jan. 6, 2004)
    All my life I have done what my family wanted. I have performed and made them happy. Until now. Now I have broken out on my own Sarah Tracy has spent her entire life under constant supervision, always under the thumb of one older sibling or another. Now, at eighteen it's time for her to get married, so she is sent to dinner parties, plays, teas, soirees, talks, and chaperoned walks -- always accompanied, always watched. Sarah's tired of it -- tired of being shipped around, tired of being reminded that it's time to find a suitable husband. She knows that a husband is definitely not what she wants. But the year is 1861 and it's not proper for girls of Sarah's age to be single or independent. Then Sarah sees an advertisement looking for a young woman to oversee Mount Vernon, the beloved, though now dilapidated, family home of George Washington. Intent on securing the position, she lies to her family and her potential employer, and she becomes mistress of this decaying symbol of American freedom. And then comes the American Civil War. As battles rage around her, Sarah is determined to create a haven of peace at Mount Vernon. With consummate skills, feminine wiles, and a true sense of diplomacy, Sarah single-handedly manages to keep Mount Vernon out of the war. But while she is able to influence generals, soldiers, and even the president, she learns she doesn't hold such sway over her own heart -- as she also discovers true love. Based on a true story, this is the amazing tale of one girl's path to womanhood.
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  • Finishing Becca: A Story about Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Gulliver Books, Dec. 5, 1994)
    An independent-minded young maid tells the story of social-climber Peggy Shippen and how she influenced Benedict Arnold’s betrayal of the Patriot forces. Revolutionary Philadelphia is brought to life as Becca seeks to find her “missing pieces” while exploring the complicated issues of the war between the impoverished independence men and the decadent British Tories. “This tale of treachery comes alive under [Rinaldi’s] pen.”--Kirkus Reviews
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  • Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry's Family

    Ann Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 2004)
    Patrick Henry, the famous statesman, has a secret: He keeps his wife in the cellar. Slowly losing her mind, Sarah Henry has become a danger to herself and her children. But daughter Anne has a secret of her own: She knows which child will inherit their mother's madness. Told from the point of view of the Henry children, this compassionate tale explores the possibility that Patrick Henry's immortal cry of "Give me liberty, or give me death," which roused a nation to arms, was first spoken by his wife as she pleaded for her own freedom."""Includes a reader's guide."
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  • Mine Eyes Have Seen

    A. Rinaldi

    Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, Jan. 16, 2002)
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  • Reading with Filos

    Amparo Rinaldi

    Paperback (Halo Publishing International, July 2, 2019)
    The term “Filos” means “friend” in Greek (φίλος). Though the value of friendship is well established in academic literature and teachers use positive peer modeling all the time, how can we maximize the benefits of friendships every day in our homes? The goal of “Reading with Filos” is to create a friend for your child that is always available, always compassionate, ever patient, and always loves back. This book is a teaching tool for parents and teachers to establish a bond with Filos while introducing the reader to specific individualized targets that promote personal growth.
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  • Mutiny's Daughter

    Ann Rinaldi

    Paperback (HarperTrophy, May 31, 2005)
    In a fictional twist to the common tale, mutineer Fletcher Christian of the HMS Bounty escapes the massacre on Pitcairn Island and finds his way back to his daughter Mary who, despite the disgrace and mistreatment she has received by her classmates, longs to be reunited with him after so much time apart. Reprint.
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  • Juliet's Moon

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Harcourt Children's Books, May 1, 2008)
    War is turning Juliet Bradshaw's world upside down. Her brother, Seth, rides with William Quantrill's renegade Confederate army, but he's helpless when the Yankees arrest Juliet along with the wives and sisters of Quantrill's soldiers as spies. Imprisoned in a dilapidated old house in Kansas City, Juliet is one of a handful of survivors after the building collapses, killing most of the young girls inside. When she's reunited with her brother, Juliet finds the life she had previously known is gone. Surrounded by secrets, lies, murder, and chaos, she must determine just how far she will go to protect the people and things she holds dear.
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  • The Journal of Jasper Jonathan Pierce: A Pilgrim Boy

    Ann Rinaldi

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Nov. 1, 2003)
    Renowned historical fiction writer Ann Rinaldi presents the story of Jasper, a 14-year-old Pilgrim who makes his mark at Plymouth by establishing a friendship with the Nauset Indians.
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