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  • Small Beauties: The Journey of Darcy Heart O'Hara

    Elvira Woodruff, Adam Rex

    eBook (Knopf Books for Young Readers, April 30, 2014)
    "One day this child shall hold the very heart of our family in the palm of her hand," predicts Granny on the day Darcy Heart O'Hara is born in a cottage on Derry Lane, in the town of Pobble O'Keefe, in County Kerry, Ireland.Darcy grows up to be a noticer, delighting in the small beauties all around her: a dew-covered spider web, castles in the clouds, a shiny wooden rosary bead. Life is simple but sweet in Pobble O'Keefe, with her family gathered round the hearth in the evenings while Granddad's voice fills the small room with stories. But in 1845, a blight strikes the land, the potatoes turn rotten, and Darcy and her family must leave Ireland forever. How will Darcy ever find a way to to bring the small beauties of home across the sea to America? Elvira Woodruff's story of emigration, heartbreak, and hope is vividly illustrated with the warm, evocative oil paintings of Adam Rex.

  • George Washington's Socks

    Elvira Woodruff

    Library Binding (Apple, June 12, 2008)
    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.
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  • The Magnificent Mummy Maker Audio Book

    Elvira Woodruff

    Audio Cassette (Scholastic, March 27, 1999)
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  • Orphan Of Ellis Island

    Elvira Woodruff

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 1, 2000)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. 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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  • The Disappearing Bike Shop

    Elvira Woodruff

    Paperback (Yearling, April 1, 1994)
    A bike shop that is sometimes there, sometimes not, serves as a time-travelling portal, and the adventurous Tyler and Freckle walk through the doors and into a past from which they may not escape. Reprint.
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  • The Ravenmaster's Secret: Escape from the Tower of London

    Elvira Woodruff

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Nov. 1, 2003)
    Best-selling author Elvira Woodruff's thrilling novel set in 1700s London tells of a young boy who must make some painful choices as he attempts to save the life a prisoner he's befriended.11-year-old Forrest lives at the Tower of London prison, where his father tends the Tower ravens and guards inmates. Forrest's only friends are his pet raven, his father's prisoners (who all end up dead), and Ned, the young rat catcher. Soon Forrest's father gets a new prisoner: Maddie, the beautiful daughter of a Scottish spy. Immediately Forrest and Maddie become friends. But when she is slated for execution, Forrest must make some painful choices: Should he commit treason to help her escape, or obey the law and let his innocent friend be hung?
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  • Awfully Short for the Fourth Grade

    Elvira Woodruff

    Paperback (Dell Books, Oct. 1, 1995)
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  • The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff

    Elvira Woodruff

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Aug. 16, 1792)
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  • The Christmas Doll by Elvira Woodruff

    Elvira Woodruff

    Paperback (Scholastic Paperbacks, March 15, 1836)
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  • Ghosts Don't Get Goose Bumps

    Elvira Woodruff

    Paperback (Yearling, June 1, 1995)
    During summer vacation, Jenna and her new friend, Angel Always, take Jenna's mute five-year-old brother Nelson to a supposedly haunted marble factory, thinking that Nelson will be shocked into talking. Reprint.
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  • Orphan of Ellis Island: A Time Travel Adventure

    Elvira Woodruff

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-22, May 22, 2008)
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  • Dear Austin: Letters from the Underground Railroad

    Elvira Woodruff

    Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, Sept. 22, 1998)
    The year is 1853 and eleven-year-old Levi Ives can't wait to cross the wide country to join his brother, Austin, out in the Oregon Territory and escape from boring old Sudbury, Pennsylvania. But life back home suddenly goes from dull to dangerous when Levi's best friend, Jupiter, discovers that his little sister, Darcy, has disappeared, recaptured by slave owners. Levi is white and Jupiter is black, and together they set out into dangerous territory in an attempt to save little Darcy's freedom--and her life. This moving sequel to Dear Levi, told in letters, is rich in history and adventure, a must-have for teachers, reluctant readers, and every Dear Levi fan.
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