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Books with author Pamela Dell

  • The Blues: Birth of an American Sound

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2005)
    By the last decades of the 1800s, America's first wholly black folk music--the blues--was being born all across the South. The Blues: Birth of an American Sound tells the story of the blues from the early call-and-response songs of enslaved workers to today's vibrant blues scene.
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  • The Gold Coin: A Story About New York's Lower East Side and It's Immigrants

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2002)
    In 1901, thirteen-year-old Dimitri, his younger brother, and their parents are beginning to feel at home in New York City's Lower East Side, where they have lived since their Jewish faith led them to flee Russia thirteen months earlier.
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  • The Doctor's Boy: A Story About Valley Forge in the Winter of 1777-1778

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (The Childs World Inc, Aug. 31, 2003)
    As the assistant to an army doctor during the Revolutionary War, Eleazor Portis sees first hand the toll war takes on the human body and mind. Despite the difficult times, Eleazor loves working as a 'doctor's boy' and is good at it. Even General Washington's wife, Martha, praises Eleazor on her visit to the hospital at Valley Forge. But when an envious Bill Wormish starts prying, Eleazor's future at the hospital may be in danger. Readers learn of the difficulties, horrors, and victories of life at Valley Forge through Eleazor's eyes, and learn the price that was paid for American independence.
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  • I.M. Pei: Designer of Dreams

    Pamela Dell

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Jan. 1, 1994)
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  • American Quarter Horses

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Jan. 1, 2014)
    How did quarter horses get their name? What sorts of jobs do quarter horses do? Learn tons more about these popular and dependable horses in this book.
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  • The Whim of the Dragon

    Pamela Dean

    Mass Market Paperback (Firebird, Nov. 24, 2003)
    The Third and Final book of the Secret Country Trilogy! Who is behind all of the Secret Country's tension and treachery? Three things have the power to destroy the Secret Country: the Border Magic, the Crystal of Earth, and the whim of the dragon. The cousins Ted, Laura, Ruth, Patrick, and Ellen have faced the first two; now, summoned back to the Secret Country, they must face the third. The Country's most trusted counselors now know that the five are impostors, somehow thrust into the roles of royalty, but no one knows who has been playing with their destinies. The truth lies with only Chryse, the unicorn, and Belaparthalion, the dragon. But getting to them, and speaking with them, is more complex and dangerous than it seems…. “Pamela Dean’s Secret Country books are required reading for anyone who loves fantasy. Get them!”—Will Shetterly, author of Dogland
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  • Michael Chang: Tennis Champion

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1992)
    A biography of the Chinese American tennis player who, in 1989, became the youngest man to win the prestigious French Open tournament
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  • The Wampanoag

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Children's Books, Sept. 15, 2008)
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  • A Song for Sung Li: A Story about the San Francisco Earthquake

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Childs World Inc, Aug. 1, 2002)
    Sung Li, a young girl who longs for a family to love and accept her, tells the story of the historic 1906 earthquake. Through her eyes, readers learn about her difficult family life, about the loss many of the Chinese experienced during this period, about the devastation the city suffered, and about the human need for hope and new beginnings.
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  • Appaloosas

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Child's World, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Do all Appaloosas look alike? Where did Appaloosas come from? Learn all about these beautiful, spotted horses inside.
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  • Arabians

    Pamela Dell

    Library Binding (Weigl Pub Inc, July 15, 2018)
    Arabians have a proud, spirited look. They are featured in many paintings and photos. Learn more about the history and features of this beautiful breed in Arabians, part of the All About Horses series.
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  • The Hidden Land

    Pamela Dean

    Mass Market Paperback (Firebird, Oct. 13, 2003)
    The five cousins are still trapped in the Secret Country, and must play their parts. When the King is poisoned, Ted-Prince Edward-must take the throne, even though he has no idea how to rule a country, battle magic, or inspire followers. Soon enough he will have to do all three because the Country is on the verge of war with the treacherous Dragon King.
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