Books with title Willow

It is 1848.On one side of the Mason-Dixon Line lives fifteen-year-old Willow, her master’s favorite servant. She’s been taught to read and has learned to write. She is permitted to spend much of her time riding her horse to the riverbank, where she writes letters to her dead mother. On the other side of the line is seventeen-year-old Cato, a black man, free born. It’s his personal mission to sneak as many fugitive slaves to freedom as he can. He does it both because he abhors slavery and to prove to his father that he is a man. When Willow’s and Cato’s lives intersect, they will discover the true meanings of bondage and freedom, of family and love.Tonya Cherie Hegamin’s moving coming-of-age story is a poignant meditation on the many ways a person can be enslaved and the force of will necessary to be truly emancipated.

RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE -- IT TAKES COURAGE TO DO WHAT COWARDS DO. A fast-paced historical fiction that presents another side of the conflict in the American Revolution. In New York in 1775, bitter arguments about harsh new taxes are dividing the colonists. Rioters are threatening war. Is a Loyalist father right to take his family and flee to Montreal? His daughters think they should stay and fight, if need be. Yet almost before they know it, they are sailing up the Hudson River, on their way to Canada. Their progress is halted in Albany, though, and there begins their real introduction to the conflicts that detonate the American Revolution. The sisters are chosen as most suitable to deliver an important message to people who are crucial to the Loyalist cause, but deep in the wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains, they find themselves lost, exhausted, and alone.Two young women, questioning the attitudes of the adults around them, begin to search for their own guiding principles. Like its companion volumes in the Silent Grove series, Willow Oak asks whether it is wiser to flee approaching war, or more noble to stand and fight.

Time is of the essence for a little bird named Willowby, who feels disappointment trying to find the perfect water to build her first mud nest. Not an easy task, she soon realizes, until she remembers what a spirited hummingbird once told her: “ Where there’s a will, there must be a way.” Only then does she learn how to overcome her plight and discover her own determination and bravery. Willowby’s lesson reminds us all that our real strength comes from the heart.

When twelve-year-old Caitlin O’Toole learns that she’s part Fairy, and royalty to boot, will she jump for joy or hide in bed for the rest of summer? During her summer visit to Aunt Maeve’s green home in Northern California, Caitlin comes face-to-face with a band of Fairies who tell her, in no uncertain terms, that she must correct the damage that Bumbles (otherwise known as humans) have caused; global warming, pollution, extinction of animals... and, oh yes, most importantly, the deaths of Fairies! “Fairies? Here? Really? Isn’t that kid’s stuff? And, aren’t fairies supposed to live in England, or Ireland...or in fairy tales?” asks Caitlin. As Caitlin’s Bumble-mind opens up to a world of new possibilities, magic trespasses into her everyday life. Pixies harass her during a hike, animals talk to her, and Spirit Orbs float mysteriously in the barn. Will Aunt Maeve discover Caitlin’s secret life and special powers? Can Caitlin possibly correct the damage that Bumbles have caused in her village and the world?

1944Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he’s German, and people might think he’s a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken away?Meggie’s father has announced that they must help the war effort and move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he’ll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and how to keep hope alive on the home front.

RUNNING FOR YOUR LIFE -- IT TAKES COURAGE TO DO WHAT COWARDS DO. A fast-paced historical fiction for ages twelve and up that presents the other side of the conflict in the American Revolution, the Loyalists' viewpoint. The story of Willow Oak begins on the eve of the American Revolution and concerns two young girls, sisters in a New York city family who are loyal to the British crown. As war threatens, their father decides the family must flee to Montreal. This does not sit well with his daughters, who have no experience with the dangers of war. They depart for Canada anyway, sailing up the Hudson River and befriending along the way a free-born black boy who is an ardent patriot. However, their progress is halted in Albany, and there begins their real introduction to the conflict between the Tories and the rebels, or patriots, as they call themselves. The sisters are chosen as most suitable to deliver an important message to people in Skenesborough (now Whitehall) who are crucial to the Loyalist cause. On their way there, however, they are pursued by would-be patriot kidnappers, they run afoul of Green Mountain Boys, and are aided by a Mohawk sachem, only to find themselves abandoned in the wilderness of the Adirondack Mountains. Willow Oak shows us two young women who, in questioning the attitudes of the adults in their lives, also begin to search for their own guiding principles.Like its companion volumes in the Silent Grove series, Willow Oak asks whether it is wiser to flee approaching war, or more noble to stand and fight.

1944Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he’s German, and people might think he’s a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken away?Meggie’s father has announced that they must help the war effort and move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he’ll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and how to keep hope alive on the home front.From the Hardcover edition.

This middle grade novel delivers everything young girls love - summer vacation, adventure, Fairies, horses, and a twelve-year-old heroine. In disbelief, our protagonist learns that she's part Fairy, and royalty to boot! As she comes to accept her heritage, magic trespasses into her everyday life. Pixies harass her, animals talk to her, and Spirit Orbs float in the barn. How will her newfound status alter her once ordinary life? What dangers await her?

1944Meggie Dillon’s life has been turned upside down by World War II. Her older brother Eddie enlisted and was shipped off to fight in Europe. And people say that anywhere else Grandpa would be turned in because he’s German, and people might think he’s a spy. Is it true? Could Grandpa be taken away?Meggie’s father has announced that they must help the war effort and move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he’ll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest adventure ever, Meggie thinks. There she meets Patches and Harlan, other kids like her whose parents have come here to do their part in the war. And there she faces questions about courage, and what it takes to go into battle, like Eddie, and how to keep hope alive on the home front.From the Hardcover edition.