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  • The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush

    Barthe Declements

    Library Binding (Demco Media, Nov. 1, 1994)
    Bucky and his father, prospecting for gold in Alaska in 1898, must overcome storms, dangerous mountain trails, and wilderness predators before confronting the final challenge of human treachery
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  • A Long Way to Go

    Zibby Oneal

    Paperback (Demco Media, July 1, 1992)
    Eight-year-old Lila deals with the women's suffrage movement that rages during World War I
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  • Pearl Harbor Is Burning!: A Story of World War II

    Kathleen V Kudlinski, Ronald Himler

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Dec. 1, 1993)
    In 1941, Frank meets Kenji, a Japanese-American boy who lives in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where Frank and his family have just moved. But then the unthinkable happens--Pearl Harbor is bombed by the Japanese. Can Frank and Kenji still be friends? A good springboard for thoughts and discussion of perennial, increasingly visible issues.--Kirkus Reviews.
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  • Close to Home: A Story of the Polio Epidemic

    Lydia Weaver, Aileen Arrington

    Paperback (Demco Media, Aug. 1, 1997)
    In the summer of 1952, Betsy sees her vacation fun overshadowed by the spreading polio epidemic, while her mother and other scientists work frantically to develop a vaccine for the crippling disease

  • Red Means Good Fortune: A Story of San Francisco's Chinatown

    Barbara Diamond Goldin, Wenhai Ma

    Library Binding (Demco Media, Jan. 1, 1996)
    Jin Mun cannot wait for the Chinese New Year and hopes that he will find good fortune in the future, until he meets Wai Hing, a slave girl, and must come up with a way to set her free
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  • A Long Way to Go

    Zibby Oneal, Michael Dooling

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, July 1, 1992)
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  • The Day It Rained Forever: The Story Ofthe Johnstown Flood

    Virginia T. Gross, Ronald Himler

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, )
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  • Earthquake! a Story of Old San Francisco

    Kathleen V. Kudlinski, Ronald Himler

    Hardcover (Perfection Learning, Dec. 1, 1995)
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  • Once Upon a Princess

    Nick Page, Claire Page

    Spiral-bound (Make Believe Ideas, April 28, 2006)
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  • Facing West: A Story of the Oregon Trail

    Kathleen V Kudlinski, James Watling

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Aug. 1, 1996)
    As his family sets out from Missouri to Oregon, young Ben wonders whether he will have more trouble with the dangers of the journey or his debilitating asthma.
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  • The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush

    Barthe DeClements J.D, Dan Andreasen

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Nov. 1, 1994)
    It's 1898, and 12-year-old Bucky, his father, and Uncle Tanner are off to Alaska to prospect for gold. The journey is hard, and they face deadly storms, numbing cold, and a grueling six-hour nonstop trudge up a mountainside with heavy backpacks. Will the journey be worth it in the end?
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  • Once Upon a Pirate

    Nick Page, Claire Page

    Spiral-bound (Make Believe Ideas, April 28, 2006)
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