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Books in Family Tree series

  • Family Tree #2: The Long Way Home

    Ann M. Martin

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Oct. 29, 2013)
    Four girls. Four generations. One family.The second entry in the beautiful new series from Ann M. Martin.Dana is Abby's daughter -- but she's always been much closer to her father, Zander. He's a celebrated New York author who encourages Dana's artistic talents . . . even if he sometimes drinks too much. Dana is on his side in any argument, regardless of whether he's wrong. And then her father dies. After years of moving, often with her mother and three siblings, Dana is angry at Abby, and wants nothing more than to leave her family and get back to New York City. She moves in with her young, bohemian aunt Adele, determined to study art, attend school, achieve independence, and avoid all the mistakes her mother made. But can she leave her family and Maine behind?
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  • Better to Wish

    Ann M. Martin

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, April 30, 2013)
    Four generations. Four girls. One family.An amazing new four-book series from Ann M. Martin.In 1930, Abby Nichols is eight, and can't imagine what her future holds. The best things today would be having a dime for the fair, keeping her Pops from being angry, and saving up eighty-seven cents to surprise her little sister with a tea set for Christmas.But Abby's world is changing fast. Soon there will be new siblings to take care of, a new house to move into, and new friends to meet. But there will also be good-byes to say and hard choices to make. As Abby grows older, how will she decide what sort of life will fit her best?In this incredible new series, bestselling author Ann M. Martin brings the past and the present together one girlhood at a time and shows readers the way a family grows.
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  • Family Tree Book Three: Best Kept Secret

    Ann M. Martin

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, April 29, 2014)
    Four girls. Four generations. One family.The third installment of the exquisite new series from Newbery Honor winner Ann M. Martin follows Francie, Dana's daughter, to Princeton, NJ, in the 1980s.
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  • Home Is the Place

    Ann M. Martin

    Hardcover (Scholastic Press, Dec. 30, 2014)
    Far and near. Lost and found. Four girls. Four generations.Georgia cannot figure out what's going on in her family. Her mother, Francie, is extremely overprotective. Her grandmother, Dana, and her great-grandmother, Abby, don't speak to each other. And Georgia's great-great-grandmother also had some secrets that nobody else knows about.Georgia knows this because she's found her great-great grandmother's diary hidden in a wall in the family's house in Maine. Reading the diary makes her think of her own struggles - and draws her even closer to the mysteries of her family as Abby's hundredth birthday approaches.HOME IS THE PLACE is the heartfelt, remarkable conclusion to Ann M. Martin's Family Tree series, which has followed Abby, Dana, Francie, and now Georgia from girlhood to womanhood, showing readers the intertwining, extraordinary ways we grow up.
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  • Family Tree Book Four: Home Is the Place

    Ann M Martin

    Audio CD (Listening Library, Jan. 6, 2015)
    Far and near. Lost and found. Four girls. Four generations. Georgia cannot figure out what's going on in her family. Her mother, Francie, is extremely overprotective. Her grandmother, Dana, and her great-grandmother, Abby, don't speak to each other. And Georgia's great-great-grandmother also had some secrets that nobody else knows about. Georgia knows this because she's found her great-great grandmother's diary hidden in a wall in the family's house in Maine. Reading the diary makes her think of her own struggles - and draws her even closer to the mysteries of her family as Abby's hundredth birthday approaches. HOME IS THE PLACE is the heartfelt, remarkable conclusion to Ann M. Martin's Family Tree series, which has followed Abby, Dana, Francie, and now Georgia from girlhood to womanhood, showing readers the intertwining, extraordinary ways we grow up."
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  • Family Tree Book One: Better to Wish

    Ann M. Martin

    Paperback (Scholastic Inc., April 29, 2014)
    In 1930 Abby Nichols is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens, and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.
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  • Collecting Primary Records

    Jim Ollhoff

    Library Binding (Abdo & Daughters, Sept. 1, 2010)
    Discusses the importance of primary records and documents in genealogical research, including birth and death certificates, immigration records, and census data, and explains how to use and evaluate these documents.
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  • The Protoctist Kingdom

    Marc Zabludoff

    Hardcover (Benchmark Books, Oct. 30, 2005)
    Introduces taxonomy and discusses such members of the recently named kingdom as slime nets and algae.
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  • Family Tree #2: The Long Way Home

    Ann M. Martin, Kim Mai Guest

    Audio CD (Listening Library (Audio), Nov. 12, 2013)
    Four girls. Four generations. One family.The second entry in the beautiful new series from Ann M. Martin.Dana is Abby's daughter -- but she's always been much closer to her father, Zander. He's a celebrated New York author who encourages Dana's artistic talents . . . even if he sometimes drinks too much. Dana is on his side in any argument, regardless of whether he's wrong. And then her father dies.After years of moving, often with her mother and three siblings, Dana is angry at Abby, and wants nothing more than to leave her family and get back to New York City. She moves in with her young, bohemian aunt Adele, determined to study art, attend school, achieve independence, and avoid all the mistakes her mother made. But can she leave her family and Maine behind?
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  • Sea Mammals

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2008)
    Stefoff, Rebecca
  • The Fish Classes

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Nov. 15, 2007)
    Stefoff, Rebecca
  • The Flowering Plant Division

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Describes the characteristics, life cycles, and roles of various flowering plants.
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