Judith Pella
Author
Series
Ribbons of steel volume 01
Language
English
Description
Three sisters, daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes, follow very different paths in life with Cameron, the oldest, taking a job with a rival newspaper in 1941 and heading off on assignment to Russia; Blair giving her all to become a Hollywood star; and college student Jackie trying to hold to her Christian ideals by befriending a Japanese American boy.
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Series
Ribbons of steel volume 02
Language
English
Description
Carolina Adams clung to the distant dream of America's westward expansion with the railroad as a promise for a bright future. But she finds life at Oakbridge, the family plantation, nearly unbearable. Confronted by overwhelming tragedies and injustices, as well as the loss of her first true love, Carolina struggles through her broken dreams to find a hope beyond.After breaking his wedding engagement with Virginia, Carolina's older sister, James Baldwin...
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Series
Ribbons of steel volume 03
Language
English
Description
When James Baldwin takes a new position with the B&O Railroad, he and Carolina decide to move their growing family from Baltimore to a small rural town in the Allegheny Mountains. Carolina's stepdaughter, Victoria, becomes enthralled with handsome Kiernan, an Irish railroad worker. But will the upper-class Baldwins even consider him as a suitor for their daughter? And when tensions rise among the workers, can James stop a destructive plan before it's...
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Series
Language
English
Description
To welcome the new circuit-riding preacher, a bachelor, the women of the Maintown church ladies society make him a quilt; but the project turns into a fierce competition as each young woman tries to create a quilt block to gain the young minister's attention.
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Civil War has ended, and the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads are locked in a high-stakes competition to link the eastern states with their western counterparts. Jordana Baldwin's writing catches the attention of an eastern newspaper, and she takes on the guise of a man to report on the progress of the rail line...and to spy for the Central Pacific. She continues to correspond with Captain Rich O'Brian, who now works for the Union Pacific....
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 2
Language
English
Description
A young woman traveling West in search of her brother finds love while an accident with explosives leaves her brother and his wife without a means of support. [LARGE PRINT READING]
Author
Series
Lone star legacy volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 26
Lexile measure
1020L
Language
English
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Description
Deborah escapes the Civil War to Texas only to find herself running again to the Kansas territory.
10) Texas angel
Author
Series
Texas angel volume 01
Language
English
Description
When Angela Hearne's slave past comes back to haunt her, she is disowned and given over to a cruel slave owner. Taken to the frontier of Texas with her young daughter, Angela's fledgling faith becomes an, inspiration to a struggling pastor.
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Series
Lone star legacy volume 02
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
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Description
Nineteen years ago, Deborah Stoner stood on the gallows of Stoner's Crossing, Texas, awaiting execution for the murder of her husband. Miraculously, she escaped - but now the past has caught up with her, and history threatens to repeat itself. And this time the stakes are higher. She could lose not only her life, but the love and respect of her daughter Carolyn as well.As the secrets of Deborah's past begin to unravel, Carolyn is thrust into the midst...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Three sisters, daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes, follow very different paths in life with Cameron, the oldest, taking a job with a rival newspaper in 1941 and heading off on assignment to Russia; Blair giving her all to become a Hollywood star; and college student Jackie trying to hold to her Christian ideals by befriending a Japanese American boy.
Author
Series
Daughters of fortune volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Three young women, sisters Cameron, Blair, and Jackie Hayes, find their courage, strength, and relationships tested as World War II pulls their lives apart.
Author
Series
Daughters of fortune volume 4
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The three daughters of newspaper tycoon Keagan Hayes travel to Russia in order to locate the half-brother, Semyon, and face dangerous and devastating consequences.
Author
Series
Russians volume 04
Lexile measure
980L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Count Dmitri Remizov returns to Russia after eighteen years in exile to claim his daughter Mariana, but the young woman, who has been raised as a peasant by Anna and Sergei, is not at all sure of her ability to take her place as a countess.
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Series
Russians volume 5
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 21
Lexile measure
960L
Language
English
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Description
Mariana, serving as a nurse with the Russian army in Manchuria, renews her friendship with American reporter Daniel Trent, while revolutionary forces gain momentum in St. Petersburg and a vengeful man plots to kill Mariana and her family.
19) Somewhere a song
Author
Series
Daughters of fortune volume 02
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Somewhere a Song opens the day after Pearl Harbor as the daughters of newspaper tycoon Keegan Hayes suffer the aftermath on three different continents journalist Cameron Hayes in Moscow, searching for the half-brother she's never met; Jackie in California, dangerously aligning herself with the Japanese community; and Blair in Manila, desperately seeking the whereabouts of her estranged army officer husband even as she is caught up in the terror of...
Author
Series
Russians volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
As Russia plunges from World War I into revolution, the tragic events of Bloody Sunday leave their stain upon the nation--and the Fedorcenko family. After a devastating loss, the Fedorcenkos struggle with their grief and find their loyalties in the conflict divided. Will their bond be strong enough to endure the trials of civil war?
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