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Author
Series
American girls collection. Molly, 1944 volume 5
American girl.Molly volume 05
American girls collection. Molly 1944 volume 5
American girl 1944 volume 05
American girl.Molly volume 05
American girls collection. Molly 1944 volume 5
American girl 1944 volume 05
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Molly conquers her fear of swimming underwater when she and the other campers at Camp Gowonagin divide into two teams to play Color War.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 2
American girl.Kit volume 02
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 2
American girl 1934 volume 02
American girl.Kit volume 02
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 2
American girl 1934 volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
630L
Language
English
Description
In 1934 Kit finds that she has hard lessons to learn about the Depression both at home, where she is helping her mother run a boarding house while her father looks for a new job, and at school, where a fight spoils the preparations for the Thanksgiving pageant.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 4
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 4
American girl.Kit volume 04
American girl 1934 volume 04
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 4
American girl.Kit volume 04
American girl 1934 volume 04
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 5
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 5
American girl.Kit volume 05
American girl 1934 volume 05
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 5
American girl.Kit volume 05
American girl 1934 volume 05
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 3
American girl.Kit volume 03
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 3
American girl 1934 volume 03
American girl.Kit volume 03
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 3
American girl 1934 volume 03
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
In 1934, Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Felicity, 1774 volume 6
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 6
American girl.Felicity volume 06
American girl 1774 volume 06
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 6
American girl.Felicity volume 06
American girl 1774 volume 06
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
The outbreak of the Revolutionary War in 1775 brings drastic changes to Felicity's life in Williamsburg, affecting both her family and her friendship with Elizabeth.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 6
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 6
American girl.Kit volume 06
American girl 1934 volume 06
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 6
American girl.Kit volume 06
American girl 1934 volume 06
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Kit, 1934 volume 1
American girl.Kit volume 01
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 1
American girl 1934 volume 01
American girl.Kit volume 01
American girls collection. Kit 1934 volume 1
American girl 1934 volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Kit Kittredge responds with resourcefulness when her father's business closes because of the Great Depression and she is forced to make changes in her life.
11) Again, Josefina!
Author
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
550L
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Josefina wants to give up learning to play the piano until she sees how much joy her music gives to her baby nephew. Discusses the importance of music on the New Mexican frontier and describes how to dance La Vaquerita.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
While her father is away fighting in World War II, Molly finds her life full of changes as she eats terrible vegetables from the victory garden and plans revenge on her brother for ruining her Halloween.
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Molly and her friend Susan have different ideas about how to present their school report on George Washington. Includes historical notes on George Washington and a recipe for cherry-nut cupcakes.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Felicity, 1774 volume 5
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 5
American girl.Felicity volume 05
American girl 1774 volume 05
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 5
American girl.Felicity volume 05
American girl 1774 volume 05
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
During a visit to her grandfather's plantation in Virginia during the summer of 1775, Felicity's loyalty is torn between her father and Ben, her father's apprentice who needs her help as he runs away to join George Washington's army of Patriots.
Author
Series
American girls collection. Felicity, 1774 volume 1
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 1
American girl 1774 volume 01
American girl.Felicity volume 01
American girls collection. Felicity 1774 volume 1
American girl 1774 volume 01
American girl.Felicity volume 01
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
600L
Language
English
Description
In Williamsburg in 1774, nine-year-old Felicity rescues a beautiful horse who is being beaten and starved by her cruel owner.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"Ruthie Smithens, a girl who loves fairy tales and happy endings, doesn't mind being 'goofy Ruthie' if it makes her best friend, Kit Kittredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression. But when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted from their house, she makes up her mind to help..."--P. [4] of cover.
18) Kit's tree house
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Kit dreams of having a special tree house someday, but she is disappointed with the one her father and her friend build for her. Includes note on housing during the Depression and a related craft activity.
19) Nellie's promise
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
Description
American Girl Nellie O'Malley and her two sisters finally have a home with Samantha, but Uncle Mike is determined to find them and take them away.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
"What if you suddenly found yourself in Maryellen's world during the 1950s? How would your life be changed, and what would you do to fit in? More importantly, what would you do to stand out? Join Maryellen on an adventure where the two of you can put on poodle skirts and head to a school dance (they were called sock hops back then!), enter a contest, or take a trip in a streamlined silver camper that looks like a rocket ship! Your journey back in...
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