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Author
Pub. Date
c2015.
Language
English
Description
"Jewish Stories of Love and Marriage offers a treasury of tales that speak to the tenderness and passion, difficulties and blessings of love. Jewish tradition overflows with love stories from the Bible, Talmud, and Midrash. Folktales continue the tradition, and contemporary writers highlight the way their faith and love interweave and enrich each other." --Amazon.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Between 1825 and 1827, twelve-year-old William Pratt, who lives in Georgia, corresponds with President John Quincy Adams, discussing what he feels is an unjust treaty with the Creek Indians, Mr. Adams's close election and problems as president, slavery, education, and more.
2084) The third best thing
Author
Series
Fulton U volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Dear Letter Girl, I need to see you. When can we meet? Her response never came. My secret pen pal with a dirty mind has ghosted me. I've roped Jules, my sweet as pie next door neighbor, to help me track her down. There's only one problem--I'm falling for her. The tortoise shell glasses, out of this world curves and delicious treats are making the search for The Letter Girl even harder. My notes were supposed to be a one time thing. A little too much...
2085) The personal correspondence of Elizabeth Walton and Abigail Matthews: the story of Pocahontas, 1613
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Letters between two young girls, one in London and the other in English settlements in Virginia, chronicle the events during the difficult early years at James Towne and Henricus and the role of Pocahontas in this period of history.
2086) A gift in December
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Journalist Jane Brooke is getting over a career high...and love life low. When her editor nominates her to join some glamorous bloggers and cynical journalists on a trip to Norway for a feature on the story behind the famous Norwegian Christmas tree, dubbed the Queen of the Forest, which the country gifts each year to the UK to be displayed in Trafalgar Square, she feels only annoyance. But Jane hasn't anticipated discovering a moving story behind...
2088) Love, Sara
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
In a series of emails and journal entries Sara, a high school junior with a history of sexual abuse and foster home care, reveals her feelings about herself and two friends who are headed for destruction.
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
Beginning in 1959, Abby, nearly eleven, writes a series of letters to Jackie Kennedy, each with sketches of outfits she has designed, as she faces family problems, concerns about neighbors, and her own desperate desire for both her first bra and a Barbie doll.
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
This is the correspondences of Jesse K. Kellar during his services with the U.S. Army from July 26, 1940 to September 30, 1945. He was born in Brewersville, Indiana, a small town in Jennings County. The book contains 206 letters which many were written while he was a member of the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron during World War II.
2094) Affairs of the heart: Series one :classic tales of love and loss based on the fiction of Henry James
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Romantic tales from the late Victorian high society of love and loss. These unfold from the country houses of England to the drawing rooms of New York, from the palazzos of Venice to the art studios of London. Scoundrels and schemers collide with ingénues and admirers in the terribly intricate affairs of the heart.
2095) Canada
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Letters from a young Canadian girl provide an overview about Canada and its customs. Meet Hayley. She's eight years old and lives in the city of Toronto, in Canada. Hayley likes eating pizza, riding on her scooter, and ice skating with her friends. Find out what it's like to live in Canada by reading Hayley's letters. She'll introduce you to her family, take you to the Street Hockey Jamboree, and show you how to make pancakes with maple syrup following...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
This book documents an exchange of letters and artwork between children in Terre Haute, Indiana and Syrian refugee children in Amman, Jordan. It is a part of an art initiative called Seen for Syria which is an art therapy/education program initiated for the Syrian refugee children in Jordan.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"In 1970, Ross Macdonald wrote a letter to Eudora Welty, beginning a thirteen-year correspondence between fellow writers and kindred spirits. Though separated by background, geography, genre, and his marriage, the two authors shared their lives in witty, wry, tender, and at times profoundly romantic letters, each drawing on the other for inspiration, comfort, and strength. They brought their literary talents to bear on a wide range of topics, discussing...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A record of the importance of religion and spirituality to troops and their families from the American Revolution through the fighting in Iraq. Reflecting the writers' thoughts, feelings, and questions about matters of faith, this correspondence offers a window on how individuals have endured the trials of separation, the fear of battle, the agony of loss, and the stresses of homecoming.
2099) Voices from our nation
Series
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Presents a view of American history through the words, songs, letters, diaries, and other documents of individuals such as pilgrims, pioneers, explorers, slaves, Native Americans, politicians, and astronauts.
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