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Patrick's Secret

Patricia Murray (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849750

When the secret that Patrick can't read comes to light, he begins to conquer his learning disability using his imagination and interest in race cars.

Linnie's Letters

Candri Hodges (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849682

Eleven-year-old Elinore Frey and her older sister, Phoebe, share their experiences in letters as they both adjust to new lives in the West, Elinore in California, and Phoebe on the plains of the Nebraska Territory.

Recipe for a Rebel

Lori Pollard-Johnson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849798

After his dad leaves, Matt Delaney rebels and his erratic behavior lands him in the vice-principal's office. He is assigned a new class schedule which includes a cooking class. Matt is a rebel, not a joiner, and this could be a recipe for disaster.

Kodi's Mare

Taylor, Bonnie Highsmith (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849651

Kodi runs away from his boarding school after learning that his mare has been sold to a brutal rancher. His reunion with his brother resolves all his conflicts, and the two return to live and start a school on the reservation where they were born.

River of Amber

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849804

After having left Russia to live in freedom in Latvia, Sasha finds his adopted country increasing under threat of invasion from Hitler's growing war machine.

River of Freedom

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849811

Sasha tries to adjust to his new life in the United States, but his thoughts keep returning to the deepening troubles in his home country, Latvia, as Hitler's bombs fall on Riga in June of 1941.

Prairie Meeting

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849774

Paul, a young immigrant, has traveled to the prairie to work for his uncle but instead finds a family with Fern and Roy.

My Brother, Javier

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849729

After being adopted by Michael's family and moving from Mexico to Dallas, Javier tries to adapt to life in the United States but realizes he misses his old life in Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Checkmate

Kathleen Muldoon (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849309

Embarrassed by his father's deafness and bullied by kids at school, P.J. Ramos finds strength in a new friendship, a chessboard, and an army of tiny soldiers.

David Takes Part in the Battle of the Alamo

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849392

David and his family travel back in time to San Antonio, Texas in 1836 and meet brave defenders of the Alamo such as Davy Crockett.

David Experiences the San Francisco Earthquake

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849361

David travels back in time to 1906 San Francisco to try to save the lives of Antonio Giovanni and his family who were victims of the devastating earthquake.

Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez

Margo Sorenson (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849460

While studying migrant farm workers of the 1960's, Kenneth and Aleesa travel back in time and meet Cesar Chavez during the farmworkers' strike for fair treatment and better pay. Can they protect Chavez and his dream for his people from sabotage?

David's Adventures at the Chicago World's Fair

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849415

David and his family use his grandfather's time travel machine to go back in time to the Chicago where David is teaching four boys to speak English as he experiences the Chicago World's Fair. .

Buffalo Home

Linda Baxter (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849248

After the death of his mother, Miguel is sent to live with his Uncle Small Bear on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

David's Journey on the Underground Railroad

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849422

David and his family use his grandfather's time travel machine to travel to 1853 Ohio, where they assist runaway slaves on their journey north on the Underground Railroad.

David Went Where on Vacation?

Linda Sibley (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849408

The Smithers family find Grandpa's old time machine and decide to travel back to 1880 for their summer vacation. David and Jenny learn a lot about their heritage and history on their incredible trip.

Almost Sisters

Candri Hodges (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849194

After her father dies at the Battle of Gettysburg, Sallie Randall and her mother move to Kansas, where Mrs. Randall takes a job as housekeeper and Sallie adjusts to life with a new family. Sallie finds a new friend and they become almost like sisters. Just like most friends, they struggle to remember what friendship really means at times.

The Civil War

Shirley Jordan (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848524

Explains the great calamity that was the Civil War, highlighting the major battles and prominent players in that conflict.

World War II

Shirley Jordan (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849187

Recounts the causes and events of World War II, including background on the major political and military figures of the war.

A Light in the Sky

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849675

In 1941, when an American pilot with the British Royal Air Force parachutes into the woods near her French village, fourteen-year-old Jeanne tries to keep him safe from the Nazis.

The Trail of Tears: An American Tragedy

Tracy Barrett (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849118

Describes the events and circumstances surrounding the forced journey of the Cherokee to an Oklahoma reservation during the nineteenth century.

The Mystery of the Vanishing Slaves

Pat Perrin, Wim Coleman (authors)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848890

When slaves escaped, they were often never seen again. Was there a logical explanation for their disappearances?

A Trip Through Time

Cynthia Mercati (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781622990016

Max is bored with his grandfather's tales of Norway's Resistance movement against the Nazis in World War II, until he travels back in time and finds himself participating in a raid to free captured Resistance fighters.

The Red Tails: World War II's Tuskegee Airmen

Steven L. Jones (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613849019

Describes the role of the African American pilots who trained at Alabama's Tuskegee Army Air Field to fight in World War II.

The Pony Express; Heroes in the Saddle

Shirley Jordan (author)

Publisher: Perfection Learning ISBN: 9781613848999

Describes the Pony Express mail relay service in the western United States in the mid-nineteenth century and discusses the difficulties faced by the Pony Express riders, including dangerous weather conditions and hostile Native Americans.