Joan Hiatt Harlow
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Description
Just when his dreams of being part of a family and having a dog seem to be coming true, Tom wonders if trouble with neighbors on his new island home and the impending birth of a new baby will change everything. Set in Newfoundland in 1929.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1965 Newfoundland, thirteen-year-old Jessie's brave and impulsive nature leads her to commit a variety of daring acts, including rescuing a herd of wild ponies and kidnapping a poor orphan girl who is being mistreated by her guardians. Includes factual information about the history of the Newfoundland pony.
5) Joshuas song
Author
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 4
Formats
Description
Needing to earn money after his fathers death during the influenza epidemic of 1918, thirteen-year-old Joshua works as a newspaper boy in Boston, one day finding himself in the vicinity of an explosion that sends tons of molasses coursing through the streets.
6) Breaker boy
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
In 1911 Pennsylvania, Corey, eleven, works in coal mines to help support his family, but when an accident triggers a phobia, he must turn to a strange recluse for help.