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(0)Mary Ann Rodman
5) Yankee girl
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When her FBI-agent father is transferred to Jackson, Missippi, in 1964, eleven-year-old Alice wants to be popular but also wants to reach out to the one black girl in her class in a newly-integrated school.
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In 1943, eleven-year-old Ellie is her brother Jimmy's "best girl," and when he leaves Pittsburgh just before Thanksgiving to fight in World War II, he promises he will return, asks her to leave the Christmas tree up until he does, and reminds her to "let the joy out."
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Claire can't wait to get out on the ice and skate, skate, skate! She's going to jump, leap, and twirl! Just you wait--pretty soon she'll be on TV and dazzling audiences everywhere. But when Claire and her mom arrive at the Ice Center for Claire's very first skating lesson, it's not everything Claire was dreaming it would be ... In this humorous tale of expectation meets reality, Claire discovers beautiful performances require lots of skill, and it's...
