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When eleven-year-old Rigel Harman's parents divorce, she and her sisters must move from the Alaskan wilderness to suburban Connecticut, and while she yearns to return in a year, she eventually realizes she must move forward.
Eleven-year-old Rigel Harman loves her life in off-the-grid Alaska. She hunts rabbits, takes correspondence classes, and doesn't mind not having electricity or running water. When her parents divorce, Rigel and her sisters have...
2) The Moffats
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Moffats volume 1
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English
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Meet the Moffats - Sylvie, the oldest; Joey, who though only twelve is the man of the house; Janey, who has a terrific upside-down way of looking at things; and Rufus, who may be the littlest but always gets in the biggest trouble. A Moffat day is packed with extraordinary fun and only a Moffat can turn mistakes and mischief into hilarious one-of-a-kind adventures.
5) Windcatcher
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Tony has saved $300, enough to buy a small sailboat. He will use it every day during his three-week stay with his grandmother on the Connecticut shore. Once Tony learns to sail, he starts exploring the waters around a group of tiny islands offshore. One day, he sees two people in diving gear on a motorboat. But instead of greeting him, they wave him away. The next time he sees them, he discovers that they will do anything to hide what they have found....
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Moffats volume 4
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English
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The adventures of the Moffat children living in Cranbury, Connecticut in the early twentieth century as they create a museum, participate in their sister's wedding, and try to buy a trolley car.
9) Connecticut
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"Engaging images accompany information about Connecticut. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
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English
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Kit Tyler must leave behind shimmering Caribbean islands to join the stern Puritan community of her relatives. She soon feels caged, until she meets the old woman known as the Witch of Blackbird Pond. But when their friendship is discovered, Kit herself is accused of witchcraft!
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In 1944 in Hartford, Connecticut, twelve-year-old Audrey dreams of being an aerialist like her heroes, the Flying Wallendas, and so she is excited to go to Ringling Brothers circus with her six-year-old twin sisters; but at the show a fire breaks out, and as the crowd starts to panic Audrey struggles to reach her sisters--she gets Patty out, but Charlotte, afraid of heights, refuses to jump from the higher seats, and disappears as the big top comes...
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Mr. Terupt volume 1
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English
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Seven fifth-graders at Snow Hill School in Connecticut relate how their lives are changed for the better by "rookie teacher" Mr. Terupt.
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English
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"In 1777, the American Revolution is well underway. At 16, Sybil Ludington knows the war all too well. Her father is a colonel in the Continental Army, battling for America's independence from Great Britain. Colonel Ludington and his regiment are home for the season when word comes that the British Army is attacking nearby. With her father too ill to ride, it's up to young Sybil to alert the American militia that the British are coming"--
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Carley uses humor and street smarts to keep her emotional walls high and thick. But the day she becomes a foster child, and moves in with the Murphys, she's blindsided. This loving, bustling family shows Carley the stable family life she never thought existed, and she feels like an alien in their cookie-cutter-perfect household. Despite her resistance, the Murphys eventually show her what it feels like to belong--until her mother wants her back and...
18) Worlds afire
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Candlewick Press
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English
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In this collection of eyewitness poems, the excitement and anticipation of attending the circus on July 6, 1944, in Hartford Connecticut, turns to horror when a fire engulfs the circus tent, killing nearly 170 people, mostly women and children.
19) Connecticut
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Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Surveys the geography, history, people, and customs of Connecticut.
20) Connecticut
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Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Introduces the geography, history, government, economy, industry, culture, historic sites, and famous people of this northeastern state.