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3) Sin Killer
Author
Series
Berrybender narratives volume 1
Language
English
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Description
"It is 1830, and the Berrybender family, rich, aristocratic, English, and fiercely out of place, is on its way up the Missouri River to see the American West as it begins to open up." "Accompanied by a large and varied collection of retainers, Lord and Lady Berrybender have abandoned their palatial home in England to explore the frontier and to broaden the horizons of their children, who include Tasmin, a budding young woman of grit, beauty, and determination,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"A sinful act ruins the lives of three people, especially that of Hester Prynne, a young, beautiful, and dignified woman, who has conceived a child out of wedlock and receives a public punishment of having to wear a scarlet "A" on her clothing. Despite Hester's attempts through the years to distance herself from her past and repent for her sins, she continues to be rejected by society. A best-seller upon its publication in 1850, The Scarlet Letter's...
Author
Series
Planting dreams volume Bk. 2, 1869-1886
Publisher
Butterfield Books
Language
English
Description
This is a fictionalized account of Charlotta Johnson's life as she and her husband build a farmstead on the Kansas prairie.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Eighth grader Linda Berati struggles to understand who she is within the context of her mother's secrecy about the family background, her discomfort with her old girlfriends, her involvement with the family problems of her Cuban-American friend Ramon, and an opportunity to attend a school for "free spirits" like herself.