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Brides of Lancaster county volume 2
Language
English
Description
As a child, Rebekah Stoltzfus suffered a freak accident that left her legs paralyzed. Now, confined to a wheelchair, she feels she'll never measure up to the expectations of her Pennsylvania Amish community that a woman should marry and raise a family. She longs to be loved, yet she prays for a way to be self-supporting. Daniel Beachy wants to court Rebekah, but she believes that she is a burden and has convinced herself that love is not for her....
2) Temperature
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Discusses the elements of temperature, from sunlight and thermometers to water vapor and insulation, and examines ways of measuring temperature.
3) Size
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Discusses the elements of size, including height and weight, and explores various ways of measuring area, volume, and mass.
4) Distance
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Explains the elements of distance, from body measures to standard systems, furlongs and calipers, scale drawings, maps, and perspective.
5) Time
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Discusses the elements of time and various ways to measure it, from shadow clocks and digital watches to calendars and time zones.
Author
Series
Home to blessing novels volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eighteen-year-old Astrid Bjorklund has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. She had intended to study medicine in Chicago or Grand Forks, but when a disaster wiped out a major portion of her family's income, Astrid stayed home instead, receiving hands-on training from Dr. Elizabeth. Joshua Landsverk left Blessing two years ago, but he's never forgotten Astrid. Returning to town, he seeks to court her. Astrid is attracted to him, and when the opportunity...
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English
Description
Left alone by her Indian tribe when they decide to sail to the east, Karana, a young Indian girl, lives on a beautiful but isolated island off the coast of California, where she spends eighteen years, surviving through her enormous courage and self-reliance. Year after year she waits for the ship to return but it never does. Finally she realizes she must make a fateful choice: follow her people on her own or remain alone fo rthe rest of her life....
8) Moby-Dick
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Series
Language
English
Description
A young seaman joins the crew of the whaling ship Pequod, led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick in this children's version of Melville's Moby Dick.
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Language
English
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Tory Bodeen grew up in a small, rundown house where her father ruled with an iron fist and a leather belt. But she had Hope, whose friendship allowed Tory to be something she wasn't allowed to be at home: a child. But after young Hope's brutal murder, Tory's life began to fall apart. Now, as she returns to the tiny town of Progress, South Carolina, she is determined to find a measure of peace and free herself from the haunting visions of that terrible...
10) Speed
Author
Publisher
G. Stevens
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Discusses different aspects of speed and describes how it is measured on land, in the water, and in the air. Includes activities that investigate the speeds of light and sound, the effect of friction, and more.
11) Travel team
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Danny Walker volume 1
Language
English
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Description
After he is cut from his travel basketball team--the very same team that his father once led to national prominence--twelve-year-old Danny Walker forms his own team of cast-offs that might have a shot at victory. Mike Lupica's first novel for young readers! Twelve-year-old Danny Walker may be the smallest kid on the basketball court--but don't tell him that. Because no one plays with more heart or court sense. But none of that matters when he is cut...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Professional Books
Pub. Date
�1995
Language
English
Description
Uses explanations, word problems, and games to cover some mathematical topics that middle school students need to know, including the invention of numerical notations, basic arithmatical operations, measurements, geometry, graphs, and probability.
