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1) A lost lady
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage
Pub. Date
[1990, c1923]
Language
English
Description
In the eyes of the middle-aged men who visited the house of Captain Daniel Forrester at Sweet Water, Nebraska, whatever Mrs. Forrester chose to do was "lady-like."
5) O pioneers!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Swedish farmer John Bergson's daughter Alexandra encourages the family members to help keep his dream alive after his death.
6) Worth
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers/Aladdin
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After breaking his leg, eleven-year-old Nate feels useless because he cannot work on the family farm in nineteenth-century Nebraska, so when his father brings home an orphan boy to help with the chores, Nate feels even worse.
Author
Series
Publisher
T. Nelson
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Jesse King doesn't want to go west, but her husband has never been all that concerned with what his wife wants.
When tragedy strikes, Jesse is rescued by the Lakota Sioux, among whom she finds unexpected peace, a sense of belonging, and the love of a lifetime.
A compelling tale of one woman's extraordinary faith as God leads her from prairie schooner to tepee, from tepee to frontier fort and on to a growing state capitol.
When tragedy strikes, Jesse is rescued by the Lakota Sioux, among whom she finds unexpected peace, a sense of belonging, and the love of a lifetime.
A compelling tale of one woman's extraordinary faith as God leads her from prairie schooner to tepee, from tepee to frontier fort and on to a growing state capitol.
9) Red bird
Author
Series
Publisher
T. Nelson
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
Carrie Brown was only a child when she first met Soaring Eagle, but she's never given up on the dream that one day, they will be together. Those closest to her consider that dream a childish fantasy.
Soaring Eagle has spent the years since Carrie left Nebraska studying at Eastern colleges. Now he's a sought-after lecturer—and he's met beautiful, intelligent Julia Woodward.
Is Carrie's dream stubborn imagination or God's will? To find...
Soaring Eagle has spent the years since Carrie left Nebraska studying at Eastern colleges. Now he's a sought-after lecturer—and he's met beautiful, intelligent Julia Woodward.
Is Carrie's dream stubborn imagination or God's will? To find...
10) Dandelions
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Zoe and her family find strength in each other as they make a new home in the Nebraska territory.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Hope visits her new foster mother's Nebraska farm and, through old letters, a diary, and stories, gets a vivid picture of the past in the voices of four girls her age who lived there in 1869, 1900, 1936, and 1960.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[c2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Following her father's death from a disease that swept through her Nebraska town in 1881, teenaged Sarah Jane must find work to support herself and records in her diary her experiences as a young school teacher.
18) Elsie's bird
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Young Elsie must find a way to adapt to her new home on the Nebraska prairie after she and her father leave their comfortable city life in Boston.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author Stephanie Grace Whitson is a two-time Christy Award finalist. Deep in Lakota Sioux territory in 1878, a torched farmstead is discovered by American soldiers. Hidden in the cellar is Laina Gray-delirious and pregnant. Nursed back to health by a woman who trusts God's healing hand, Laina recovers but continues to closely guard her terrible secrets.
20) My 'Antonia
Author
Series
Pub. Date
19uu
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
The spirited daughter of Bohemian immigrants, Antonia must adapt to a hard existence on the desolate prairies of the Midwest. Enduring childhood poverty, teenage seduction, andfamily tragedy, she eventually becomes a wife and mother on a Nebraska farm. A fictional record of how women helped forge the communities that formed a nation.