Beatrice Gormley
Author
Language
English
Description
It's 1773, and Boston is in political turmoil. As tension rises between England and the colonies, lines are being drawn between the Loyalists and the Patriots. And Sally Gifford, a shoemaker's daughter, finds herself on the opposite side from her best friend Kitty Lawton, the daughter of a wealthy merchant.
Sally is torn between her cherished friendship and her loyalties to her own family and community in their fight for freedom. As the conflict...
3) Adara
Author
Language
English
Description
The soldier heaved me over his shoulder as if I were a spring lamb.
"I am not Israelite!" I screamed.
I beat his back, hurting my hands. "Let me go." Adara has always longed to do the things that well-brought-up girls of her time are not supposed to do. She wants to learn to read and write - like men. And, she wants the freedom to travel - like men - outside the boundaries of her sheltered life.
One day she awakens to a blast of trumpets as the...
Author
Language
English
Description
A biography of Joe Biden, the forty-sixth president of the United States: from childhood through the Senate to his election as vice president and, in 2020, as president.
The road to the presidency of the United States was a long-and determined-one for Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. From Joe's childhood in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware, his close-knit, devoted family gave him the foundation that would guide him through life. His family's...
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Gr. 5-8. This straightforward biography, which introduces middle-graders to the current First Lady, marches along chronologically, beginning with Laura's idyllic childhood in Midland, Texas. The tragedy that later broke into Bush's carefree life (in 1963 she ran a stop sign, resulting in the death of a friend) is an important part of the story, but it's puzzling when Gormley reports that 'no one really blamed Laura,' since the description of the accident...
