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Calpurnia Tate volume 2
Language
English
Description
"In rural Texas in 1900, when a storm blows change into town in the form of a visiting veterinarian, twelve-year-old Callie discovers a life and a vocation she desperately wants. But with societal expectations as they are, she will need all her wits and courage to realize her dreams"--
4) Skunked!
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"When Travis discovers an abandoned baby skunk, he can't help but bring it home and take care of it. Stinky, as Travis names him, settles in pretty well. But when Travis discovers Stinky's litter-mate, Winky, who is in need of some help, things get complicated around the Tate house"--
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Eight-year-old David and his family gather at Grandma's house in Galveston, Texas, for a cherished family tradition--Grandma's annual retelling of the story of Juneteenth, the holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Featuring the charming characters from the Newbery Honor Book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, this exciting chapter book series introduces young readers to Callie Vee and the rough and tumble world of turn of the century Texas. When Travis finds an abandoned baby squirrel, he brings him home and names him Fluffy. But Mother is not so sure that Fluffy is such a great family pet, and neither is Thud, the cat. Will Fluffy be able to steer clear of...
9) Crosswire
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Language
English
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Description
When an 1883 drought drives free-range cattlemen to shred Texas ranchers' barbed wire fences and steal water, thirteen-year-old Jesse works hard to help while dealing with his father and brother's falling-out and his own fear of guns.
11) Blue skies
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Glory Bea Bennett knows that miracles happen in Gladiola, Texas, population 3,241. After all, her grandmother--the best matchmaker in the whole county--is responsible for thirty-nine of them. Now Glory Bea needs a miracle of her own. The war ended three years ago, but Glory Bea's father never returned home from the front in France. Glory Bea understands what Mama and grams and grandpa say--that daddy died a hero on Omaha Beach--yet deep down in her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When the Tate family dog, Ajax, has a run-in with a porcupine, things get prickly--and dangerous--quickly. It'll take Callie's quick thinking and doctoring, along with a little help from Dr. Pritzker, to make things right. Will Ajax learn to leave other critters alone?
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935.
15) Counting sheep
Author
Series
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In rural Texas in 1901, thirteen-year-old Callie nurses a butterfly with a broken wing and delivers a baby lamb, despite her mother's disapproval of Callie's "unladylike behavior".
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In Canton, Texas, seventeen-year-old Mercy's dreams of a different life than her mother's are postponed by harsh circumstances, including the influenza epidemic of 1918-19, which forces her into doing domestic work for a loving, if troubled, family.
18) Winnie's war
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Living in the shadow of a Texas cemetery, twelve-year-old Winnie Grace struggles to keep the Spanish influenza of 1918 from touching her family--her coffin-building father, her troubled mother, and her two baby sisters.
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