Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail

Author

N.H. Senzai

In the summer of 2001, twelve-year-old Fadi's parents make the difficult decision to illegally leave Afghanistan and move the family to the United States. When their underground transport arrives at the rendezvous point, chaos ensues, and Fadi is left dragging his younger sister Mariam through...

Author	Shannon Hale
ISBN	1599900734

Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of...

Author	Jason Segel
ISBN	0385744250

Sleeping has never been so scary. And now waking up is even worse!

Charlie Laird has several problems:
1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.
2. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is not a place you want to find yourself after dark.
3. He can’t remember...

Author	Mary Francis Shura
ISBN	0590435000

Personal Response: I enjoyed Gentle Annie because it combined history and entertainment so that more people would read it. The book is written well and has many good plot points. I like the way that the book is based on real events yet had enough fiction to keep the reader wanting to read more. I especially...

Author	Thomas Kinkade
ISBN	0060543442

it wuz awsom its historic fic, & about a grl whse mom is a sufferagist, & fought for womans rites.the mc is named"rose,"and thinks her mom is embarasing,b/cause sufferagists r arested,which is wat hapened to hermom.aftr that,they move&rose makes new frends.also,rose luvs horses.while...

Author	Dawn L. Watkins
ISBN	0890845964

Zoltan Galambos, a student in Hungary between the World Wars, strives to get an education, battling poverty, his father's displeasure, and his own pride. He goes to school in a distant city and, under the guidance of a kindly teacher, begins to realize that he has several legacies held out to him. Zoli...