Sherry Garland
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In the diary she receives for her thirteenth birthdayin 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships herfamily and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The 1845-1846 diary of thirteen-year-old Maria, servant to the wealthy Spanish family which took her in when her Indian mother died. Includes a historical note about the settlement and early history of California.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Shunned and mistreated because of her mixed heritage, and determined to avoid an arranged marriage, seventeen-year-old Loi runs away to Ho Chi Minh City with the hope that she and the boy she loves will be able to go to the United States to find her American father.
6) Cabin 102
Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 7
Description
While on a cruise with his family, twelve-year-old Dusty encounters the ghost of an Arawak Indian girl through whom he comes to terms with his fears.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In the diary she receives for her thirteenth birthday in 1835, Lucinda Lawrence describes the hardships her family and other residents of the "Texas colonies" endure when they decide to face the Mexicans in a fight for their freedom.
10) The silent storm
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Thirteen-year-old Alyssa has not spoken since seeing her parents die in a hurricane, and now, three years later, another storm threatens the home she shares with her grandfather on Galveston Island.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 6
Description
The 1845-1846 diary of thirteen-year-old Maria, servant to the wealthy Spanish family which took her in when her Indian mother died. Includes a historical note about the settlement and early history of California.
12) Indio
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c1995
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ipa struggles to survive a brutal time of change as the Spanish begin the conquest of the native people along the Texas border.