Trinka Hakes Noble
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In July 1863 the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fought outside the sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. In The Last Brother the story of one small boy is told amidst the dramatic events of those early days of July. Though he is only 11 years old, Gabe is a bugler in the Union Army. He takes his responsibility very seriously; after all, there are over 60 different battle calls for buglers to learn. But what is even more important to Gabe...
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Long, long ago there was a time when men did not venture into the deep ocean waters. It was believed that the world was flat and to sail beyond the horizon meant falling off the edge of the earth. So even though they were drawn to and fascinated by the ocean, men feared it. And as men lived their lives above the water, far beyond their view and in the ocean's deepest depths lived mysterious and magical sea creatures, half girl and half fish. These...
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An immigrant child named Rettie spends her days caring for her younger siblings and her ailing mother while New York City is raging with deadly influenza. With her father away fighting in World War I, nine-year-old Rettie must fend for her family the best she can. With the Ragamuffin Parade just around the corner, she is excited to participate and get pennies dressed as a beggar so she can buy her family special food for Thanksgiving. But with influenza...
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Ten-year-old Walking Turtle, of the Lenni-Lenape tribe, is close to his younger cousin, Little Talk, who has difficulty walking, and worries about what will become of him when the time comes for Walking Turtle to leave his childhood friends to begin training at warrior school.
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(1st work) A little mouse thinks her name, Chrysanthemum, is perfect until she starts school and all the kids make fun of her. (2nd work) Monty, a dependable alligator taxi for three school children decides he needs a vacation. (3rd work) Jimmy brings along his pet boa constrictor on a class trip to the farm.