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The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36

Thirteen-year-old C.J. records the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause his family to leave Oklahoma and travel to California in the 1930's.

My Name is America

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 11/24/2021 - 14:36

In 1905, fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.

The Journal OF C.J. Jackson

Submitted by khenkes on Mon, 02/24/2020 - 15:25

Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm ub Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.

Dead man's rapids

a Blackwater Ben adventure
  • Durbin, William
2017
"In late 1800s Minnesota, 13-year-old Ben Ward goes to work with his father in a lumber camp and signs up for a log drive with his friend Nevers, where together they endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms, floods, and pioneer life in general"--Provided by publisher.

The Winter War

a novel
  • Durbin, William
2008
When Russian troops invade Finland during the winter of 1939-40, Marko, a young polio victim determined to keep his homeland free, joins the Finnish Army as a messenger boy.

The Journal of C.J. Jackson: A Dust Bowl Migrant

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 11:25

Thirteen-year-old C.J. records the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause his family to leave Oklahoma and travel to California in the 1930's.

Tiger Woods

Submitted by khenkes on Wed, 08/09/2017 - 11:25

The life and career of the young golfer who took America by storm.

Wintering

  • Durbin, William
2009
In 1801, fourteen-year-old Pierre returns to work for the North West Fur Company and makes the long and difficult journey to a winter camp, where he learns from both the other voyageurs and from the Ojibwe Native Americans, whose land they share.

The Journal of Otto Peltonen

a Finnish Immigrant; Hibbing, Minnesota, 1905
  • Durbin, William
2002
In 1905, fifteen-year-old Otto describes in his journal how he travels from Finland to America, joining his father in a dreary iron mining community in Minnesota and becoming involved in a union fight for better working conditions.

Arnold Palmer

  • Durbin, William
1998
A biography of one of the best-known golfers in the country, whose loyal fans are called "Arnie's Army.".

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