Pegi Deitz Shea
1) Abe in arms
Author
Series
Publisher
PM
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Abe, a senior in high school living with his wealthy adoptive parents, suddenly has flashbacks of war-torn Africa where his parents and family lost their lives to the violence.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The cannon smoke of the American Revolution still fresh in the air, Noah Webster realized that "a national language is a band of national union." Common spellings and pronunciations not only would help unite the thirteen colonies, but they would also further break the bond with England. And Noah Webster would help with his dictionaries, textbooks, and other cultural and political achievements. Noah Webster is particularly relevant today. He insisted...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
After ten years in a refugee camp in Thailand, thirteen-year-old Mai Yang travels to Providence, Rhode Island, where her Americanized cousins introduce her to pizza, shopping, and beer, while her grandmother and new friends keep her connected to her Hmong heritage.
Author
Series
Musical stories volume 2
Publisher
Pumpkin House
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Sent to his bedroom for being naughty, a young boy throws a tantrum, injuring various objects in the room that later come to life to teach him a lesson. Based on the story from an opera by Maurice Ravel.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the 1800s, Abby and Julia Smith refused to pay an unfair property tax that they had no voice in establishing. When the authorities confiscated their cows, the Smiths bought them back at auction, year after year, attracting the attention of women's suffrage supporters across the country.