Kathleen Duey
1) Moonsilver
Author
Series
Unicorn's secret volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Heart, a foundling who was discovered five years earlier wrapped in a unicorn-embroidered blanket, finds a pregnant white mare in the woods and struggles to keep her and her colt safe and well.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Katie continues the journey west to Oregon hoping to be reunited with her uncle and returning the Mustang closer to his homeland.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Orphaned at age six and taken in by a heartless couple, nine-year-old Katie Rose spends her days doing chores and dreaming of going west to find her Uncle Jack. Then Mr. Stevens brings home an unbroken Mustang, and Katie's world changes. Katie is drawn to the horse's wildness, and he seems to sense her need for companionship. So when Katie learns that the Stevenses plan to join the expansion West, without her or the Mustang, she makes a desperate...
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books/Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers/Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Joined by Hiram the farmhand, Katie begins the journey west. At first, she is unsure if the Mustang will follow, but much to her relief, he seems to trust her. Soon, Katie and Hiram meet up with a large family who invite them to join their caravan. For the first time, it seems as though they might really make it to Oregon. But then tragedy strikes, and Katie finds herself having to choose between parting ways with Hiram, or abandoning her dreams of...
Author
Series
Survival! volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
During the final hours aboard the Titanic on her ill-fated voyage in 1912, Gavin and Karolina attempt to help others and by so doing learn something about themselves.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 3
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1996]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
The small piece of gold which Anisett carries in her pocket causes grave danger for her family living in the rough world of the California gold camps.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 7
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1997.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In San Francisco near the beginning of the twentieth century, Alexia faces a moral dilemma when her con man father tries to cheat the widow who has been like a mother to Alexia.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Sarah breaks the Sabbath in Puritan New England and faces a moral dilemma when an innocent person is accused in her place.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 12
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When thirteen-year-old Amelina saves the life of a young Yankee spy found injured near her Louisiana home in 1863, the orphaned girl creates a dangerous situation for herself and her uncle.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 4
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When her wounded brother returns from battle, twelve-year-old Mary must get help for him without telling her father, a wealthy Tory, who has disowned his son for joining General Washington's Continental Army.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 11
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1932, when her father's foot injury makes it impossible for him to do farm work for a while, thirteen-year-old Agnes steps in, proving herself and revealing her understanding of him.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 5
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1847, when her mother's remarriage sends them on a difficult journey to California, Willow is swept overboard fording the South Platte River and must survive and search for her family.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 6
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
[1997]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In Texas in 1886, Ellen finds her desire to be a cattle rancher discouraged by family members who do not think it a proper choice for a girl, but she proves her worth when drought threatens the ranch.
Author
Series
American diaries volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Emma receives unexpected friendship from a Black roustabout and a Union soldier during an explosion on the steamboat Sultana in 1865.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2005.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
While her father is away fighting the Normans and other Irish clans, nine-year-old Lara works hard to help harvest food and also cares for the pregnant gray mare that she loves.
Author
Series
Unicorn's secret volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Moonsilver, the unicorn, is nearly killed by a hunter's arrow, Heart sneaks back into her villiage to get help from the healer, Ruth Oakes. Rumors of Moonsilver's secret have reached the ears of Lord Dunraven and once again Heart must flee, with Ruth's mysterious fift, a silver thread, to protect her and Moonsilver.
Author
Series
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
After returning home with her horse from Connemara, Lara no feels that her old life has anything to offer, so she tries to find another place for herself and her horse which is safe from the warring clans.