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4) O pioneers!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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Description
Cather presents the story of the Nebraska prairie. Alexandra Bergson, daughter of Swedish immigrant farmers, is devoted to the land and suffers the hardships of prairie life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
[1986]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Inga is the Plain Jane of the Linberg sisters, and as the dutiful oldest daughter, she is resigned to a quiet life helping her father with his Lutheran ministry in Iowa. Enter Dirk Bridges, a dairy farmer looking for help in caring for two young nieces and ailing mother. When Inga agrees to be his live-in housekeeper, she really doesn't expect to fall in love with the little girls or their lonely, complicated uncle.
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Series
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
No ethnic group is so identified with a single state as the Swedes are with Minnesota. From before statehood, Swedish immigrants flooded into the small frontier towns of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Encouraged by agents who promised inexpensive and fertile farmland, they came by the thousands. By the turn of the twentieth century, over 126,000 Swedes lived in Minnesota-and their impact on everything in the state continues to today. In this concise history...
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nine-year-old Kirsten keeps her friendship with a Sioux Indian girl a secret until Kirsten's little brother becomes lost in the woods. Includes a section on Sioux Indians and a project related to the story.
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Series
Agent John Adderley novels volume 1
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
The Bucket List is the gripping debut novel by writing team Peter Mohlin and Peter Nyström, launching a stunning new Nordic noir series featuring Swedish-American FBI Agent John Adderley. Like the best writers of the genre, such as Henning Mankell and Jo Nesbø, Mohlin & Nyström combine a strong crime story with a novel of psychological richness and depth for an irresistible read.
The Bucket List starts when undercover FBI Agent John Adderley wakes...
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Series
Adventures of the Northwoods volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When their father leaves to earn money away from home, Kate and Anders assume more responsibility at the farm and uncover a mystery.
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Series
Adventures of the Northwoods volume 6
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Kate, Anders, and Erik investigate baffling clues that lead them to tunnels in the woodpile, stolen food, and a hidden ladder.
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Series
Torie O'Shea mysteries volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
When genealogist Torie O'Shea gets an invitation from her favorite aunt, Sissy, to come and spend some time with her in Minnesota she jumps at the chance. She piles her husband and her father-in-law into the car, leaving her two daughters in the care of her mother back home in Missouri, and hits the road, looking forward to some relaxation and some family bonding. Once they arrive, Torie finds out that her aunt's invitation was not so innocent: Sissy...
Author
Series
Agent John Adderley novels volume 2
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The highly anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed Scandi-noir thriller The Bucket List
Alicia Bjelke has always been the "other sister," the foil to her beautiful sister Stella-people turn their backs when they see Alicia's disfigured face. So she created a life in the background, becoming a coding genius and founding a groundbreaking dating app company. With Stella as the face of the company, Alicia has found success. Until one day, when Stella...
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Series
Adventures of the northwoods volume 4
Language
English
Description
Kate, Anders, and Erik try to solve the mystery of the stolen creamery checks.
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Series
Adventures of the Northwoods volume 10
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
After Kate buys Windsong and Breeza, two horses with a mysterious past, someone sets the Nordstrom barn on fire and Windsong disappears.
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