Diane L Wilson
Author
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Colton, son of a black mother and a white father, takes a job with the Pony Express in 1860 after his father abandons the family on their California-bound wagon train, and risks his life to deliver an important letter that may affect the growing conflict between the North and South.
2) Raven speak
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
252 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 854, the bold fourteen-year-old daughter of a Viking chieftain, aided by her old and thin but equally intrepid horse and an ancient, one-eyed seer, must find a way to keep her clan together and save them from starvation.
3) Firehorse
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Spirited fifteen-year-old horse lover Rachel Selby is determined to become a veterinarian, despite the opposition of her rigid father, her proper mother, and the norms of Boston in 1872, while that city faces a serial arsonist and an epidemic spreading through its firehorse population.
5) Tracks
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
990L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An Irish boy and a Chinese boy become friends, despite their mistrust and prejudices, while working on the Transcontinental Railroad in 1866.