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"Their stations could not have been more different: a Scottish laird and a simple lass. When a tragedy forces both to colonial Virginia as indentured servants, can a love thwarted by tradition come to life in a new land?" --
Though Magnus MacLeish and Lark MacDougall grew up on the same castle grounds, Magnus is now laird of the great house and the Isle of Kerrera. Lark is but the keeper of his bees and the woman he is hoping will provide a tincture...
Author
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
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This is the concluding volume of the saga of Barnabus Sackett, patriarch of that family. He returns to England, where he learns of an order for his arrest. The gold coins he found in Sackett's land are thought to be the royal treasure King John lost in the Wash during the time of the Crusades. After encountering some old friends and enemies from the previous book, he returns to America with Abigail, his new bride. He establishes a community between...
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 4
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As her tenth birthday approaches, Felicity is excited by her grandfather's visit, but she is also concerned about the growing tensions between the colonists and the British governor in Williamsburg.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
69 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shortly before the Revolutionary War, nine-year-old Felicity, who lives in Williamsburg, is torn between supporting the tariff-induced tea boycott and saving her friendship with Elizabeth, a young loyalist from England.
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English
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"Selah Hopewell seems to be the only woman in the Virginia colony who has no wish to wed. True, there are too many men and far too few women in James Towne. But Selah already has her hands full assisting her father in the family's shop. And now she is in charge of an incoming ship of tobacco brides who must be looked after as they sort through their many suitors.Xander Renick is perhaps the most eligible tobacco lord in the settlement. His lands are...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Lexile measure
820L
Physical Desc
237 pages, 7 unnumbered pages : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Traveling to the New World in 1606 as the page to Captain John Smith, twelve-year-old orphan Samuel Collier settles in the new colony of James Town, where he must quickly learn to distinguish between friend and foe.
Author
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A proud and spirited woman whose life was stolen from her. . .A man of secrets accused of a terrible crime. . .In a place of new beginnings their destinies are joined-in a gloriously romantic new work from the incomparable storyteller.
The fiery and outspoken adopted daughter of one of England's most formidable a women, Shemaine O'Hearn has made powerful enemies. And now her adversaries have found a way to remove the hot-blooded beauty from her life...
10) Valiant bride
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Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Large print ed.
Physical Desc
267 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Noramary came out of the parlor into the hall. Stunned by what she had just heard, she felt slightly light-headed and leaned against the closed door for a moment to steady herself. The shock of Winnie's elopement during the night had been followed by a second -- the staggering request of her foster parents that she step into her errant cousin's place as the bride of Duncan Montrose! "So you see, my dear, why we must ask this of you?" Aunt Betsy's...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
460L
Physical Desc
109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine-year-old Elizabeth keeps a journal of her experiences in the New World as she encounters Indians, suffers hunger and the death of friends, and helps her father build their first home.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
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"Caught between the warring French and English on Canada's rugged shores in 1755, Sylvie Galant is forced from her Acadian home and family and is alone in colonial Virginia. Now the enemy soldier who once tore her world apart might be the key to restoring her shattered past." -- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Pub. Date
1953
Physical Desc
170 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
A dauntless hero will do whatever it takes to win the heart of his bride in Mary Johnston's bestselling historical adventure set in colonial Jamestown Captain Percy is the embodiment of bravery. At the suggestion of a friend, he boards a ship to America to stake his claim in the New World-and perhaps even meet the woman of his dreams. Meanwhile, eligible women are setting sail to the very same place on "bride ships" in order to find husbands and forge...
14) Pocahontas
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
10th anniversary ed. ; Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Legendary tale of Native American Pocahontas and her unlikely romance with British Captain John Smith. Tenth Anniversary Edition includes: deleted scenes; The Making of Pocahontas; sing-along songs; and more.
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Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
391 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A colonial lady and a privateering sea captain collide once more after a failed love affair a decade before. Will a war and a cache of regrets keep them apart? Or will a new shared vision reunite them?"--
It is 1755, and the threat of war with France looms over colonial York, Virginia. Chocolatier Ešme Shaw is fighting her own battle of the heart. Having reached her twenty-eighth birthday, she is reconciled to life alone after a decade-old failed...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1611, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of her experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.
Author
Series
History mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
131 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While working as an indentured servant for a Jamestown glassmaker in 1621, twelve-year-old Merry uncovers a case of sabotage.
Author
Series
Liberty Bell volume 1
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
316 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Bradford, a poor young Britisher who, through a cruel twist of fate, is left to die in the infamous Dartmoor Prison. His only hope for escape comes when he agrees to a seven-year indenture in America, under a cruel and exacting master. Eventually, Daniel marries, and they settle in Virginia. Daniel meets George Washington and experiences firsthand the taste of freedom sweeping the land. Then tragedy strikes, and Daniel moves his family to Boston,...