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Bread and Roses, Too by Katherine Paterson (2006) Historical fiction, chapter book (275 pages), grades 4-8 Lawrence, Massachusetts is a dangerous place during the "Bread and Roses" strike in 1912. Rosa and Jake are sent to live with families in Barre where they will be safe. $6.99 |
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Counting on Grace by Elizabeth Winthrop (2006) Historical fiction, chapter book (232 pages), grades 4-8 Grace works in a southern Vermont cotton mill in the early 1900s. Will Lewis Hine's photograph change everything? $6.99 |
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Jackson and Bud's Bumpy Ride by Elizabeth Koehler-Pentacoff (2009) Non-fiction, picture book (36 pages), grades K-3 In 1903, Burlington doctor Horatio Jackson and his dog Bud race to be the first to drive across the country in their car named Vermont. $16.95 |
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A Little Girl's Diary, Life on a Farm in Rural Vermont by Alice Bushnell, ed. by Sarah Rooker & Kim King Zea (1998) Non-fiction, 165 pages, grades 3-8 Alice Bushnell was seven years old and living in Strafford when she wrote her diary in 1911. The book includes copies of her diary pages and a printed copy of the text. $12.00 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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Lumber Camp Library by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (2002) Historical fiction, chapter book (87 pages), grades 2-5 Ruby wants to be a teacher, but everything changes after her father dies in an accident. Set in the early 1900s. $4.99 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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The Night the Bells Rang by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock (1991) Historical fiction, chapter book (76 pages), grades 3-5 The last year of World War I (1918) is an eventful one for a Vermont farm boy. $4.99 Available in the VHS lending library. |
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Understood Betsy by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1916) Historical fiction, chapter book (137 pages), grades 5-8 The story of Betsy who must leave her city home to live with her Vermont cousins on a farm. This classic story provides a glimpse of Vermont in the early 1900s. $8.99 |
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