Kathleen Ernst
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Series
Language
English
Description
When Pomeranian immigrant Hanneke Bauer reaches Wisconsin in 1855, she believes her dearest dreams are coming true. After reuniting with her husband Fridolin at his farm near Watertown, she will help create a true home. Instead, she receives the shocking news that he is dead.
Hanneke quickly learns that Wisconsin life is not as bucolic as it seems. Alone and destitute, she is determined to discover the details of Fridolin's death. Her efforts prompt...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Four months after her turbulent arrival, Pomeranian immigrant Hanneke Bauer is still struggling to feel at home on the Wisconsin farm she inherited from her husband. She does savor a growing friendship with tinsmith Karoline Ketzler, but that solace vanishes when Karoline's daughter Jacobine finds her father dead from a vicious attack.
When the deputy sheriff's suspicions fall on Karoline, Hanneke employs her own talents to investigate the crime....
Author
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
While staying with her Aunt Millie in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky in the summer of 1934, Kit tries to discover who is sabotaging a visiting folklore researcher.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
While working as a reporter during her summer vacation in 1935, Kit uncovers a mystery at the Cincinnati Zoo involving suspected break-ins at the monkey house.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
90 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Caroline and her friends Rhonda and Seth go out fishing, they sight an American supply boat being pursued by a British warship, and Caroline must come up with a daring plan to notify the town and save the boat.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
85 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline is thrilled when her cousin Lydia and friend Rhonda stay at her house for the winter, but she begins to reconsider when Rhonda and Lydia spend all of their time together without Caroline.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
93 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Caroline must travel across Lake Ontario to send a secret message to her imprisoned father in order to facilitate his escape from British guards during the War of 1812.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
89 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Caroline's father leaves with the rest of the town's men to battle the British in the War of 1812, Caroline promises to keep the family shipyard safe, but her loyalties are conflicted when her mother orders her to burn the shipyard to keep it from the enemy.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
84 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Caroline visits her uncle Aaron's new farm, she keeps watch when a thief starts sneaking around the farm, and discovers that some things are not as simple as they seem.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
91 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Caroline Abbott's father is taken prisoner during the War of 1812, she tries to stay strong by helping her mother run the family's shipyard and aiding American soldiers when the British attack her village.
Author
Series
American Girl history mysteries volume 22
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
163 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Elspeth Monro, a Scottish settler and weaver's apprentice on the North Carolina frontier in 1775, must find out who is betraying her Loyalist family during the months before the start of the Revolutionary War.