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When a failed wheat crop nearly bankrupts the Betterly family, twelve-year-old May's father pulls her from school and hires her out to a couple new to the Kansas frontier.

2) A race around the world: the true story of Nellie Bly & Elizabeth Bisland

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Rose, Caroline Starr

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"Seventy-five days. Two very different women. One incredible race. In the late 1800s, the world was enchanted with speed. Steamships raced across oceans, locomotives dashed across continents, and a famous novel by Jules Verne imagined a man circling the globe in only eighty days. A fearless New York reporter called Nellie Bly thought she could be faster. She set out on a ship heading east across the Atlantic, and vowed to be back in seventy-five...

3) Ride On, Will Cody!: A Legend of the Pony Express

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Rose, Caroline Starr

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According to legend, Will Cody (later known as America's greatest showman, Buffalo Bill) rode for the Pony Express at the age of fourteen. His most famous ride, recounted in this lyrical verse story, covered 322 miles, required 21 horses, and took over 21 hours to complete.

4) Over in the wetlands: a hurricane-on-the-bayou story

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Rose, Caroline Starr

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Various wetland creatures, from alligators to egrets, enjoy what begins as a calm and peaceful day in the bayou, then prepare for and endure a passing hurricane, and finally settle in for a peaceful night.

5) Miraculous

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Rose, Caroline Starr

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A traveling medicine show promises to cure all that ails, but thirteen-year-old Jack and his friend Cora learn it takes more than faith in the miraculous to fix things that are broken.

6) The art of forgetting

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Rose, Caroline

7) Jasper and the riddle of Riley's mine

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Rose, Caroline Starr

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"Hoping to strike it rich, eleven-year-old Jasper and his older brother Melvin set out on a treacherous journey to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush"--Provided by publisher. Includes historical note.