Elizabeth McDavid Jones
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
In 1865, while helping her family keep their Virginia farm going through the end of the Civil War, twelve-year-old Cassie meets a Confederate deserter and a Yankee prisoner of war and tries to discover who has been stealing from the farm.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
790L
Language
English
Description
During the time of the Revolution, Felicity must figure out who is making false accusations, saying that her father is a traitor and helping the British.
Author
Publisher
American Girl Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
760L
Language
English
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity runs the household while her mother and siblings are away, but is distracted by her horse's ill health, two strangers in town, and the fear that a box of family heirlooms is haunted. Includes historical information about life in colonial Williamsburg.
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
In 1776, eleven-year-old Felicity suspects that an amateur naturalist visiting her family's Virginia plantation may actually be a British spy mapping Patriot plantations in advance of British raids. Includes historical information about the Revolutionary War.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.
Author
Series
History mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
Description
In 1918, caring for her family's homing pigeons while her father is away fighting in World War I, twelve-year-old Pam comes to suspect that a mysterious stranger in her small North Carolina town is a German spy.
Author
Series
History mysteries volume 21
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Pub
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
In the late nineteenth century, Rhoda investigates a wrecker that may be luring ships to destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
Description
In New York City in 1914, eleven-year-old Susan encounters a mystery through an independent-minded female boarder and becomes involved in the growing suffrage movement.