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1) Little house on the prairie

Author

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 2
Little house books volume 3

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Pa Ingalls decides to sell the old house, and the family sets out for Indian Country! They travel from Wisconson to Kansas and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and the family are kept busy and are happy with the promise of their new life on the prairie.

2) On the Banks of Plum Creek

Author

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 4

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"Laura and her family find a new home in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, where the nearby creek and swimming hole lure Laura with dangerous, yet thrilling adventures. Too soon, their life is threatened when prairie fires and other strange events jeopardize their crops."

3) Counting by 7's

Author

Sloan, Holly Goldberg

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"Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident" --T.p. verso.

4) Little town on the prairie: Little house series

Author

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 7
Little house on the prairie

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Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher.

5) By the shores of Silver Lake

Author

Wilder, Laura Ingalls

Series

Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 5
Little house on the prairie

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The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they move from their little house on the banks of Plum Creek to the wilderness of the unsettled Dakota Territory. Ma and the girls follow Pa west by train where they make their home at a rough railroad camp and plan for their own homestead.

6) Flush

Author

Hiaasen, Carl

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With their father jailed for sinking a river boat, Noah Underwood and his younger sister, Abbey, must gather evidence that the owner of this floating casino is emptying his bilge tanks into the protected waters around their Florida Keys home.