She helps hide a runaway slave and nurses Preston back to health when he comes down with a dreadful fever. At the end of the brief novel, Meg's mother and sister, fully recovered, journey to Kansas; her father will soon join them and settle there.
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This easy-to-read book introduces issues such as slavery, gambling, and women's rights; social movements, such as the community of Neosho, KS, which was founded by vegetarians; as well as historical events, such as the violent disputes among Border Ruffians, Southern sympathizers, and those settlers who wanted Kansas to be a free state. Notes and information about the author are included.
Fans of the series will not be disappointed. Thank you for using the catalog. As far as I can see: Meg's prairie diary, Book one. In her diary for , nine-year-old Meg describes the long, dangerous journey she and her younger brother make from Missouri to Kansas, as well as the new life they find there.
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Reading Counts RC 3. Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile fiction. Diaries -- Juvenile fiction. Julia Boyer Reinstein Library. Summary In Kate McMullan's first book for the My America line, the drama and adventure of the American prairie are brought to life when Margaret Cora Wells, known as Meg, must move away from her family to avoid the cholera epidemic in St.
School Library Journal Review Gr Revealing life in Missouri in , Meg writes about happy excursions to an ice-cream parlor as well as a horrific scene of a slave auction.
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Now they include Polly, the serving girl at the Cook Coffeehouse. But fourteen-year-old Mattie Cook doesn't get a moment to mourn the passing of her childhood playmate. New customers have overrun her family's coffee shop, located far from the mosquito-infested river, and Mattie's concerns of fever are all but overshadowed by dreams of growing her family's small business into a thriving enterprise. But when the fever begins to strike closer to home, Mattie's struggle to build a new life must give way to a new fight-the fight to stay alive.
In her third and final diary, by Kate McMullan, Meg continues to face the hardships of life on the prairie with her brave and sweet spirit.
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Meg continues to describe the daily realities on the prairie as she and her family make their lives in Kansas. Throughout these times of difficulty and joy, Meg is always courageous and thoughtful. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims: Time-Travel Adventures with Exceptional Americans. Top of his lungs.
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Our exceptional nation is waiting to be discovered all over again by exceptional young patriots—like you! The Sign of the Beaver. Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself.