books by Kristiana Gregory     books:       Prairie River 2: Grateful Harvest Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003 Nessa is still struggling to find her place in Prairie River, and things aren't getting easier. On a personal note, Nessa wants to be Ivy's friend, so she decides to tell her a secret - someone else's secret - and it swells into a devastating rumor. Professionally, Nessa is reinstated as the town's teacher only to learn that countless townspeople still blame her for the death of one of the children. Mr. Applewood warns her that people have ...             Dear America: The Winter of Red Snow Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Press, 2010 Critically acclaimed author Kristiana Gregory's award-winning THE WINTER OF RED SNOW is now back in print with a gorgeous new package! Eleven-year-old Abigail Jane Stewart's fictionalized diary about her life, family, friends, and neighbors, and the sides they have to choose in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the height of the Revolutionary War, renders a vivid portrayal of one of the most memorable and crucial winters in American history. ...             Dear America: Cannons at Dawn Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 2011 Kristiana Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title THE WINTER OF RED SNOW! Abigail Jane Stewart returns in this brand-new sequel to THE WINTER OF RED SNOW. The Revolutionary War toils on, but the Stewart family can no longer avoid getting involved. Abby's father joins the Continental Army, while Abby, her mother, and her siblings become camp followers. They face daily hardships alongside the troops and ...             Dear America: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 2012 Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Kristiana Gregory's ACROSS THE WIDE AND LONESOME PRAIRIE is now back in print with a gorgeous new package! After the death of her two sisters, thirteen-year-old Hattie and her family make for a fresh start. They sell their farm in Missouri and journey across the Oregon Trail toward Oregon City. At first the adventure is exciting, but as the days, weeks, and months pass, Hattie realizes what a ...             Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C. (The Royal Diaries) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 1999 Established Dear America author Kristiana Gregory kicks off the Royal Diaries with the captivating story of young Cleopatra's tumultuous life. Daughter of King Ptolemy Autletes, Pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra lives a life filled with opulence and mystery.             Prairie River: Journey of Faith, A Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2003 It is the spring of 1865, and the end of the Civil War is near. As the nation is struggling to come to peace with itself, all Vanessa Clemens can think about is her birthday. She has been dreading it for weeks, for the day she turns fourteen she must leave the orphanage that has been her home for a decade. The headmaster has made arrangements for Nessa. Either she can become a servant or marry the pastor, an older dreary man. Those are her ...             The Great Railroad Race: The Diary of Libby West, Utah Territory 1868 (Dear America Series) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 1999 In Kristiana Gregory's third book for the Dear America series, a fourteen-year-old girl records the momentous building of the Transcontinental Railroad.             Cabin Creek Mysteries #1: The Secret of Robber's Cave Kristiana Gregory Scholastic, 2008 Action! Intrigue! Cliff-hangers! With a riveting overarching series storyline and a mini-mystery in each title, Cabin Creek gives readers what they crave: immediate answers AND ongoing suspense. Every book reveals clues, adds layers, and finds the characters investigating, plotting, and unraveling clues. They'll need their wits, their courage, and their gadgets to get to the bottom of the many mysteries of Lost Island. Jeff and David's dad ...             Cabin Creek Mysteries #2: The Clue at the Bottom of the Lake Kristiana Gregory Scholastic, 2008 Action! Intrigue! Cliffhangers! With a riveting overarching series storyline and a mini-mystery in each title, Cabin Creek gives readers what they crave: immediate answers AND ongoing suspense. Every book reveals clues, adds layers, and finds the characters investigating, plotting, and unraveling clues. They'll need their wits, their courage, and their gadgets to get to the bottom of the many mysteries of Lost Island and Grizzly Paw Wilderness. ...             The Phantom of Hidden Horse Ranch (Cabin Creek Mysteries) (Volume 7) Kristiana Gregory CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013 Another exciting adventure from the CABIN CREEK MYSTERIES! During summer vacation the cousins are excited to visit their grandparents on Hidden Horse Ranch. They get to sleep in a bunkhouse, swim in a pond with a rope swing, and ride horses any time they want. But they arrive to find that a mysterious fire has destroyed the stables, and the herd has escaped into the nearby canyons. Also troubling, valuable objects have been disappearing from the ...             Prairie River: A Grateful Harvest (Volume 2) Kristiana Gregory CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013 It hasn't been easy for Nessa to find her place in Prairie River. She is having trouble making friends, and her position as the local teacher is on shaky ground. Nessa struggles to keep a positive outlook but when a threat endangers her and her students, she must find a way to keep the children safe. With so much at risk, she fights the doubts of others, and more importantly, herself.             Cabin Creek Mysteries #4: The Haunting of Hillside School Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2008 It's a new school year in Cabin Creek and the cousins have a new mystery. When Claire and David look out the art room window and see a girl's pale face, they suspect it's a ghost. How else could someone look into a second floor window and just disappear? As the cousins investigate, they find other peculiar clues: piano music lilting through the halls, the aroma of pumpkin pie, and a crooked old painting that looks like the ghost's face. Is their ...             The Legend of Jimmy Spoon Kristiana Gregory Graphia, 2002 Twelve-year-old Jimmy Spoon yearns for a life of adventure. So when two Shoshoni boys offer him a horse, Jimmy sneaks away from his family in Salt Lake City to follow the boys. When Jimmy arrives at the Shoshoni camp, he discovers that he is expected to stay--as a member of the tribe! Inspired by the memoirs of a white man who actually lived with Chief Washakie's tribe as a boy in the mid-1800s, The Legend of Jimmy Spoon is a compelling ...             Legend Of Skull Cliff (Cabin Creek Mysteries) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic, 2008 Action! Intrigue! Cliffhangers! With a riveting overarching series storyline and a mini-mystery in each title, Cabin Creek gives readers what they crave: immediate answers AND ongoing suspense. Every book reveals clues, adds layers, and finds the characters investigating, plotting, and unraveling clues. They'll need their wits, their courage, and their gadgets to get to the bottom of the many mysteries of Lost Island and Grizzly Paw Wilderness. ...             Five Smooth Stones: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary (My America)(Book One) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 2002 Kristiana Gregory's first My America , book one of Hope's Diary, details life in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. This book will be part of the re-launch of the My America series. As tensions rise between the Tories and Patriots, Hope's life in Philadelphia becomes more confusing. Will Papa ever return from his voyage? Has he been killed, or worse become a Tory? When Hope's thirteen-year-old brother Ethan proclaims that he too is a ...             Winter Tidings (Prairie River, Book 3) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2004 It is December 1865, and Nessa feels safe and at home in Prairie River. But when on a blustery night Reverend McDuff arrives unexpectedly at the Lockett's door, Nessa's hopes of leaving her past behind are shattered. Only Ivy and Mrs. Lockett know her secret - her reason for fleeing Independence. Now she fears the town will judge her and revoke her position as schoolteacher. Furthermore, her dear friend Albert had promised to warn her if the ...             Blizzard On Blue Mountain (Cabin Creek Mysteries) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2009 In Cabin Creek, winter means sledding, ice skating, snow boarding -- and a broken ski lift? A blizzard has blown into town and tourists are filling up the lodge to hit the slopes, which means there are all the more suspects in the cousins' latest case. Jeff, David, and Claire can't wait to get to the bottom of this frosty puzzle. Each of the six books in this series features atmospheric spot art throughout. This is #5 in the series.             Hope Springs Eternal (Prairie River #4) Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Paperbacks, 2005 Nessa's winter was fraught with trials, but now spring has come to Prairie River - and so has her dear friend Albert. Albert is Nessa's oldest friend from the orphanage, and she had prayed that he would join her in Kansas ever since she journeyed to the small, remote town a year ago. But a year is a long time, and Albert's arrival is not what Nessa had imagined. Things are different between them, and Nessa must reconcile the changes if she ...             The Royal Diary: Catherine, the Great Journey Russia, 1743 Kristiana Gregory Scholastic, 2005 Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia's mother moves to make the match, she and Sophia must travel from their humble home in Zerbst, Prussia, to Russia--the kingdom of Elizabeth. There, Sophia is renamed Catherine and married to Charles-Peter, but she watches ...             My America: We Are Patriots: Hope's Revolutionary War Diary, Book Two Kristiana Gregory Scholastic Inc., 2002 In Ms. Gregory's sequel to Five Smooth Stones, Hope's brother returns, but she worries about her father's fate and that of Philadelphia. This book is part of the relaunch of the My America series. In this wonderful second book featuring Hope Penny Potter, the Revolutionary War wages on and Hope's daily life is much affected. The war has even kept her from her dear friend, Polly, whose parents are loyal to the King. But when Hope's much missed ...              search for books america, blizzard, bottom, cannons, catherine, cleopatra, daughter, diaries, eternal, grateful, harvest, haunting, hillside, journey, legend, lonesome, mountain, mysteries, patriots, phantom, prairie, railroad, revolutionary, school, secret, smooth, springs, stones, territory, tidings books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Nutrition and Physical Degeneration home  impressum - about us