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1) Laguna Cove
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Seventeen-year-old Anne's new life in Southern California feels more like a death sentence, with a different school, no friends, and family problems, so when she learns to surf in order to fit in, her efforts are not popular with everyone.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
A diary account of fourteen-year-old Susanna Fairchild's life in 1849, when her father succumbs to gold fever on the way to establish his medical practice in Oregon after losing his wife and money on their steamship journey from New York. Includes a historical note.
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An Indian girl born under Padre Serra's cross at Mission San Miguel de Arc�angel witnesses the political intrigue and greed of Spanish, Mexican and Yanqui invaders who plunder California, destroying everything she loves. A refugee in her own land during the Time of the Troubles, Maria In�es struggles to survive while she reclaims her family, her faith and her ancestral identity. A moving must-read for fans of the Old West and of Native Americans'...
Author
Series
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Set in the turbulent 1860s' California, Palomita is a sequel to Maria Inés and The Caballero's Son (Five Star, 2016, 2021). A romantic, historically accurate portrayal of an era when women are treated as commodities. For Señorita Elena Dolores Maria Matera, family, pride, and a good marriage are everything. Nicknamed Palomita by her doting father, she is 14 when her father and brothers lose their lives in a fight to retain their lands against the...
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