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Name of Book: A House Divided Author: Pearl Buck ISBN: 1559210346  (671-78797-7 Version I have) Publisher: Pocket Books Part of a Series: House of Earth series: The Good Earth, Sons prequels Type of book: China, revolution, international student, 1900s, Former AM/WF Year it was published: 1935 (version I have 1975) Summary: The epic of China begins with soil, and with the simple peasants like Wang Lung whose story was told in The Good Earth . It rises and swells on the fortunes of the warlords and merchants, men like the Sons of Wang Lung. It surges anew in modern China- Communist China- in the third generation of the House of Wang. A House Divided brings Wang's grandson to America, where troubled and alone, he must choose between the old values and the new, between two generations- one dead, one powerless to be born. Characters: The characters are well rounded and understnadable to some extent. In this part, Pearl Buck attempts to explore Wang Yuan's...

Name of Book: Caddie Woodlawn Author: Carol Ryrie Brink ISBN: 0-02-041880-9 Publisher: Collier Books Type of book: Wisconsin, 1864-1865, tomboy, family, women vs men Year it was published: 1935 Summary:  "In 1864 Caddie Woodlawn was eleven, and as wild a little tomboy as ever ran the woods of western Wisconsin. She was the despair of her mohter and of her elder sister Clara. But her father watched her with a little shine of pride in his eyes, and her brothers accepted her as one of themselves without a question." So begins an exciting story about a girl who would rather hunt than sew, rather plow than bake. THis prize-winning book tells of the escapades of Caddie and her six brothers and sisters, of a schoolhouse fire, of pranks played on a city-slicker cousin, of an amazing discovery in an old trunk. And when the Indians threaten to massacre the settlers, it is Caddie's courage and quick thinking that save her family and their neighbors. Caddie's ...

Name of book: Little house on the prairie Author Name: Laura Ingalls Wilder ISBN: 0-06-440002-6 Publisher: Harper Trophy Part of a Series: Little House series; Little House in the big woods prequel, Farmer Boy and On the Banks of Plum Creek, are sequels. Type of book: Young adult, kid, prairie, 1871?-1872? Year it was published: 1935 Summary: The Big Woods was getting too crowded. So Pa sold the little log house and built a covered wagon. The family was moving to Indian Country! They traveled from Wisconsin to Oklahoma, and there, finally, Pa built the little house on the prairie. All year long, Ma, Pa, Mary, Laura and Baby Carrie put their hearts into the land and their safe little house. But the prairie belonged to the Indians, and in the end the government made them move on again. Characters: At the moment it's not evident how the characters have changed or grown. This book also marks the first appearance of Mr. Edwards who will be shown in differen...