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Name of Book: These Happy Golden Years Author: Laura Ingalls Wilder ISBN:  0060264802 Publisher: Harper Trophy Book Part of a Series: Little House Series Type of book: Settled, courting, prairie, pioneer, working, schooling, growing up, marrying, 1883-1885 Year it was published: 1943 Summary: Laura, not yet sixteen, takes a job teaching school in a drafty shanty twelve miles from home. It's a terrifying job. Most of her pupils are taller than she is- and she has to board with a hateful, crazed lady. Laura is miserable, but she must help to keep her blind sister Mary in school. And every Friday, when the school week is over, Almanzo arrives in his sleigh-come all twelve miles across the desolate icy slough to take her home to her family for the weekend. Could it be love? Characters: Just like Laura is growing up, so we are growing up with her and we see her start caring for the trends, getting jobs and staying busy, all to help the family. The family no longer...

Name of Book: Johnny Tremain Author: Esther Forbes ISBN: 0-440-44250-8 Publisher: Bantam Type of book: kid to young adult, revolutionary war, 1773-1775, Paul Revere, Adams, silversmith, a man can stand up for himself, Boston, Boston Tea Party Year it was published: 1943 Summary: A story filled with danger and excitement, Johnny Tremain tells of the turbulent, passionate times in Boston just before the Revolutionary War. Johnny, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in a dramatic involvement with James Otis, John Hancock, and John and Samuel Adams. Johnny is swept along by hte powerful currents that will lead to the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington- and finally to an important discoveyr in Johnny's own life. Johnny Tremain is historical fiction at its most gripping, portraying Revolutionary Boston as a living drama through the shrewd eyes of an observant boy. Characters: Other characters besides Johnny Tremain seemed to be flat and remain...