Archive for the ‘Grades 9 - 12’ Category

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They journeyed across North America as a family—Arnold and Mrs. Pent and their eight children. Their goal was to share the Gospel and share their passion for God’s Word to all those who would hear them. Piling in their old Packard and Pierce Arrow "horseless carriages" along with guitar and banjo, they rambled through [...]

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In 1993, eleven homeschooled teenagers described their lives in rich detail, and Real Lives quickly became a homeschooling classic. Erin’s favorite teacher was her horse Nick, blind in one eye. Kyla flew to South America in September of what would have been her senior year—alone, except for her mountain bike. Jeremiah and his sister [...]

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LADDIE A TRUE BLUE STORY CHAPTER I” Little Sister And could another child-world be my share, I’d be a Little Sister there.” HAVE I got a Little Sister anywhere in this house?” inquired Laddie at the door, in his most COTxing voice. ‘Yes sir,” I answered, dropping the trousers I [...]

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For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon – a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the [...]

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After the death of her father, orphan Rose Campbell has no choice but to go and live at the ‘Aunt Hill’ with her six aunts and seven boy cousins. For someone who was used to a girl’s boarding school, it all seems pretty overwhelming, especially since her guardian Uncle Alec makes her eat healthy [...]

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The Education of Little Tree tells of a boy orphaned very young, who is adopted by his Cherokee grandmother and half-Cherokee grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Tennessee during the Great Depression.
“Little Tree” as his grandparents call him is shown how to hunt and survive in the mountains, to respect nature in the Cherokee [...]

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deAR gooSE,
Thank you for your letter. Too bad you won’t be able to write. I guess you’ll be too busy moving on. Me too. First of all, I’m quite busy socially. Very busy socially. Plus, my screenwriting is really taking off. I’m basically in discussions with some people. Producer-types. You know. They say moviemaking [...]

 
 
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Sarah McLean is a 19 year old girl that longs to become a wife and mother. Through her strong relationship with her parents and her spiritual beliefs she learns to depend on God’s timing rather than her own. The family’s home life on the farm in Michigan is strongly influenced by scripture from the [...]

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Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings of a sailor; he was too physically small. Nat may have [...]

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The hilarious diary of Alice and her attempts to survive the embarrassments that are her parents, the small-minded nature of her hometown, and her own struggle to fit in. Highly observant, satirical and wise. Fifteen years old and nursing a “serious case of outcastitis,” Alice MacLeod is having a hard time finding anything much [...]