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Summary: After witnessing his father's crucifixion by Roman soldiers, Daniel bar Jamin is fired by a single passion: to avenge his father's death by driving the Roman legions from the land of Israel. Time and again Daniel is drawn to the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, only to turn away, disappointed and confused by Jesus's lack of action in opposing the Romans. This is a novel about Daniel's tormented...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1989
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Summary: Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD SPESpeare, Elizabeth George.
Summary: When the Romans brutally kill Daniel bar Jamin's father, the young Palestinian searches for a leader to drive them out, but comes to realize that love may be a more powerful weapon than hate. Set in Galilee in the time of Jesus, this story tells of a young Jewish rebel who is won over to the gentle teachings of Jesus. "A dramatic, deeply felt narrative whose characters and message will long be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1989
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction SpeareSpeare, Elizabeth George.
Summary: In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1958
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Summary: During the French and Indian War, young Miriam Willard is captured by Indians and taken to Montreal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SPESpeare, Elizabeth George.
Summary: Now that twelve-year-old Matt and his father have finished building a comfortable cabin for their family in the Maine wilderness, Matt's father must leave to bring the rest of the family to the new settlement. Until the day his father returns, Matt must try to survive on his own. Matt is astonished when he is rescued by an Indian chief and his grandson, Attean. Many months pass with no sign...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1984, c1983. 1984
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SPECopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION SPESpeare, Elizabeth George.
Summary: In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Company 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SPESpeare, Elizabeth George.
Summary: In 1687 in Connecticut, Kit Tyler, feeling out of place in the Puritan household of her aunt, befriends an old woman considered a witch by the community and suddenly finds herself standing trial for witchcraft.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sandpiper 2011