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Search - American Progress: Battling Fear, Discrimination, and the Great Depression (Sisters in Time)

American Progress Battling Fear Discrimination and the Great Depression - Sisters in Time
Author: Veda Boyd Jones, Norma Jean Lutz, JoAnn A. Grote

Learn about life from 1903-1931! Includes 4 books: Maureen the Detective by Veda Boyd Jones, Maria Takes a Stand by Norma Jean Lutz, Carrie's Courage by Norma Jean Lutz, and Anna's Fight for Hope by JoAnn A. Grote. — This new collection brings together four historical fiction books, taking readers back ... more »to the birth of our nation, teaching important lessons of history and Christian faith.

Maureen the Detective: When her parents died, young Maureen O'Callaghan was sent from Ireland to the United States to begin a new life in the Stevenson family. At age eleven, she's ready to become a U.S. citizen–just as soon as she can solve the case of who's stealing artwork from her employer's mansion. Maureen the Detective is an exciting mystery and an intriguing look at what drew, and continues to draw, so many people to the shores of America.

Maria Takes a Stand: 1914 is a tough year for twelve-year-old Maria Schmidt. Ever since the Kaiser started a war in Europe, Maria's German-sounding surname has brought her trouble at school. Even worse, her family's been threatened because of her father's union activities. In the midst of all that, however, Maria finds a noble cause to support: woman's suffrage. Maria Takes a Stand uses actual historical events to tell a compelling fictional story-of a girl who must overcome personal hardships to serve a cause larger than herself.

Carrie's Courage: For ten-year-old Carrie Moe, friendship with a Jewish immigrant is perfectly normal. So why are many of her other friends uptight about that? Sadly, in 1924, bigotry is a powerful force in society-so much so, that the white-robed members of the Ku Klux Klan plot violence against Jews. Carrie's Courage is the story of a young girl who stands up for a friend in the face of persecution. Using actual historical events as a backdrop, this story shows that standing up for others, though not always popular, is always right.

Anna's Fight for Hope: Twenty-five percent unemployment, food lines, banks and businesses closing. . . The Great Depression was not only a national catastrophe, but a personal one, as well. Follow the fictional story of Anna Harrington to see how this time of upheaval affected a twelve-year-old girl who saw her friends and acquaintances devastated by economic events. This very personal story shows the beauty of friendship while at the same time teaching important lessons of Christian faith and American history.

ISBN-13: 9781616268237
ISBN-10: 1616268239
Publication Date: 8/1/2012
Pages: 560
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Publisher: Barbour Books
Book Type: Paperback
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Children's Books >> Ages 9-12 >> Series
Children's Books >> History >> Historical Fiction >> United States
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