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Seepeetza loves living on Joyaska Ranch with her parents and brothers and sisters. But when she is six years old, she must go to live in the town of Kalamak, British Columbia, and attend Indian residential school. The nuns call her "Martha" and cut her hair. She is forbidden to "talk Indian," even with her sisters and cousins.
4) Many horses
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Binfords & Mort
Pub. Date
[1953]
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English
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Pioneering in the Pacific Northwest, and the adventure and danger of taking horses through Klamath Falls, Rogue River Valley, and Crescent City, Oregon.
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Sasquatch Books
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[2011]
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English
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The Wheedle, a large furry creature with a red blinking nose, has lived wrapped in peace and quiet atop the Space Needle for years and years. But late one night all of that changed as the empty streets echoed with the plaintive cries of a kitten in distress.
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Vantage Press, Inc
Pub. Date
© 1974
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English
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Johnny's Farm is the story of a boy named Johnny and his experiences on a farm located on Puget Sound in the state of Washington. Each chapter is a separate story -- yet relating to all the other chapters, with no involvement of "plot," as such. It is based on actual experiences of a small boy over a period of years and is written for boys and girls of all ages. The characters are animals and people who share the rich experience of learning to...
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Baker Book House
Pub. Date
�1982
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English
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Toutle Farm (named for the nearby Toutle River) lay in the shadow of Mount St. Helens. Always it was the Sorenson's beloved mountain but lately it looked as if a monstrous concrete pillar was stuck in its usually snow-capped crest.
Then it happened -- Sunday morning, May 18. The mountain blew. Awe-struck, the family watched as portions of the slopes disintegrated. There was only one thing to do. The Sorensons had to evacuate the farm and leave behind...
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Tyndale House
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©1984
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English
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Danger in Sagebrush Country is the adventure-packed story of a young girl growing up in Washington Territory. Carolyn learns a lot about trusting God and loving others, and the summer of 1884 turns out to be the most exciting summer of her life. -- back of cover.
11) Long rope
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Binfords & Mort
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[1955]
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English
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Roz and his companions Wolf Robe and Seth Grew drive horses from Jacksonville, Oregon in the Rogue River Valley, to The Dalles on the Columbia. Roz plans to look for a good location for his own cattle ranch in Central Oregon during the drive.
14) Eliza's journal
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Craigmore Creations
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Eliza Wolcott has been sent by her parents to live with her aunt and uncle for the summer on the small community of Orcas Island off the mainland of Washington State. What she imagines to be a fun-in-the-sun vacation quickly turns into a season of assuming responsibility as she is forced by her uncle to get a summer job. Eliza uses her talent as an artist and applies to be a natural history illustrator for the local eccentric Orville Tanner. She documents...
15) Thin Wood Walls
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Eleven-year-old Joe Hanada likes playing basketball with his best friend, Ray, writing plays and stories, and thinking about the upcoming Christmas holiday. But his world falls apart when Japanese planes bomb Pearl Harbor. His country goes to war. The FBI takes his father away. And neighbors and friends in his hometown near Seattle begin to suspect Joe, his family, and all Japanese Americans of spying for the enemy. When the government orders people...
16) On to Oregon!
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Morrow
Pub. Date
1972.
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English
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Based on the actual mid-nineteenth century journey by covered wagon of seven orphaned children through two thousand miles of wilderness and hardship from Missouri to Willamette Valley, Oregon.
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Joy delamere is suffocating. From asthma, from her parents, and from her boyfriend, Asher, who is smothering her from the inside out. She can take his cruel words, his tender words... until the night they go too far. To escape, Joy sacrifices her suburban life to find the one who offered his help, a homeless boy called Creed. He introduces her to a world of fierce loyalty, to its rules of survival, and to love-a world she won't easily let go. Set...
19) Frog girl
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Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
2001.
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English
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When the frogs suddenly vanish from the lake behind her village, a young Native American girl is led to the frog village underneath the lake and learns what she must do to save both the frogs and her own people.
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