Listen for the Whippoorwill
Title | Listen for the Whippoorwill PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Jackson |
Publisher | Castle Rock Creative, Incorporated |
Pages | 146 |
Release | 2016-06-30 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781939445124 |
LISTEN FOR THE WHIPPOORWILL Introducing Harriet Tubman Living as a slave with her family on an old Maryland plantation in 1853, twelve-year-old Rosebud Jackson had been helping her mother with the cooking for the Big House as long as she could remember. Rosebud's world seemed like an endless pile of pots and pans to wash, food to prepare, and bread to bake. Her father worked long days in the fields while her fifteen-year-old brother Isaac was the stable boy. But when a series of tragedies strikes, Rosebud is left alone and very afraid. Her only hope is that the words of her father will come true: "Just listen for the whippoorwill." When the harvest season is over, this sound will be her signal to follow in a desperate attempt to escape her cruel slavery. On the darkest of nights, Rosebud will meet the mysterious person the slaves called "Moses," who will lead her and other slaves on a harrowing journey toward the North on the Underground Railroad. Harriet Tubman, known as "Moses," was also an escaped slave and became famous for leading bands of runaways on their dangerous passage to Canada. Will rosebud be able to keep up? Does Harriet Tubman know the way?
Flight of the Fugitives
Title | Flight of the Fugitives PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781556614668 |
After coming to China to work as a missionary in the early 1930s, Gladys Aylward adopts several orphans and tries to save nearly a hundred more during the war between China and Japan.
Hear and There Book: Bird Calls
Title | Hear and There Book: Bird Calls PDF eBook |
Author | Frank Gallo |
Publisher | Innovative Kids |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2001-04-01 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781584760641 |
Each double-page spread includes clues, a tab to pull to uncover a picture of the correct bird, and a flap to lift to uncover more facts about that bird. The reader can push color-coded buttons to hear the song of the particular bird featured on each page to assist in identifying the bird.
Whippoorwill
Title | Whippoorwill PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Monninger |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 291 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 054463649X |
Two New Hampshire teenagers fall into an unlikely relationship as they come together to save a mistreated dog. Whippoorwill is a deeply poignant story about the virulent nature of abuse and the power of human empathy.
Attack in the Rye Grass
Title | Attack in the Rye Grass PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Jackson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN | 9781556612732 |
The adventures of a young American boy who travels to the Oregon Territory with his missionary aunt and uncle. Ages 8 to 12.
Barking to the Choir
Title | Barking to the Choir PDF eBook |
Author | Greg Boyle |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2017-11-14 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1476726159 |
A Jesuit priest and founder of Homeboy Industries traces his experiences of working with gangs in Los Angeles for three decades, sharing what his efforts have taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring power of radical kinship.
The Bandit of Ashley Downs
Title | The Bandit of Ashley Downs PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Jackson |
Publisher | Bethany House Publishers |
Pages | 142 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781556612701 |
With God's love, Curly, a young nineteenth-century English boy convicted of armed robbery, reforms his ways after being sent to one of George Müller's orphan homes.