Category Archives: Kansas
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Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart
Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jennifer in Biography, Kansas, Nonfiction>by Candace Fleming This fascinating biography has lots of photos and well-researched information about Amelia Earhart’s life, including questions researchers have run into about the authenticity of some stories Amelia told about herself. Apparently, she liked to embellish her past a bit to spice things up for the media. Between chapters that follow Amelia through [...]
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Moon Over Manifest
Posted on January 11, 2011 by Jennifer in Historical Fiction, Kansas, Newberyby Clare Vanderpool *Newbery Medal winner for 2011* Abilene Tucker arrives in Manifest, Kansas, by jumping out of her train a little outside of town, because “it’s best to get a look at a place before it gets a look at you.” She is staying with Shady, the town bootlegger (alcohol supplier) and stand-in preacher, [...]
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A Curse Dark As Gold
Posted on July 9, 2009 by Victoria in fairy tales and folklore, Kansas, My Favorite, other award winners, Young Adult/Teenby Elizabeth C. Bunce A Curse Dark As Gold is shelved in the YA fiction collection, but it’s also appropriate for older elementary students and adults. This debut novel by a Lenexa author made the 2009 Kansas Notable Books list. Kansas Notable Books are outstanding works by Kansans or about Kansas in fiction, nonfiction, adult [...]
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Savvy
Posted on June 5, 2009 by Jennifer in Adventure, Fantasy, Kansas, My Favorite, Newberyby Ingrid Law If you read Savvy, you won’t soon forget Mississippi “Mibs” or the Beaumont family. They are one of a kind. Every child in this family gets a special “savvy” when they turn 13, which is a sort of magical ability, but they never know what it will be until their birthday. For [...]
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