A girl helps her father raise horses, which the village people don’t understand until the horses prove themselves during an enemy raid. Last book in Minoan Wings trilogy.
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Cuckoo’s Flight
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Seabird
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Seven Daughters and Seven Sons
Young woman refuses to be subservient to the patriarchy and moves to the big city to start a business
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The Captive (O’Dell)
16 yo Spanish seminarian travels to New World and encounters the Maya. First in Seven Serpents Trilogy
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Cruise of the Arctic Star
Author recounts his 1973 fishing boat cruise up CA coast, relating entertaining tidbits of history and natural history
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By the Great Horn Spoon!
12 yo boy travels to CA to seek his fortune during the Gold Rush. He and his butler companion have many humorous encounters and adventures.
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Minn of the Mississippi
Minn, a snapping turtle, travels down the Mississippi River observing people and wildlife, with historical and natural details.
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Jessie Benton Fremont: California Pioneer
Fictionalized life of John C. Fremont’s wife, daughter of a prominent senator, supporter of her explorer husband, and editor of his field notes.
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