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Caddie Woodlawn

Caddie Woodlawn

By Carol Ryrie Brink
Level 6
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
3.5
addie Woodlawn's Family

Caddie Woodlawn’s Family

By Carol Ryrie Brink
Level 6
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
3.5
Calico Bush by Rachel Field

Calico Bush

By Rachel Field
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
Cherokee Run, Barbara Smucker

Cherokee Run

By Barbara Smucker
Level 5
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4

Clara’s War

By Kathy Kacer
Level 7
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4.5
Cross Among the Tomahawks by Milton Lomask

Cross Among the Tomahawks

By Milton Lomask
Level 8
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3.5
Educational
5
Literary
4
Daniel and the Drum Rock by Florence Parker Simister

Daniel and the Drum Rock

By Florence Parker Simister
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
5
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin

Daughter of the Mountains

By Louise Rankin
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
3.5
Educational
5
Literary
5

Daughters of the Faith Series

By Wendy Lawton
Level 7
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
Days of Terror by Barbara Smucker

Days of Terror

By Barbara Smucker
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4
Doe Sia by Kenneth Thomasma

Doe Sia

By Kenneth Thomasma
Level 6
Entertainment
4
Moral
4.5
Educational
5
Literary
3
Door to the North by Elizabeth Coatsworth

Door to the North

By Elizabeth Coatsworth
Level 8
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5
Drumbeats in Williamsburg by Isabelle Lawrence

Drumbeats in Williamsburg

By Isabelle Lawrence
Level 6
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4

Emeline Series

By Kathy J. Perry
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
4

Enemy Brothers

By Constance Savery
Level 6
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4.5

Energy Island

By Allen Drummond
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
3
Educational
5
Literary
3.5
Escape Across the Wide Sea by Katherine Kirkpatrick

Escape Across the Wide Sea

By Katherine Kirkpatrick
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
3.5
Escape by Night by Laurie Myers

Escape by Night

By Laurie Myers
Level 4
Entertainment
3
Moral
2.5
Educational
3.5
Literary
3.5
Escape to Freedom by Ruth Fosdick Jones

Escape to Freedom

By Ruth Fosdick Jones
Level 8
Entertainment
5
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4.5

Fair Wind to Virginia

By Cornelia Meigs
Level 8
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
5
Fairchild Family Story (SERIES) by Rebecca Caudill

Fairchild Family Series

By Rebecca Caudill
Level 4
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
5
Educational
4
Literary
5

Flag in Hiding

By Trella Lamson Dick
Level 6
Entertainment
5
Moral
4
Educational
4
Literary
5

Flowers from Mariko

By Rick Noguchi and Deneen Jenks
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
4
Follow the Drinking Gourd by Jeanette Winter

Follow the Drinking Gourd

By Jeanette Winter
Picture Books
Entertainment
3
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
2
Freckles by Gene Stratton-Porter

Freckles

By Gene Stratton-Porter
Level 11
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5

Freedom Seekers Series

By Lois Walfrid Johnson
Level 6
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
4.5
Literary
4
From Dawn till Dusk by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

From Dawn till Dusk

By Natalie Kinsey-Warnock
Picture Books
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
4.5
Gabriel and the Hour Book by Evaleen Stein

Gabriel and the Hour Book

By Evaleen Stein
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
5
Educational
5
Literary
5

Ghost Town Treasure

By Clyde Robert Bulla
Level 3
Entertainment
3.5
Moral
3
Educational
3
Literary
4
Girl with a Musket by Florence Parker Simister

Girl with a Musket

By Florence Parker Simister
Level 7
Entertainment
4
Moral
4
Educational
5
Literary
5

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Moral Value

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