Sandra Dallas
1) Tallgrass
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a family finds life turned upside-down when the government opens a Japanese internment camp in their small Colorado town. After a young girl is murdered, all eyes turn on the newcomers. Rennie has just turned thirteen and until this time, life has pretty much been predictable and fair. But the winds of change are coming, and with them, a shift in her perspective and a discovery of secrets that can destroy even the most sacred
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
An evocation of the day-to-day life of women in the Civil War era follows Alice, whose husband has left their Iowa farm for the war, as she copes with the farm and lives normally, until suddenly being accused of murder.