Land of the buffalo bones: the diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota
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Publisher:
Scholastic
Publication Date:
2003
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Points: 7
Lexile measure:
930L
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After following her father from their home in England to the plains of Minnesota, Mary must summon the strength to face the challenges and heartbreaking losses that she and her family encounter.
"Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary Rodgers, known as Polly. Promising religious freedom and fertile land, Polly's father, Reverend Rodgers, moves their Baptist community from England to the Minnesota prairie. After a treacherous journey across the sea and across this country, Polly finds that it is no paradise at all. Written with incredible heart and compassion, insight and sensitivity, Marion Dane Bauer has created one of the most sophisticated and courageous characters DEAR AMERICA has seen.
"Land of the Buffalo Bones" is the diary of Mary Rodgers, known as Polly. Promising religious freedom and fertile land, Polly's father, Reverend Rodgers, moves their Baptist community from England to the Minnesota prairie. After a treacherous journey across the sea and across this country, Polly finds that it is no paradise at all. Written with incredible heart and compassion, insight and sensitivity, Marion Dane Bauer has created one of the most sophisticated and courageous characters DEAR AMERICA has seen.
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ISBN:
9780439220279
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 5.9, 7 Points
Level 5.9, 7 Points
Lexile measure:
930L
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| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2025-01-26 09:28:49AM |
| Last Indexed | 2025-02-01 04:47:49AM |
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Fourteen-year-old Polly Rodgers keeps a diary of her 1873 journey from England to Minnesota as part of a colony of eighty people seeking religious freedom, and of their first year struggling to make a life there, led by her father, a Baptist minister.
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British Americans -- Fiction
Diaries -- Fiction
Freedom of religion -- Fiction
Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota -- Fiction
Minnesota -- History -- 1858- -- Fiction
Stepfamilies -- Fiction
Young adult fiction
Diaries -- Fiction
Freedom of religion -- Fiction
Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota -- Fiction
Minnesota -- History -- 1858- -- Fiction
Stepfamilies -- Fiction
Young adult fiction
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Land of the buffalo bones : the diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota
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Land of the buffalo bones : the diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota / by Marion Dane Bauer
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Land of the buffalo bones
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the diary of Mary Elizabeth Rodgers, an English girl in Minnesota
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British Americans
Diaries
Freedom of religion
Frontier and pioneer life
History
Stepfamilies
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Freedom of religion
Frontier and pioneer life
History
Stepfamilies
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