American Adventure (Barbour)

30 primary works

Chicago World's Fair

by Joann A Grote and Adam Wallenta

Published 1 December 1998

A Better Bicycle

by Norma Jean Lutz

Published 1 December 1998

The Great War

by Norma Jean Lutz

Published 1 December 1998

The Flu Epidemic

by Joann A Grote

Published 1 December 1998

Women Win the Vote

by Joann A Grote and Adam Wallenta

Published 1 December 1998

Battling the Klan

by Norma Jean Lutz

Published 1 December 1998

In 1924, ten-year-old Addy relies on God's help with her atheistic piano teacher, her best friend's anger over Addy's friendship with a Jewish immigrant, and with the discovery that someone very close has joined the Ku Klux Klan.

Black Tuesday

by Joann A Grote, Peter Pagano, and Adam Wallenta

Published 1 June 1999

The Great Depression

by Joann A Grote, Adam Wallenta, and Peter Pagano

Published 1 June 1999

Starting Over

by Susan Martins Miller

Published 1 June 1999

Changing Times

by Susan Martins Miller

Published 1 June 1999

In 1937 twelve-year-old Isabel Harrington lives in Seattle and dreams of seeing Walt Disney's Snow White, but when homeless men steal Christmas gifts from her father and people insult her best friend's family just for being Japanese American, she learns ways to combat injustice.