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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War

by Nathaniel Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick became an internationally renowned author with his National Book Award– winning In the Heart of the Sea , hailed as "spellbinding" by Time magazine. In Mayflower , Philbrick casts his spell once again, giving us a fresh and extraordinarily vivid account of our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. From the Mayflower ’s... (more)

Dear America

A Journey to the New World

The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple

by Kathryn Lasky

The diary of a young Pilgrim girl who makes the dangerous journey on the Mayflower to America is filled with her thoughts about her new friends, her contact with Native Americans, and her love for her new land.

The Mayflower Project (Remnants, No 1)

by K. A. Applegate

From K.A. Applegate, best-selling author of Animorphs and Everworld, comes a dark and powerful new series that begins with the end of Earth as we know it. The end of the world. Not something most people really think about. Not something we expect to ever really happen. But what if you found out that an asteroid the size of New Jersey was about to collide with the earth? What would you do? That¹s what Jobs is... (more)

Them (Remnants, 3)

by K. A. Applegate

The Mayflower Adventure (The American Adventure #1)

The Mayflower Adventure (The American Adventure #1)

by Colleen L. Reece

Twelve-year-old John and his sister Sarah accompany their parents on the Mayflower as it sails to the New World where they hope to enjoy freedom of worship.

Blue Bloods: Book 1

Blue Bloods

by Melissa De la Cruz

When the Mayflower set sail in 1620, it carried on board the men and women who would shape America: Miles Standish; John Alden; Constance Hopkins. But some among the Pilgrims were not pure of heart; they were not escaping religious persecution. Indeed, they were not even human. They were vampires.The vampires assimilated quickly into the New World. Rising to levels of enormous power, wealth, and influence, they... (more)

Mayflower (My Story)

by Kathryn Lasky

9TH November 1620 Mayflower 2,950 miles sailed "Land ahoy!" The call from the crow's nest cracked the dawn. Several of us crowded along the rail. The sailors saw it first, the faint dark line against the horizon...within minutes, Hummy and I began to see the same. We held each other's hands so tightly and almost dared not to breathe, but minute by minute the line became firmer and began to thicken. Twas not a wisp... (more)

Remnants #2: Destination Unknown

by K. a. Applegate

Myles Standish Adventurous BoyAugusta Stevenson

Myles Standish Adventurous Boy

by Augusta Stevenson

Mutation (Remnants, 5)

by K.A. Applegate

Caught in the depths of their strange new world, Mo¹ Steel and Billy Weir encounter a lost Remnant, Kubric DiSalvo. Unfortunately, the ship has transformed him, replacing his skin with a transparent plastic coating. Scared and awed by the ship¹s vicious power, the group tries to rejoin heir friends. Meanwhile, the other Remnants are in danger in another stratum of the ship: Yago and Jobs are stuck in a... (more)

by Kathryn Lasky

Softcover Scholastic historical fiction set in 1600's, for pre-teen age reader.

Destination Unknown (Remnants)

by K. A. Applegate

She¹s done it again! K.A. Applegate, best-selling author of author of the ANIMORPHS and EVERWORLD series, presents a fresh, exciting, and gritty new science-fiction series that combines a little 2001, a little Survivor and Armageddon, for a whole lot of action! Where would the Rock hit? Would it hit far out in the ocean and send a wave to wash this idyllic place into the sea like a sandcastle with the tide coming... (more)

Nowhere Land (Remnants)

by K. A. Applegate

Ever since they landed in this place far from home, the Remnants have thought their surroundings were too strange to be true. Now, they discover they were right all along! A freak discovery proves what they thought was a planet is really a ship, and their surroundings are just a computer generated façade. When they destroy the computer¹s power node they discover that their real surroundings are the strangest of... (more)

We Were There with the Mayflower Pilgrims (We Were There Series, 7)Robert N. Webb

We Were There with the Mayflower Pilgrims (We Were There Series, 7)

by Robert N. Webb

The Wordy Shipmates

by Sarah Vowell

The Wordy Shipmates is New York Times –bestselling author Sarah Vowell’s exploration of the Puritans and their journey to America to become the people of John Winthrop’s “city upon a hill”—a shining example, a “city that cannot be hid.” To this day, America views itself as a Puritan nation, but Vowell investigates what that means— and what it should mean. What was this great political enterprise all about? Who... (more)

Lost and Found (Remnants, Book 10)

by K. A. Applegate

It’s been 90 days since the Remnants broke the Big Compromise, turning Mother from her course. Now they’ve arrived at the place they called home...500 years ago. But a lot can change in five centuries. Earth has been transformed into a wasteland of ash and debris. And if that isn’t bad enough, while the rest of the Remnants pull together to survive, Yago is slowly pulling away --- concocting a plan to rise to... (more)

Merrie (Sunfire, No 25)Vivian Schurfranz

Merrie (Sunfire, No 25)

by Vivian Schurfranz

Merrie, a feisty heroine during the time of the Mayflower landing at Plymouth, has two handsome boys to choose from. Schurfranz offers lots of preposterous plot contrivances, melodrama, and plenty of gloppy dialogue (``The salt spray agrees with you. Your hair is like a golden cloud''). The pace is relentless; the historical aspect has been well researched; there's a sense of place; and, most important, there's... (more)

Blue Bloods: Book 2

Masquerade

A Blue Bloods Novel

by Melissa De la Cruz

Schuyler Van Alen wants an explanation for the mysterious deaths of young vampires. With her best friend, Oliver, Schuyler travels to Italy in the hope of finding the one man who can help--her grandfather. Meanwhile, back in New York, preparations are feverishly underway for the Four Hundred Ball, an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful, and unhuman--a true Blue Blood affair. But it's at the... (more)

Dream Storm (Remnants, Book 11)

by K. A. Applegate

Be careful what you wish for.After what seemed like a lifetime of waiting, the Remnants are back on Earth---for better or worse. Yago has taken control of Mother and stranded the Remnants along with their ruthless enemies the Riders and Meanies to keep them company. Meanwhile, Jobs discovers that Earth has some ‘remnants’ of its own humans who don’t know any world other than the new Earth. Will the survivors of... (more)

No Place Like Home (Remnants, Book 9)

by K. A. Applegate

The Remnants are on a mission to promote peace but the Blue Meanies have created a horrifying weapon, and the peacemakers are in grave danger. Yago's plan to rule has finally taken form, and promises death and destruction to everyone in the Zone. How does all this tie into the disturbing appearance of a stranger? Who is he? Can he be trusted? And what about Violet? The secret she hides may be a clue to the... (more)

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by Nathaniel Philbrick, Nathaniel Philbrick

The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple

by Kathryn Lasky

by K. A. Applegate

by K. A. Applegate

by Colleen L. Reece

by Melissa De la Cruz

by Kathryn Lasky

by K. a. Applegate

by Augusta Stevenson

by K.A. Applegate

by Kathryn Lasky

by K. A. Applegate

by K. A. Applegate

by Robert N. Webb

by Sarah Vowell

by K. A. Applegate

by Vivian Schurfranz

A Blue Bloods Novel

by Melissa De la Cruz

by K. A. Applegate

by K. A. Applegate