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Judy Moody Declares Independence

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After learning about the American Revolution on a family trip to Boston, Massachusetts, Judy Moody makes her own Declaration of Independence and tries to prove that she is responsible enough to have more freedoms, such as a higher allowance and her own bathroom.



The Ghost Ship Mystery

While visiting the seaport town of Ragged Cove, Massachusetts, the Alden children find the ship's log of the Flying Cloud, shipwrecked in 1869, supposedly during a mutiny.
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The Bobbin Girl

Based on the memoirs of an 1830's mill girl in Lowell, Massachusetts, this story is illustrated with watercolor and pastel paintings.
Ten-year-old Rebecca Putney works as a bobbin girl at the local mill in an effort to help support her family.
When there is talk of a strike at the mill to protest low wages and dangerous working conditions, Rebecca must decide if she wants to risk her job and join the protestors.
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