| A Paradise Called Texas Contributor(s): Shefelman, Janice Jordan (Author), Shefelman, Tom (Illustrator), Shefelman, Karl (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0890155062 ISBN-13: 9780890155066 Publisher: Eakin Press OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1987 Annotation: Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama leave their German fatherland. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 83001754 |
| Series: Texas Trilogy (Eakin Press) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.40 lbs) 126 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Geographic Orientation - Texas |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 5827 Reading Level: 4.5 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 4.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Searching for a better life, Mina, Papa, and Mama left their German fatherland aboard the brig Margaretha, bound for Texas. They had been told it was the paradise of North America, but when Mina steps onto the desolate beach at Indian Point on a cold December day in 1845, she wants to go back to Germany and Opa's cozy house in the village of Wehrestedt. But go on they must. In spite of mama's tragic death, Mina and Papa push inland with the Kaufmann family to the Texas Hill Country. There Mina encounters an Indian chief and his young daughter, Amaya, whose help she needs when Papa falls ill. Based on her ancestors' immigration to Texas, Janice Shefelman tells of a journey into the wilderness that is filled with hardship, tragedy and adventure. |