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Books by Nancy Plain | Wonderlit

Books by Nancy Plain

3 books · Ages 8–18

Nancy Plain writes middle grade and young adult for ages 8–18, exploring themes of resilience & perseverance, curiosity & wonder, history.

Standalone Books

Cover of Light on the Prairie

Light on the Prairie

For the young reader who loves the Little House books and wonders how much of the story really happened. Discover the gr

Cover of Go West, George Catlin

Go West, George Catlin

Travel alongside a 19th-century artist who ventured into the American West to document the daily lives and portraits of

Cover of This Strange Wilderness

This Strange Wilderness

Two seventh-graders stumble into a hidden, magical forest on a mission to rescue a baby from a flock of kidnapping crows

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Light on the Prairie

Go West, George Catlin

Light on the Prairie

Go West, George Catlin

This Strange Wilderness

Common Themes

Resilience & Perseverance Curiosity & Wonder History Nature & Outdoors Freedom & Independence Writing & Storytelling Survival & Wilderness Growing Up

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Let's Pretend Poems of Flight and Fancy

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The Stone Age News

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The Stone Age News

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Outrunning the Nazis The Brave Escape of Resistance Fighter Sven Somme