Have you ever wondered what life was like for a young girl growing up in the late 18th-century Northern Arizona Territory? A tomboy at that. Her dreams and aspirations of becoming a rancher, and competing in a man’s world. Lizzie is just that, a tomboy who takes the reader on exciting escapades throughout Kansas, Northwestern New Mexico, and the Northern Arizona Territory and beyond. An encounter with a young “seer” at the Loretto school in Santa Fe tells Lizzie of her destiny. A dire warning from the young girl concerning a black horse and a man. Lizzie is surprised when the seer gives her a small black onyx horse, which haunts her for the rest of her life. Determined not to let the omen dominate her life, she pursues her dreams

Kids will relate to Elizabeth's fervent wish to be called by her proper name.

Lizzie's mom is serving in the military overseas, and Lizzie really misses her. While they are apart, Lizzie and her mom write letters to each other to help make the separation easier. Lizzie asks her mom to hurry up and defend freedom so she can come home soon. It's hard when her mom misses Lizzie's soccer championship and her birthday. Throughout the story, Lizzie draws maps to show her mother the important things in her life--like the new ice cream store, her new friend's house, the family's Thanksgiving airplane trip to Florida, and the stars in the sky. While Lizzie doesn't know exactly where her mom is, they both can wish on the same star.

Raped and reduced to working in a brothel to keep her baby, unwed, teenage mother, Lizzie, forges a new life for herself and her child in the Kimberley region of Australia. But can she evade her persecutors and ultimately bring to them to justice? This is a story of a girl from inner Sydney. Her family is poor, her father dies when she is nine, life is hard. But her courage rises above adversity. It is story of her struggle to survive and make a life of her own, first as a prostitute, then with her child in a remote outback town. This is the second book in the series, "Old Balmain House" and begins in the same house as the first book and continues part of the story of Sophie, the girl who vanished half a century ago. Lizzie, aged eight, meets Sophie, the girl who lived in the same bedroom as a child. Sophie becomes her friend. When Lizzie turns fifteen Sophie tries to warn her not to go in a car with three older boys. Lizzie ignores her warning and is brutally raped by these three men. Lizzie becomes pregnant and is determined to keep her child. She leaves Sydney and goes to Melbourne, to have and keep her baby. Here, penniless and desperate, she become a prostitute the only way she can support herself. She is discovered and the authorities try to take her child. She flees to Broome, a small town in the furthest corner of of Australia. Here she assumes the role of widow with a small child and settles into this friendly town. Her life is good until a man from her former life finds her and threatens to expose her or harm her child. She runs again. On a remote desert road her car breaks down. Without water, with her six year old daughter beside her, they face death from thirst. Help comes in an unexpected way. She takes refuge in a local aboriginal community. Her school friend from Balmain, now a journalist, seeks retribution from the the men who raped Lizzie many years ago and have continued their ways with others. Now, as successful business men, they seek to use the law to deny justice.

Fleeing Ella Wood and haunted by her past... Lizzie is the first of three novellas that accompany the highly acclaimed Ella Wood trilogy, a Civil War Southern romance series. Lizzie can be read as a stand-alone, but starting with the main trilogy is recommended. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Lizzie has made it aboard a ship without anyone guessing her deception, but many miles still lie between South Carolina and freedom in Canada. With two small children to hide, she and Ketch will no longer have their former master's daughter, Emily, nearby to protect them. They'll need to rely on their wits, their strength, and each other. Though Lizzie loves Ketch and longs to merge their two small families, she's still haunted by that violent night at Ella Wood nearly a year before that resulted in the birth of her son. Will she be able to put that nightmare behind her? Will the North hold the peace, safety, and love she so desperately desires? But before the steamer even leaves Charleston harbor, the water grows red with danger... SERIES DESCRIPTION: Lizzie, Jack, Jovie...you've grown to love them. Now come to a deeper understanding of these important characters through their own experiences. This series will fill in additional details in the Ella Wood trilogy's main storyline. Find out if Lizzie gets her fairytale ending in this, the first of the Ella Wood novellas. To avoid spoilers within the original Ella Wood trilogy, the following reading order is recommended: Book 1: Lizzie. To be read anytime after the first book of the Ella Wood trilogy, Ella Wood. Book 2: Jack. To be read anytime after the second book of the Ella Wood trilogy, Blood Moon. Book 3: Jovie. To be read after the third book of the Ella Wood trilogy, Ebb Tide.

Lizzie is a young girl who wants to be a pilot someday. When she finds out how much math, science, and research she must do to become a pilot, Lizzie works harder than ever to learn all she can so that she can achieve her dream. She even reads books about pilots and astronauts like Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and Bessie Coleman. With fanciful illustrations and large font, readers will be intrigued and inspired while reading about a young girl who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal.

Let #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller—the First Lady of the West!—introduce you to Meg and Lizzie McKettrick. The McKettrick Way. For Meg, the Circle M ranch in Indian Rock, Arizona, is home. And cowboy Brad O’Ballivan is the man she once loved. The man she still loves. Now they’re picking up where they left off, and Brad wants it all. Marriage, babies, a lifetime together. But Meg’s as stubborn as any of her McKettrick ancestors and she refuses to give up her name or the ranch. It’s the McKettrick way. And so begins a battle of wills Brad intends to win—the O’Ballivan way! The McKettrick Christmas. It’s 1896, and Lizzie McKettrick, Indian Rock’s new schoolteacher, is coming home for Christmas. She has a surprise for her family; she’s engaged to Whitley Carson. But fate has a surprise for Lizzie in the form of Dr. Morgan Shane. When their homebound train is halted by a massive avalanche and passengers are injured, the doctor takes charge—with Lizzie by his side. This Christmas Eve changes everything. For both of them…

Lizzie is an inquisitive young girl who wants to be a pilot someday. As she finds out how much math, science, and research are needed to achieve this goal, Lizzie works harder than ever to learn as much as she can so that she can achieve her dream. She even studies the lives and accomplishments of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and Bessie Coleman in order to find out how to become the best of the best. Throughout the book, readers will be intrigued by the fanciful illustrations while reading about a young girl who will stop at nothing to achieve her goal. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title plus a lesson plan.