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    The Yankee Boy
    The Yankee Boy
    The Yankee Boy
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    The Yankee Boy

    By Lisa J Lickel

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    How can one boy change the minds of his neighbors? 

    When Matthew LaCraft's father gives up his ship, the Mary Jean, Matthew is going to have to stay home and go to school. Worse, it's a new school his father helped to build. Matthew would much rather go to school with the boys he knows in Boltonville. When a Potawatomi boy, G

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherFox Ridge Publishing
    Release dateDec 15, 2023
    ISBN9798869061843
    The Yankee Boy
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    Lisa J Lickel

    Lisa J. Lickel is a writer who lives in Wisconsin. She has served on several historical society boards, and worked with programs, writing, and editing research projects. Lisa is a freelance editor, book coach, an avid reader, and book reviewer. Find more at www.LisaLickel.com.

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      The Yankee Boy - Lisa J Lickel

      The Yankee Boy

      Matthew LaCraft

      Written by Lisa J. Lickel

      Illustrated by Brenda K. Hendricks

      Fox Ridge Publications

      Hillsboro, Wisconsin

      How can one boy change the minds of his neighbors? 

      When Matthew LaCraft’s father gives up his ship, the Mary Jean, Matthew is going to have to stay home and go to school. Worse, it’s a new school his father helped to build. Matthew would much rather go to school with the boys he knows in Boltonville. When a Potawatomi boy, Green Leaf, attends the new school, not all the neighbors are happy. What can Matthew do to help everyone get along? Will his plan work?

      First Children of Farmington

      Other titles in the series

      The Potawatomi Boy

      Green Leaf

      The German Girl

      Huldah Hartz

      The Irish Girl

      Ann Riley

      The French Girl

      Marie Brinker

      The Saxon Boy

      John Klessig

      The Yankee Boy

      A First Children of Farmington book

      Written by Lisa J. Lickel

      Illustrated by Brenda K. Hendricks

      Third print edition December 2023

      Original Publication 2014

      © by Lisa J. Lickel

      Fox Ridge Publications

      Hillsboro, Wisconsin

      Print ISBN: 979-8-8690-6183-6

      Ebook ISBN: 979-8-8690-6184-3

      Also available in Audible

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of Fox Ridge Publications, www.lisalickel.com.

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