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Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
ou might think that what you're about to read has a great deal to do with my father and growing up poor in east Tennessee, but there is so much more--what captured my heart was the hope of belonging and the dream of family. The woman I am has a great deal to do with that ninth year of my life. It started out as any other year, nothing extraordinary, but as each day unfolded it became remarkable in every way. There are times when I'm still amazed...
4) Barn dance!
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
c1986
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Unable to sleep on the night of a full moon, a young boy follows the sound of music across the fields and finds an unusual barn dance in progress.
Author
Publisher
Viking Childrens Books
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During a trip to the country, curiosity and excitement get Violet, the little white cat, into all kinds of trouble, much to the dismay of Alice's uncle, who "was never much of a cat person."
Author
Series
Magic kitten volume 1
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Spending a boring summer in the country with her aunt turns exciting for ten-year-old Lisa when she discovers a magic kitten.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
Texas. 1921: A time of abundance. Elsa Wolcott meets Rafe Martinelli and changes the direction of her life. Her only choice: marriage to a man she barely knows. 1934: Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. Elsa Martinelli, like so many of her neighbors, must make an agonizing...
Author
Series
Publisher
G.K. Hall
Pub. Date
1982, c1981
Language
English
Description
With nothing but her shattered pride and wedding dress, Jill Barton flees town after the heartbreak and humiliation of being left at the altar. While a charming country retreat in Washington State offers her sanctuary, its hard-bitten owner, Logan Matthews, does not. And soon Jill realizes that nothing is safe around Logan - not her secrets, not her desires and especially not her heart.
13) Just dance
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
On a farm in the middle of the prairie, ten-year-old Sylvie struggles to understand why her mother gave up singing on stage while she sets off on an adventure of her own as the town reporter.
14) Iris and Walter
Author
Series
Publisher
Sandpiper
Pub. Date
2012, c2000
Language
English
Description
When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived, but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home.
15) We must be brave
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In the disorderly evacuation of Southampton, England, newly married Ellen Parr finds a small child asleep on the backseat of an empty bus. No one knows who little Pamela is. Ellen professed not to want children with her older husband, and when she takes Pamela into her home and rapidly into her heart, she discovers that this is true: Ellen doesn't want children. She wants only Pamela. Three golden years pass as the Second World War rages on. Then...
17) A country affair
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In "A Little Bit Country," city girl Rorie Campbell and horse rancher Clay Franklin cope with a complicated situation while they sort out their feelings for each other, and in "Country Bride," Kate Logan spontaneously proposes to her longtime friend Luke Rivers, who agrees and will not renege on his promise.
18) The lost man
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Two brothers meet at the remote fence line separating their cattle ranches in the lonely outback. In an isolated belt of Western Australia, they are each other's nearest neighbor, their homes four hours' drive apart. The third brother lies dead at their feet. Something caused Cam, the middle child who had been in charge of the family homestead, to die alone in the middle of nowhere. So the eldest brother returns with his younger sibling to the family...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Relates the surprising gifts bestowed on twelve-year-old Bob Barnhart and his family, who have recently moved to a small Illinois town in 1958, by their larger-than-life neighbor, Mrs. Dowdel.
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