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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
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Description
A young woman’s secret may tear her rural Minnesota community apart, in this “emotional tale of star-crossed love, vengeance and regret” (Publishers Weekly).
In the tumultuous days after World War I, Herman Richter returns from the front to find his only sister, Liesel, allied with Lester Sutter, the “slow” son of a rival clan who spends his days expertly trapping lake turtles. Liesel has sought Lester’s...
In the tumultuous days after World War I, Herman Richter returns from the front to find his only sister, Liesel, allied with Lester Sutter, the “slow” son of a rival clan who spends his days expertly trapping lake turtles. Liesel has sought Lester’s...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Strong, resilient, and deeply loyal, Dottie Connell farms her family's three hundred acres in rural Ohio alone, having sacrificed love and family for land she does not own. A sudden, inexplicable event leaves the daughter of her childhood friend in her care. Pressured by her community to allow her former fiancé to raise the child, Dottie must face the past she has worked fifteen years to forget.
Spanning a decade, This Heavy Silence explores the...
25) The boys' house
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
28) Farms
Author
Series
Publisher
[EDC Pub.]
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Young readers can lift flaps to help Anna around the farm by finding eggs, bees, butterflies, hens, crows, and her lost boot. On board pages.
Young readers can lift flaps to help Anna around the farm by finding eggs, bees, butterflies, hens, crows, and her lost boot.
29) O pioneers!
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cather presents the story of the Nebraska prairie. Alexandra Bergson, daughter of Swedish immigrant farmers, is devoted to the land and suffers the hardships of prairie life.
31) Tending roses
Author
Series
Tending roses volume 1
Language
English
Description
"When Kate Bowman temporarily moves to her grandmother's Missouri farm with her husband and baby son, she learns that the lessons that most enrich our lives often come unexpectedly. The family has given Kate the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who's become increasingly stubborn and forgetful, to move off her beloved land and into a nursing home. But Kate knows such a change would break her grandmother's heart. Just when Kate despairs of finding answers,...
32) Wings of a dream
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rebekah travels to Texas to care for her sick aunt, and she's sure that a glamorous and exciting life is about to start. But the Spanish flu epidemic changes everything, and now she must choose between her desire to escape the type of life she's always led and the unexpected love that just might change the dream of her heart.
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Book-loving Kenny the rabbit has few friends in his farming community, so when one, bookstore owner George, is sent to kill another, gentle dragon Grahame, Kenny must find a way to prevent their battle while satisfying the dragon-crazed townspeople.
Author
Publisher
Beaver's Pond Press
Pub. Date
2009, 2002.
Language
English
Description
Young Nancy loves farm animals, especially cows, and when she explains to her kitty, Dusty, what she would do if she were a dairy farmer, her detailed imagination takes them both through an adventure in which Nancy is the hero.
35) An untamed heart
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America?"-- Provided by publisher.
37) Swimming Sal
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As the only dog at Hilltop Farm who has never won an award, Sal, encouraged by her mother's reminder of her Portuguese water dog heritage, decides to perfect her swimming skills by joining the swim team at the YMCA.
38) Momma, will you?
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
As they make their way around the farm, a young boy asks his mother a series of questions about the animals found there, to which she answers "yes," "no," or "maybe" and explains why.
39) A song for Silas
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Amy thought love would never pass her way again. She didn't know how close it was...until she met Silas. He is an answer to prayer for her injured father, Grant Nolan, who welcomes him with open arms. The brotherly way Silas feels toward Amy soon turns to deeper feelings of love.
Silas longs to have his love returned. But his sensitivity to Amy's reluctant heart and the loss of her old flame keeps him from harboring false hopes for their future. As...
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