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Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One hundred years ago, a little boy watched his family and community come together to build a grand red barn. This barn become his refuge and home-a place to play with friends and farm animals alike. As seasons passed, the barn weathered many storms. The boy left and returned a young man, to help on the farm and to care for the barn again. The barn has stood for one hundred years, and it will stand for a hundred more: a symbol of peace, stability,...
45) Be a tree!
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Compares the structures and functions of trees to human bodies, shows the interconnectness and dependence of trees in a forest, and urges readers to communicate, share, and care for one another. Includes notes on the anatomy of a tree, ways to help save trees, and how to help in one's community".
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A woman sits in her apartment in an unnamed English city, absorbed in watching the dramas of her neighbors through their windows. Traumatized into muteness after a long, devastating trip from war-torn Syria to the UK, she believes that she wants to sink deeper into isolation, moving between memories of her absent boyfriend and family and her homeland, dreams, and reality. At the same time, she begins writing for a magazine under the pseudonym "the...
47) The grace year
Author
Language
English
Description
In Garner County, girls are told they have the power to lure grown men from their beds; that their very skin emits a powerful aphrodisiac. That is why they're banished for their sixteenth year, to release their magic into the wild so they can return purified and ready for marriage. But not all of them will make it home alive. Tierney James dreams of a society that doesn't pit friend against friend or woman against woman. She fears the brutal elements,...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
In the course of a family picnic, Massie Jenks, 15, normally so gay and carefree, throws herself off a cliff head down, seriously injuring herself. This purposeful and defiant act, by a girl admired in the community for her love of life, is the mystery her younger brother will devote years to solving, discovering incest and sexual abuse. By the author of The Final Club.
51) Whipple's castle
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
Set in Williams' fictional city of Leah, New Hampshire, Whipple's Castle is a mansion within the town where the Whipple family resides--husband, wife, three sons and a daughter, each with their own worries and dilemmas. Williams takes a close look at the darker side of small-town life through this family and their lives in this novel set in the 40's.
54) Nightbird
Author
Language
English
Description
Twig, aged twelve, is practically ignored by classmates and other residents of Sidwell, Massachusetts, but gets along fine with just her mother and brother, whose presence must be kept secret, until descendants of the witch who cursed her family move in next door and want to be her friends.
55) Dies the fire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
S. M. Stirling presents his first Novel of the Change, the start of the New York Times bestselling postapocalyptic saga set in a world where all technology has been rendered useless.
The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face...
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The Change occurred when an electrical storm centered over the island of Nantucket produced a blinding white flash that rendered all electronic devices and fuels inoperable—and plunged the world into a dark age humanity was unprepared to face...
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56) Saving Arm Pit
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
With the Harmony Point Post Office in danger of closing, the baseball team comes up with a plan to save the post office and their first coach who knows what he's doing.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Five young friends -- Nick, Yulee, Pedro, Sally and Martin -- spend the day traveling around their neighborhood and participating in activities designed to raise money for their local library. Along the way, they learn about the people and places that make up their community and what it means to be a part of one." --
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A glimpse into a day in the life of the different residents who live alongside one another in an apartment building at 3 Biscuit Street. Centring on the Bunny family, readers will also discover another 11 mini-narratives in the illustrations, where they'll see what the apartment building's other residents are up to on every floor, track the antics of passersby, and observe the Bird family in the neighbouring tree. This multilayered (and multilevel!)...
59) On my street
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperFestival
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Your 2 1/2 year old will enjoy pointing out familiar places and people in your neighborhood."
60) Hello, world!
Author
Series
Happy County ; 1
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Introduces the sights and residents of Happy County, where a lot of things are happening and every day can end on a happy note."--Provided by publisher.