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Author
Publisher
Dutton
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
2) Heidi
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Heidi is sent from her happy mountain home to a big city where she can go to school and be a companion for Clara, a wealthy, gentle girl who cannot walk. But the goats and the Grandfather are Heidi's only happiness and when she returns home, Clara soon follows to find health in the clean Alpine air.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
255 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bringing his .45s out of retirement, Smoke Jensen comes to the aid of Captian Richard King when Union Captain Jack Brant, who burned down his ranch and slaughtered his people, is released from prison with vengeance on his mind.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pinnacle Books/Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
vi, 377 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Mountain man Smoke Jensen sets his sharpshooting sights on an unhinged outlaw who's carved out his own kingdom in the West--and declared war on the United States"--
6) Christy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her — and her one-room school — as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is
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Series
Lakeshore Chronicles volume 10
Language
English
Description
As single father Logan O'Donnell prepares to give his son, Charlie, the best Christmas ever on the shores of Willow Lake, he may be in for a Christmas surprise himself, in the form of sharp-witted and independent Darcy Fitzgerald.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Description
"Jenny Milchman's Cover of Snow is a remarkable debut, a gripping tale of suspense in the tradition of Gillian Flynn, Chris Bohjalian, and Nancy Pickard. Waking up one wintry morning in her old farmhouse nestled in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, Nora Hamilton instantly knows that something is wrong. When her fog of sleep clears, she finds her world is suddenly, irretrievably shattered: Her husband, Brendan, has committed suicide. The first...
Author
Series
The Lakeshore chronicles volume 11
Language
English
Description
"When caregiver Faith McCallum arrives at the enchanted lakeside estate of Avalon's renowned Bellamy family, she's intent on rebuilding her shattered life and giving her two daughters a chance at a better future. But she faces a formidable challenge in the form of her stubborn and difficult new employer, Alice Bellamy. While Faith proves a worthy match for her sharp-tongued client, she often finds herself at a loss for words in the presence of Mason...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
"The Dane family's roots tangle deep in the Ozark Mountain town of Henbane, but that doesn't keep sixteen-year-old Lucy Dane from being treated like an outsider. Folks still whisper about her mother, a bewitching young stranger who inspired local myths when she vanished years ago. When one of Lucy's few friends, slow-minded Cheri, is found murdered, Lucy feels haunted by the two lost girls--the mother she never knew and the friend she couldn't protect....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tom Dooley returned from the Civil War to a tumultuous affair with Ann Foster Melton, a married woman, and later became involved with her cousins Pauline and Laura. Tom is about to elope with Laura, who is found murdered, and he and Ann are arrested. After exonerating Ann, Tom is tried and found guilty. But why would he kill the girl he was going to run away with?
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Mia Valentina Amore loves valentines. After all, her name means My Valentine. When she wakes up on Valentine's Day, it looks like just another morning in the rickety old Amore house in the Blue Ridge mountains of Appalachia. But over the course of the day, her home is transformed into the House of Love. Mia and her mama festoon the halls, build a gumdrop tree, bake cupcakes, and most importantly, make valentines for all six of her siblings. But when...
13) A northern light
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest.