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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"Fans of Barbara Kingsolver will love this stunning debut novel from a New York Times bestselling nature writer, about an unforgettable young woman determined to make her way in the wilds of North Carolina, and the two men that will break her isolation open. For years, rumors of the "Marsh Girl" have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. She's barefoot and wild; unfit for polite society. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase...
2) Boot & Shoe
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Boot and Shoe are dogs that live in the same house, eat from the same bowl, and sleep in the same bed, but spend their days on separate porches until a squirrel mixes things up.
3) Larf
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
The funny tale of a seven-foot-tall, scarf-sporting sasquatch who discovers he may not be alone in the world.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017
Edition
First U.S. Edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 256 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book is about discovering stillness inside the city, inside the crowd, inside our busy lives. Michael Harris weaves captivating true stories with reporting from brain researchers, psychologists, and tech entrepreneurs to guide us toward a state of measured connectivity that balances quiet and companionship.
5) Alone
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
1938
Physical Desc
ix p., 2 l., 3-296 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For readers of Jon Krakauer and The Lost City of Z, a remarkable tale of survival and solitude--the true story of a man who lived alone in a tent in the Maine woods, never talking to another person and surviving by stealing supplies from nearby cabins for twenty-seven years. In 1986, twenty-year-old Christopher Knight left his home in Massachusetts, drove to Maine, and disappeared into the woods. He would not have a conversation with another human...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Grandmother wants so badly to be left alone to finish the knitting for her grandchildren that she leaves her tiny home and her big family to journey to the moon and beyond to find peace and quiet to finish her knitting.
Language
English
Description
For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So, in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to...