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Author
Series
To the rescue series volume 4
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When something goes wrong on the farm, Ernie the duck is determined to help out, but no matter how hard he tries, nothing goes quite as he plans.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Join the farmer's cat on his fascinating nighttime journey through fields, farms, forests, and even the city to see what only he can see after the sunsets. Legendary artist Dahlov Ipcar mesmerizingly alternates between dark night scenes and vivid color to deliver a beautifully illustrated children's classic. Each scene is shown first as a human would see it at night in blacks and whites, and then as a cat sees it in with vivid color and fine detail."...
Author
Publisher
Greystone Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Peter and Miriam moved from the city to a remote forest lodge in the early nineties. Amidst juggling careers and raising a young family, they learned how to plant and rotate crops, harvest and preserve nature's bounty, and tend to the unique needs of their animals and environment. Along the way, they made mistakes and abandoned some projects (sheep raising was not their thing) but maintained a sense of joy in their shared goal. Brimming with insights,...
Author
Publisher
Coffee House Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On a dark and lovely winter night, Noah Summers sits before a roaring fire, drifting between sleep and recollection, trying to make sense of a lifetime of psychic visions and his family's tumultuous history on an Indiana farmstead. Decades have passed since Noah first fell in love with Opal, a brilliant but unstable young woman whose penchant for flames separated the couple after just forty-two idyllic days of married life. Despite the challenges...
Author
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
A long time ago, a girl named Carla lived on a goat farm with her father, Hector. One night, a goat disappeared from the farm and turned up flat as a pancake. Only one creature could do that--El Chupacabras, the goatsucker! Legend has it that El Chupacabras is a fearsome beast, but you can't believe everything you hear ... and sometimes the truth is even more interesting. Told in equal parts English and Spanish by bestselling author Adam Rubin, and...
10) A northern light
Author
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
c2003
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. Based on a true story.
Author
Publisher
TRP: The University Press of SHSU
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Siblings Jordan and Chung face a costly existence on their family's Kansas farm. On a conciliatory trip once again turned violent, Jordan and Chung escape the chaos of their parents' fighting to the middle of a lake. When something pulls them under, a voice speaks to them. In their long trudge back to the living, they find their chemistries altered. Jordan breathes smoke when angry. Chung flops like a fish out of water when provoked. In the years...
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