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"The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed...
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Who let the gods out? volume 1
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Twelve-year-old Elliot Hooper has many problems: his mother has been behaving strangely, they are in danger of loosing their farm to a mean-spirited developer, and he is failing at school, so when he finds a girl in the cowshed, and she announces that she is Virgo, an immortal constellation, it just seems part of the normal chaos--but soon he is swept up in the Gods' hunt for prisoner 42, Thanatos, Daemon of Death, whom Elliot has set free from his...
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Duck (David Shannon) volume 2
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Pleased with his success in riding a bike, Duck decides to drive the farm tractor, and invites all the other farm animals along for the ride--all the way to town.
6) The farmer
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Pub. Date
2019.
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 20 x 28 cm
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Paul works hard on his farm while those in the village are resting, but when drought comes, friends unexpectedly arrive to lend a hand.
7) What light
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When Sierra falls for Caleb, a boy who made a terrible mistake years before, she is determined to help him find forgiveness, despite the disapproval and suspicions they meet.
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2015.
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244 pages ; 22 cm
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In 1970, fourteen-year-old Shoshanna, six-year-old Mara, and their mother escape from Sweet Earth Farm, a declining commune run by their tyrranical and abusive father, but after finding peace and stability at Avery Elliot's farm, their mother's crippling depression returns.
13) The dam
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Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (some color) ; 24 x 29 cm
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"Once the dam is built, the valley will be flooded. But before the homes there are submerged, Kathryn and her father return one last time to fill the houses with music. If you listen closely, you can still hear it--a song for all that was. Set in the wild and beautiful landscape of Northumberland, England, The Dam is a story of loss and hope and the power of folk music to transcend time."--Dust jacket flap.
15) Esperanza rising
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Pub. Date
2000
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262 p. ; 22 cm.
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Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.
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Pub. Date
2008
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1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 28 cm.
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When Calf hears Rabbit out in the field mooing he feels inspired to give a great big baa and soon all the other creatures on the farm realize they're not limited to their own language but can enjoy experimenting with others as they think "outside the box."
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Pub. Date
2023.
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119 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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In graphic novel format, teaches readers all about electricity--where it comes from and how it keeps the world running.
"Giant monsters are on the warpath, and it's Menlo the mech's job to protect the city! But when this metal marvel is shut down by an unlucky lightning strike, a resourceful engineer and his high-energy niece will have to find a way to plug in and power up to save everyone from certain doom! From simple circuits to giant grids,...
18) Unikorn
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Pub. Date
2021.
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196 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
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A middle schooler inherits an old horse from her long lost mother she believes is a unicorn with a broken horn in this coming-of-age story of hope, faith and magic. Young Mae lost her mother in a tragic accident a few years back, although mother's body was never recovered from the raging river into which their car crashed. Mae is devastated because her father, now that enough time has elapsed for proof of death, must sell off his wife's farm, along...
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