Elizabeth Winthrop
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English
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It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12 Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever.
4) Shoes
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Series
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English
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A survey of the many kinds of shoes in the world concludes that the best of all are the perfect natural shoes that are your feet.
6) December
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Centered on a young girl who inexplicably stops speaking, December is a riveting and insightful portrait of a family in crisis.Nine months after eleven-year-old Isabelle suddenly fell silent, her parents, Wilson and Ruth, are at their wits' end. And what began as self-protection has spiraled beyond Isabelle's control; she has become trapped in her silence, horrified by the pain she is causing and terrified of losing her old self to this...
7) Fireworks
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English
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Hollis Clayton is in trouble. His wife has decamped for the summer, leaving him to pursue his increasingly overwhelming compulsions: drinking; spying on neighbors; worrying about the fate of an abducted local girl; avoiding his editor, who is on the verge of rejecting his new collection of stories; and confronting as obliquely as possible the recent death of his young son. Meanwhile, he is spending more time with Jack Daniels and a stubbornly persistent...
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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The acclaimed novel by the author of The Why of Things tackles “the Deep South during the Gothic worst of Jim Crow times . . . truly a bravura performance” (Geoffrey Wolff).
“One of the finest writers of her generation,” and author of three previously acclaimed novels, Elizabeth H. Winthrop delivers a brave new book that will launch her distinguished career anew (Brad Watson).
On the eve of his
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English
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Since the tragic loss of her seventeen-year-old daughter less than a year ago, Joan Jacobs has been working hard to keep her tight-knit family from coming apart. But it seems as if she and Anders, her husband, have lost their easy comfort with each other and are unable to snap back from their isolation into the familiarity and warmth they so desperately need, both for themselves and for their surviving daughters, Eve and Eloise. The Jacobses flee...
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Full Cast Audio
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English
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What do you when your world is turned upside down? If you’re five young rats with music in your soul and dancing in your blood, you head for the Hollow, and the chance to dance at the Boom Boom Room.
But not even wise old Uncle Switchtail can prepare Benny, Fletcher, Ella, Woody and Monk for the dangers they’ll face on the way to their dream. The kids have talent, grit and determination. Will that be enough to survive unexpected treachery, and
...11) Sledding
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Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Two young sledders bundle into their winter clothes and go down a snowy hill in a wild, whirling ride.
12) Dumpy La Rue
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
"A rhyming story about a pig whose passion for dancing becomes contagious." --
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English
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"In the Jim Crow era community of New Iberia, Louisiana, eighteen year old Willie Jones sits in his cell on the eve of his execution for the rape of a white woman. Acorss the state, a truck driven by a convict and his keeper carries the executioner's chair closer. Nearby, Willie's father lugs his gravestone on the back of a fading old mule. In his office, the DA who prosecuted Willie reckons with his sentencing, while at their gas station at the...
14) Halloween hats
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Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
Description
A rhyming celebration of hats, featuring all sorts of head-toppers that help create costumes for the Halloween parade.
16) Dancing Granny
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Publisher
Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Granny and her grandchild take a nighttime trip to the zoo, where the animals have prepared a fabulous party and Granny dances the night away.
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Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Furniture specialist Maggie Hammond inherits a house on a New England island and becomes involved in the community. The characters include a sheriff and his abused wife, a dog trainer, a promiscuous nurse and an ecologist to whom Maggie is attracted.
19) Dog show
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Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
2004.
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English
Description
When Harvey enters his dog, Fred, in the annual dog show Fred is none too pleased, but when the show is over, Fred does not want to leave.
20) Asleep in a heap
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Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
A little girl finds so many things to do before she is ready for bed that she is the last of her family to fall asleep.
