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Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
"A riveting and deeply moving debut--a love story in the spirit of Where the Crawdads Sing--that is both a stunning exploration of the natural world and an unforgettable coming-of-age novel. Victoria Nash is just a teenager in the 1940s, but she runs the household on her family's peach farm in the ranch town of Iola, Colorado--the sole surviving female in a family of troubled men. Wilson Moon is a young drifter with a mysterious past, displaced from...
Author
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
July 20, 1894. The German military attache in Paris receives a visit from a seedy-looking man who claims to be a French army officer in desperate need of money, offering to sell them military secrets. Captain Alfred Dreyfus was a rising star in the French artillery command. Reserved yet intelligent and ambitious, Dreyfus had everything: a family, money, and a clear path to a prestigious post on the General Staff. However, Dreyfus had enemies as a...
14) The squeaky door
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
When Little Boy is frightened by a squeaky bedroom door, his grandmother brings in various animals to help him feel secure enough to sleep. Includes notes on the story's origins.
15) Teeny Weeny Bop
Author
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Upon finding a gold coin, a lonely woman trades it for a pig, then a succession of smaller, less troublesome pets.
16) Bat's big game
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
A simplified retelling of the classic Aesop's fable about a ball game between the birds and the animals, and Bat, who wants to play on the winning team.