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By Alice F. DeLaCroix
After being badly injured in a car accident, 12-year-old Mattie tries to give up her love of horses and her wish to have her own. But when she saves a lame race horse and nurses it back to health, she is able to begin her own healing. This moving story, in a warm family setting, is packed with equestrian details.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Richard Braden
Two young vacationers to the Chisholm Ranch in Colorado witness a strange series of events within the Archer House, an old, clandestine distillery built on the ranch during the Prohibition days. With the help of a Chiricahua Apache warrior and a Kiowa squaw they solve the mystery.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Robert Beddoe
Anna awoke slowly, she lay staring upward into the gray light that flooded in from above, trying to remember where she was. "Chuy." He was still asleep. Anna lay there silently while the gray light whitened the summit. She sat upright, waiting for Chuy to wake up. In a minute she spotted something protruding out of the dry silt in a corner. she leaned over and raked her fingers through the silt and uncovered a turquoise and silver bracelet. She reached over and shook Chuy gently. "What! what?" he said groggily. "Chuy, wake up. Look what I found!" In her excitement to show him the bracelet, the lapels of her blouse fell apart exposing her full, pert roundness. Chuy stared in surprise, "Uh…!" She stopped suddenly, her eyes smiling at him. "Oh, did you just now discover that I'm a woman?" "Yes! I mean, no! er, I mean…" …Anna's effect on him was wholly extraordinary. There was her beauty, her innocence, which could not fail to attract his maturity. It was as though she, herself, were unreal; as though every moment he spent with her was part of some wonderful dream. Yet, "Could she really like me—a half-breed," he thought to himself.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Dana Kittendorf
Michelle, a 15-year-old with more responsibility than most, gets sent, along with her two brothers, to live with her Aunt Karen when her father gets deployed on an eight month Navy assignment. She dreads having her life uprooted once again. When she has to leave the city life to move to farm country in rural Pennsylvania, she thinks she’s entered another world. She has – just not the one she anticipated. She soon finds her life entwined with a crow and her Cherokee ancestors, Fala and Cheveyo, who were forced to endure the “Trail of Tears.” Strange and vivid dreams start to invade Michelle’s sleep and even stranger experiences become part of her waking hours. She seeks guidance from her mystically-minded Aunt Sandra to get explanations for what’s taking place. Some of those answers come from an Oneida Indian medicine man called Grandfather. The rest must come from her awareness. She must keep Grandfather’s words in mind always, “You will know your purpose when it is time.”
FORMAT: Softcover
By Dana Kittendorf
Michelle, a 15-year-old with more responsibility than most, gets sent, along with her two brothers, to live with her Aunt Karen when her father gets deployed on an eight month Navy assignment. She dreads having her life uprooted once again. When she has to leave the city life to move to farm country in rural Pennsylvania, she thinks she’s entered another world. She has – just not the one she anticipated. She soon finds her life entwined with a crow and her Cherokee ancestors, Fala and Cheveyo, who were forced to endure the “Trail of Tears.” Strange and vivid dreams start to invade Michelle’s sleep and even stranger experiences become part of her waking hours. She seeks guidance from her mystically-minded Aunt Sandra to get explanations for what’s taking place. Some of those answers come from an Oneida Indian medicine man called Grandfather. The rest must come from her awareness. She must keep Grandfather’s words in mind always, “You will know your purpose when it is time.”
FORMAT: Hardcover
By Elena Diaz Bjorkquist
What was it like to be a Mexican American youth growing up in a small copper mining town in Arizona? This collection of short stories written in the voices of those young people answers that question. It will not only captivate readers who are young adults but also those adults who are young at heart. Who can resist characters like Emilio and Gigante, who live on the fringe of Morenci social culture because they are different? Emilio was disfigured in a fire that killed his family and stunted his mental and physical growth and Gigante is so big that his job is to carry coffins from the church to the cemetery. In the title story, Margarita and Carmelita discover that maybe water can come from the moon. These and other intriguing characters in this collection are individuals whose lives are in transition and the stories are about how they deal with the changes. At the core of the stories is the knowledge that the town will eventually be destroyed by the ever expanding copper mine that provides most of the employment in the area. The author, Elena Díaz Björkquist gives us a wonderful insight into life in a mining town.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Rachel Hector
When 15-year-old Alyson and her family, including her Arabian mare, Chiquita, move to a ranch in the countryside of California, Alyson is less than thrilled. When she meets three new friends, her hopes of finding somewhere to continue her dressage training are shattered. They introduce Alyson and Chiquita to the world of rodeo, namely barrel racing, a world far different from the English showing she used to do. Over the course of training for the rodeo at the end of the summer, Alyson realizes that everything is a lot harder and much more different than she thought. She must push through an emotional rollercoaster of social problems while getting Chiquita ready for the rodeo.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Alana J. White
Set in 1949 in the Smoky Mountains, Come Next Spring describes twelve-year-old Salina's struggles to accept change a highway taking farmland, siblings starting their own lives, and nothing left in common with her best friend. Nominated for the Volunteer State Children's Book Award and for the Mark Twain Award by the MO. Assoc. of School Librarians.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Dana Kittendorf
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FORMAT: E-Book
By Richard Braden
Two young vacationers to the Chisholm Ranch in Colorado witness a strange series of events within the Archer House, an old, clandestine distillery built on the ranch during the Prohibition days. With the help of a Chiricahua Apache warrior and a Kiowa squaw they solve the mystery.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Rachel Hector
When 15-year-old Alyson and her family, including her Arabian mare, Chiquita, move to a ranch in the countryside of California, Alyson is less than thrilled. When she meets three new friends, her hopes of finding somewhere to continue her dressage training are shattered. They introduce Alyson and Chiquita to the world of rodeo, namely barrel racing, a world far different from the English showing she used to do. Over the course of training for the rodeo at the end of the summer, Alyson realizes that everything is a lot harder and much more different than she thought. She must push through an emotional rollercoaster of social problems while getting Chiquita ready for the rodeo.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Robert Beddoe
Anna awoke slowly, she lay staring upward into the gray light that flooded in from above, trying to remember where she was. "Chuy." He was still asleep. Anna lay there silently while the gray light whitened the summit. She sat upright, waiting for Chuy to wake up. In a minute she spotted something protruding out of the dry silt in a corner. she leaned over and raked her fingers through the silt and uncovered a turquoise and silver bracelet. She reached over and shook Chuy gently. "What! what?" he said groggily. "Chuy, wake up. Look what I found!" In her excitement to show him the bracelet, the lapels of her blouse fell apart exposing her full, pert roundness. Chuy stared in surprise, "Uh…!" She stopped suddenly, her eyes smiling at him. "Oh, did you just now discover that I'm a woman?" "Yes! I mean, no! er, I mean…" …Anna's effect on him was wholly extraordinary. There was her beauty, her innocence, which could not fail to attract his maturity. It was as though she, herself, were unreal; as though every moment he spent with her was part of some wonderful dream. Yet, "Could she really like me—a half-breed," he thought to himself.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Elena Diaz Bjorkquist
What was it like to be a Mexican American youth growing up in a small copper mining town in Arizona? This collection of short stories written in the voices of those young people answers that question. It will not only captivate readers who are young adults but also those adults who are young at heart. Who can resist characters like Emilio and Gigante, who live on the fringe of Morenci social culture because they are different? Emilio was disfigured in a fire that killed his family and stunted his mental and physical growth and Gigante is so big that his job is to carry coffins from the church to the cemetery. In the title story, Margarita and Carmelita discover that maybe water can come from the moon. These and other intriguing characters in this collection are individuals whose lives are in transition and the stories are about how they deal with the changes. At the core of the stories is the knowledge that the town will eventually be destroyed by the ever expanding copper mine that provides most of the employment in the area. The author, Elena Díaz Björkquist gives us a wonderful insight into life in a mining town.
FORMAT: E-Book
By Mollie Schmidt
I loved it! I read the whole thing in under 3 hours! My favorite part was when Heather was feeding Sugar the medicine, and it had to be mixed with apple sauce. I loved the story. The plot was awesome! The way you described everything helped me picture it in my head. The part about Heather and the girl who hit the deer was sad, but I liked it. I also loved how at the end you said the air was crisp and smelled of apples. I could so imagine being there!
—Jewel Forman, age 12 I found myself laughing out loud while reading this wonderful book! I believe any young girl will be able to find a kinship with Heather on some level. Thank you for bringing back memories that will now forever be in print for so many to enjoy!
—Rosalie Myron, stable owner As a book about the last year of high school for a teenager in a single-parent family with many responsibilities to shoulder, “Heather” is a link to a life in rural Maine filled with friends, family members, and horses to love and care for. As an expert on the public health issues of children and adults, I value “Heather” as a book that is wholesome, informative, and fun for young readers.
—Connie van Eeghen, Dr.PH.
FORMAT: Softcover
By Mollie Schmidt
I loved it! I read the whole thing in under 3 hours! My favorite part was when Heather was feeding Sugar the medicine, and it had to be mixed with apple sauce. I loved the story. The plot was awesome! The way you described everything helped me picture it in my head. The part about Heather and the girl who hit the deer was sad, but I liked it. I also loved how at the end you said the air was crisp and smelled of apples. I could so imagine being there!
—Jewel Forman, age 12 I found myself laughing out loud while reading this wonderful book! I believe any young girl will be able to find a kinship with Heather on some level. Thank you for bringing back memories that will now forever be in print for so many to enjoy!
—Rosalie Myron, stable owner As a book about the last year of high school for a teenager in a single-parent family with many responsibilities to shoulder, “Heather” is a link to a life in rural Maine filled with friends, family members, and horses to love and care for. As an expert on the public health issues of children and adults, I value “Heather” as a book that is wholesome, informative, and fun for young readers.
—Connie van Eeghen, Dr.PH.
FORMAT: Hardcover
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