Regional America & Americana
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Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his...
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Al, a janitor, and his faithful dog, Eddie, live in a single room on the West Side. They eat together, they work together, they do everything together. So...
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This ol’ boy needs a bath!
After he finds a tumbleweed in his chaps and the numerous bugs buzzing around him affect his hearing, the cowboy decides...
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Will a spelling bee be the answer to all of Bird’s problems?
All her life, all Bird has ever wanted is to be noticed in her small town and to get to Disney...
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"One Monday morning the king, the queen, and the little prince came to visit me. But i wasn't home . . . "
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One night out of the blue, Ratchet Clark’s ill-natured mother uproots her from Florida without a second thought. Ratchet is on a train to Maine for a summer...
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At Night is the 2008 winner of the Boston Globe - Horn Book Award for Picture Books.
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Start Your Engines!
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With a touch of magic and a lot of heart, award winning author Ruth White tells the tale of Ruby, an orphan in the South in the 1940s, who discovers something...
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Mom for mayor!
Election day is fast approaching, and twelve-year-old Cornelius Sanwick discovers a secret: his mom is running for mayor! That would be...
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A new heroine to win readers' hearts, joining the ranks of Lydia Grace Finch and Elizabeth Brown
Sunday
Dear Diary
The luckiest girl on this good...
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Adèle and her younger brother, Simon, have just arrived in New York City to visit their Aunt Cécile and prepare for a grand train trip around America. “Please...
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Racing Super Stocks for a professional team has 16-year-old Trace Bonham riding high--until he begins to realize that his team is cheating....
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Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to “see the elephant”—soldier talk for going...
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Finding a way to cope through poetry
The days seem carefree for Piper Berry in her hometown of Buttermilk Hill, North Carolina -- days filled with fishing...
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“What else would you wish for?” Daddy says. “If you could have anything in the world, what would you wish for?”
I shrug. “Oh, I don’t know. Maybe . . .”...
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Set in a trailer park called Paradise
"You're just wasting your God-given talents if you don't get yourself something besides a little ole harmonica to...
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A young boy recounts the events of the summer when he had the services of an Arabian genie at his disposal.
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An English-speaking girl, a Spanish-speaking man, and a Polish-speaking woman might not be able to converse, but when a sparrow trapped in their subway car...
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Rosie and her wranglers meet up with Greasy Ben and his gang in this rollicking tale of adventure.
"The Old West has never been more appealing than in this...
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Spanning six years in Ginny Shortt's life, this is a remarkable novel about growing up in a small mining town in Appalachia. A "novel of aspiring...
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Tiny Lambert struggles to find security and happiness when her high school years are marred after her stepfather rapes her.
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A funny and moving story set in Kentucky
It’s the beginning of summer 1955, and though her family is struggling financially, Carolina’s mama still indulges...
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Learning to share love
Things at Jennalee's house are just plain crazy, which is why she loves her predictable days helping Uncle Beau (who isn't really her...
