Julia Watts
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Series
Publisher
Bella Books
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
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Miranda Jasper is different from the other kids in the small town of Wilder, Kentucky. Like all the women in her family, she has the Sight – the ability to see into other people's thoughts.Though her granny assures Miranda that the Sight is a gift, it often feels like a curse – especially when Miranda's middle-school classmates start calling her "the witch girl."Miranda has only one real friend her age, Abigail, who just happens to
...2) Rufus + Syd
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Language
English
Description
When the pressures of small-town life in the Bible Belt build, can Rufus and Syd trust in each other and stand together?
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English
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Description
"Libby is the oldest child of six, going on seven, in a family that adheres to the "quiverfull" lifestyle: strict evangelical Christians who believe that they should have as many children as God allows because children are like arrows in the quiver of "God's righteous warriors." Meanwhile, her new neighbor, Zo is a gender fluid teen whose feminist, socialist, vegetarian family recently relocated from the city in search of a less stressful life because...
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English
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Description
"In rural Kentucky, a sixteen-year-old boy with a love of quilting, cooking and Dolly Parton helps his grandma care for his opioid-addicted mother, until the discovery of a family secret upends everything he has ever believed. While other sixteen-year-old boys in Morgan, Kentucky, love hunting and football, Kody prefers to spend his time quilting with his grandmother ("Nanny"), watching Golden Girls reruns, and listening to old Dolly Parton albums....
Author
Publisher
Naiad Press
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
The rhythms of music course through Glenda Mooney's veins. Born in a coal mine town and with a talent for song, her life is filled with the sweet harmonies of gospel and bluegrass--and love of the preacher's daughter. Her talent is raw, but there are no limits on her determination to succeed. Success for a wrong-side-of-the-tracks woman in the man's world of the 1950s is impossible, but no one can tell Glenda that. When faithless love and heart wrenching...
7) Finding H.F
Author
Publisher
Alyson Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English