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A clearing in the forest
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Gloria Whelan |
An aging widow and a neighboring youth join forces to wage battle against a powerful company that threatens to destroy the northern Michigan woods where they live. |
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A haunted house in Starvation Lake
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Gloria Whelan |
The community of Starvation Lake helps fourth-grader Dawn Zonder clean and repair an old house, hoping that her family will find the money to be able to move in. |
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A week of raccoons
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Gloria Whelan |
Raids on his corn, garbage can, and bird feeder lead Mr. Twerkle to trap five raccoons and take them out to the woods, but they refuse to stay where he puts them. |
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The turning
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Gloria Whelan |
In the months leading up to the August 1991 coup attempt that resulted in the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a young dancer with the Kirov Ballet struggles to decide whether to defect whi… |
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That Wild Berries Should Grow
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Gloria Whelan |
Elsa dreads spending the summer at her grandparents' house on Lake Huron, but she discovers the excitement of nature and the richness of friendship. |
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All my noble dreams and then what happens
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Gloria Whelan |
As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and sh… |
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Farewell to the Island
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Gloria Whelan |
In 1816, sixteen-year-old Mary O'Shea accepts her married sister's invitation to visit her in London and experiences much of the world beyond her beloved family farm on Mackinac Island. |
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