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Schooled Schooled Gordon Korman Thirteen year old Anderson has never watched t.v., or never had pizza or even heard of a wedgie. The only thing he has ever done is been home schooled by his hippie grand mother, Rain. When she brok… OL109572W
The laws of Harmony The laws of Harmony Judith Ryan Hendricks Sunny Cooper has been running since she was eighteen, both from the New Mexican commune where she grew up and from the haunting memory of her younger sister's death. When a second tragic accident tur… OL15322596W
February house February house Sherill Tippins February House is the irresistible story of an extraordinary experiment in communal living, one involving young but already iconic writers -- and the country's best-known burlesque performer -- in a … OL16025798W
Wolf Wolf Gillian Cross He came in the early morning, at about half past two. His feet padded along the balcony, slinking silently past the closed doors of the other flats. No one glimpsed his shadow flickering across the c… OL16063319W
Over you Over you Amy Lynn Reed "A novel about two girls on the run from their problems, their pasts, and themselves. Max and Sadie are escaping to Nebraska, but they'll soon learn they can't escape the truth"-- OL17867545W
The predictions The predictions Bianca Zander Gaialands, a bucolic vegan commune in the New Zealand wilderness, is the only home fifteen-year-old Poppy has ever known. It's the epitome of 1970s counterculture, a place of free love, hard work, an… OL17874202W
Tell Me Lies Tell Me Lies Patrick Cooper In England in 1969, nineteen-year-old Stephen leaves his conservative home, where he is haunted by a troubled past and dread of the future, and is drawn by an old friend to a commune, whose charismat… OL1898671W
Wonder Valley Wonder Valley Ivy Pochoda From the acclaimed author of Visitation Street, a visionary portrait of contemporary Los Angeles in all its facets, from the Mojave Desert to the Pacific, from the 110 to Skid Row. During a typically… OL19720213W
The 1970s The 1970s Dorothy Hoobler America's involvement in Vietnam adds to the seemingly constant arguing in the Vivanti family, whose cousins are among a group of people who have dropped out to live in a commune in Arizona. OL19887338W
Naked in the woods Naked in the woods Margaret Grundstein "In 1970, Margaret Grundstein abandoned her graduate degree at Yale and followed her husband, an Indonesian prince and community activist, to a commune in the backwoods of Oregon. Together with ten f… OL20005095W
The strays The strays Emily Bitto On her first day at a new school, Lily befriends one of the daughters of infamous avant-garde painter Evan Trentham. He and his wife are trying to escape the stifling conservatism of 1930s Australia … OL20045964W
Paintbrush Paintbrush Hannah Bucchin 311 pages ; 21 cm OL20222343W
Seed Seed Lisa Heathfield Pearl has grown up in a commune with several women and two men. She has no idea which ones are her real parents. When she gets her period for the first time it means she will be old enough to be chos… OL20937200W
Murder most wholesome Murder most wholesome Staci McLaughlin When Dana Lewis and Zennia Patrakio go to the Blossom Valley farmer's market, they expect to find luscious fruits and vegetables to delight the spa's guests. They arenot expecting to see Birch Keller… OL27957215W
Pagan time Pagan time Micah Perks ""Sometimes it seems like I've spent my life searching for the words that will open my childhood for you. It's always the same - even as I'm trying to use my story to knock down the wall between us, … OL2950597W
Nell of Blue Harbor Nell of Blue Harbor Marion Walker Doren Eleven-year-old Nell is forced to grow up quickly when she moves from a Vermont commune to the real world with parents not yet ready to accept their responsibilities. OL4788938W
A family failing A family failing Honor Arundel After spending the summer in a commune, a teen-age girl in Scotland feels better prepared to cope with the conflicts in her own family. OL5066013W
And then a harvest feast And then a harvest feast George Dennison Tired of their mechanized and unhealthy city life, a group of animals move to an abandoned farmhouse and set up a cooperative garden. OL819304W
People Farm People Farm Steve Susoyev CONCERNING THERAPY CULTS Perhaps no one in contemporary society is confronted by greater temptation to abuse power than the psychotherapist. We reveal to therapists personal information we do not… OL8837192W
The architectural and social history of cooperative living The architectural and social history of cooperative living Lynn F. Pearson x, 274 p., [12] p. of plates : 23 cm OL933913W
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