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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
Family Family Micol Ostow In the 1960s, seventeen-year-old Melinda leaves an abusive home for San Francisco, meets the charismatic Henry, and follows him to his desert commune where sex and drugs are free, but soon his "famil… OL15999045W
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
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
Everybody's daughter Everybody's daughter Marsha Qualey Unable to decide between two attractive boys, seventeen-year-old Beamer is forced to examine how growing up in a commune in the north woods of Minnesota has shaped her personality. OL1882674W
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
Creating harmony Creating harmony Hildur Jackson xv, 269 p. : 24 cm OL19158258W
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
Halcyon Halcyon Rio Youers "HALCYON is the answer for all Americans who want to escape, but paradise isn't what it seems. A beautiful island in the middle of Lake Ontario--a self-sustaining community made up of people who want… OL19750083W
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
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
Orion's daughters Orion's daughters Courtney Elizabeth Mauk A postcard arrives straight out of her past, forcing Carrie to confront her commune upbringing alongside Amelia, the almost-sister she worshipped and lost. Desperate to keep her daughter close as her… OL20889276W
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
And then they were nuns And then they were nuns Susan J. Leonardi "Beatrice has probably told you that when someone starts talking about staying, we usually send her home for a while, away from the seductions of these holy hills, so she can decide whether she reall… OL3259005W
Eggshell days Eggshell days Rebecca Gregson Emmy, Niall, and Sita and Jonathan miss their train back to London from a Somerset wedding, escaping Britain's worst rail crash in sixty years. Upon reflection of their mortality, the friends reevalu… OL6032614W
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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