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Tiny's big adventure
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Martin Waddell |
Katy Mouse teaches her younger brother, Tiny, the names of some of the things they see, including a boot, a snail, and a pheasant, when they go to the cornfield to play games. |
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City boy
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Jan Michael |
In the southern African country of Malawi, after the AIDS-related deaths of both of his parents, a boy leaves his affluent life in the city to live in a rural village, sharing a one-roomed hut with h… |
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When the whistle blows
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Fran Cannon Slayton |
Jimmy lives in Rowlesburg, West Virginia, during the 1940s. He does all the things boys do in the small mountain town: plays a mean game of football, pulls the unforgettable Halloween prank with his … |
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Up country
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Alden R. Carter |
When his mother's drinking problem causes him to spend several months with country relatives in upstate Wisconsin, sixteen-year-old Carl begins to build a new life for himself, only to see it threate… |
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Carrying Mason
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Joyce Magnin |
In rural Pennsylvania in 1958, when thirteen-year-old Luna's best friend Mason dies, she decides to move in with his mentally disabled mother and care for her as Mason did. |
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Cheerful
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Palmer Brown |
Cheerful, a city church mouse who dreams of living in the country, sets off on an adventure. |
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Understood Betsy
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Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Timid and small for her age, nine-year-old Elizabeth Ann discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont. |
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Just dance
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Patricia MacLachlan |
Sylvie Bloom wants to find something new and exciting this summer at least more exciting than the cows, goats, and chickens on her family s farm that she s become accustomed to. Luckily, Sylvie s tea… |
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Hoodoo
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Ronald L. Smith |
With this vivid debut, Zora Neale Hurston meets Stephen King in a supernatural Southern Gothic tale for middle grade readers. |
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Iris and Walter (Iris And Walter)
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Elissa Haden Guest |
When Iris moves to the country, she misses the city where she formerly lived; but with the help of a new friend named Walter, she learns to adjust to her new home. |
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Iris and Walter and the substitute teacher
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Elissa Haden Guest |
When Iris's grandfather comes to her school as a substitute teacher, she has a hard time sharing him with the other students. |
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Hostages to fortune
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Joan Lingard |
When the death of Kevin's employer confronts him and his wife Sadie with the sudden loss of both job and home, an uncertain future looms up before them. Sequel to "A Proper Place." |
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We love them
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Martin Waddell |
Two children and Ben the dog find a little rabbit lost in the snow. Ben thinks the rabbit is a small dog; the rabbit thinks Ben is a big rabbit. They play together but Ben is growing old and, one day… |
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Daniel and his walking stick
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Wendy McCormick |
Jesse does not remember either of her grandfathers, but misses them anyway until her family visits the countryside to see where Jesse's mother grew up, and they meet a very special man with a very sp… |
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City witch, country switch
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Wendy Wax |
While paying a surprise visit to her city-dwelling cousin, Muffletump misses her home in the country but when Mitzi leaves the city to see where Muffletump lives, she is just as uncomfortable until t… |
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Our house on the hill
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Philippe Dupasquier |
Pictures without text depict the month-by-month activities of a family in their country house on a hill. |
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We keep a store
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Anne Shelby |
A small girl describes the many pleasures that accompany running a country store. |
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Sally Arnold
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Cheryl Ryan |
A lonely girl befriends an elderly woman who collects things. |
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Brushy Mountain
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Patricia Pendergraft |
Arney wishes nothing more than to kill old man Hooker who makes life miserable for everyone in Weedpatch, but instead he saves the man's life three times, leading to a slight softening of his charact… |
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Come a Tide
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George Ella Lyon |
A girl provides a lighthearted account of the spring floods at her rural home. |
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