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Author
Series
The book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
2) Christy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her — and her one-room school — as a threat to their way of life. Her faith is
...Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, fifteen-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow leads her farm family through a series of challenges and hard-won triumphs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up motherless and under the thumb of a cruel stepfather in hardscrabble 1920s Kentucky, Bertie Fisher and her older sister, Mabel, are torn apart by a painful misunderstanding that reverberates through the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.
Author
Series
Hollyhill volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The summer of 1964 certainly was eventful, but it's nothing compared to what's coming to the Brooke family and to Hollyhill, Kentucky. David finally gets up the nerve to pop the question to Leigh and wedding plans are in the making. But the past is coming to call on many in Hollyhill, threatening to destroy the relationships that everyone thought were so strong. Two people--one David thought was gone for good and the other no one's ever heard of--are...
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1888; Copper is a young widow with a baby trying to make a go of the ramshackle farm she received from her father in Troublesome Creek. Copper's life seems as dilapidated as the farm as she struggles to come to terms with her shattered world. Desperate to rekindle the easy faith she had as a child, she searches for peace and God's direction in the serenity of the Kentucky mountains. Further complicating her life is a budding romance with...
Author
Series
Book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Beatrice Miller copes with the ups and downs of friendships, puberty, and identity, guided by the wisdom and love of her beloved Mamaw and mom, the summer before seventh grade..
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a fifteen-year-old girl from a small mid-twentieth-century Kentucky town sneaks onto a rival family's property and discovers a dead body, she is forced to confront dangerous events from the past in order to protect the town.
Author
Series
Hollyhill volume 1
Language
English
Description
Jocie Brooke has never wanted for love, despite the fact that she hardly remembers her mother. Jocie's father, preacher David Brooke, has done his best to be both father and mother to his daughter. Even Jocie's spinster Great-aunt Love, who's slowly going senile, cares for Jocie in her own stern way. But in their small town of Hollyhill, Kentucky, painful secrets lie just beneath the surface, and inquisitive spirits discover surprising truths. There's...
12) Causing havoc
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
541 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Kentucky brothers volume 2
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
377 p. : geneal. table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
"Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking story of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond, from the author of Me Before You and The Peacock Emporium Alice Wright marries handsome American Bennett Van Cleve hoping to escape her stifling life in England. But small-town Kentucky quickly proves equally claustrophobic, especially living alongside her overbearing father-in-law. So when a call...
Author
Series
Kentucky brothers volume 3
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
375 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Timothy Fisher decides to move his wife, Hannah, and daughter, Mindy, to Christian County, Kentucky, where two of his brothers now reside, Hannah is very reluctant to leave her Amish home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Author
Series
Kentucky brothers volume 1
Publisher
Barbour
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
382 p. : geneal. table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Titus Fisher, an Amish carpenter, journeys into a Kentucky Amish community where he seeks a new beginning and meets the beautiful and unique Suzanne Yoder. She can't cook but can do woodworking, and she painfully resembles Phoebe, Titus's ex-girlfriend.
17) Saving Wonder
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Living with his grandfather in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky, Curley, who lost most of his family to coal-mining accidents, faces a difficult choice when a new coal boss takes over and threatens the mountains Curley loves.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1988
Physical Desc
154 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.
19) Groundskeeping
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
323 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A love story set in the foothills of Appalachia about two very different people--Owen, from Kentucky, and Alma, the daughter of Bosnian immigrants--navigating the entanglements of class and identify in an America coming apart at the seams"--
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Edition
1st Square Fish ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
275 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the Sunny Acres Farm sells her favorite horse, Beau, Sunny is heartbroken and cannot participate in the end-of-summer competition, but she feels better when her teacher asks her to train a wild horse named Lancelot.