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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...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
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
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.
10) 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.
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.
16) 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"--
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
Series
Bonnets and bugles volume 10
Publisher
Moody Press
Pub. Date
1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
127 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
After taking part in the surrender at Appomattox, Tom Majors, his father, and his brother are reunited with their friends who fought for the Union, and decide to return to Kentucky, confident that the Lord will help them to make a new life for themselves.
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.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
While staying with her Aunt Millie in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky in the summer of 1934, Kit tries to discover who is sabotaging a visiting folklore researcher.