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1241) Centaur rising
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 7
Description
In 1965, a year after Arianne thinks she sees a shooting star land in the fields surrounding her family's horse farm, a baby centaur is born and the family, already under scrutiny because Arianne's six-year-old brother has birth defects, struggles to keep the colt a secret.
1242) Happily Ever Esther: two men, a wonder pig, and their life-changing mission to give animals a home
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
When Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter decide to start a farm with the animals' benefit in mind, they quickly realize the realities of being a farmer can be frantic, crazy, and even insane.
1244) Silver Spoon 2
Author
Series
Silver spoon volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Description
The discovery of a brick oven on campus prompts the only logical response from the student so f Ooezo Agricultural High School: a pizza party!!! City-boy Hachiken has been nominated to oversee the process, but he quickly discovers how much work is involved in securing each and every ingredient that goes into making the perfect pizza. United by a common hunger, students from every discipline contribute the necessary flour, cheese, meat, and other toppings....
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Pete and Paul the pigs love to eat, and their favorites are junk food and snacks. Tractor Mac and his friends set out to show the pigs a better way of eating and at the same time help their community farmers. Can Pete and Paul change their eating habits? This book has recipes and healthy eating tips for kids"--
1246) The walk
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Formats
Description
"Set on the small farm in a New Mexico mountain valley that the author has tended since 1976, the book explores how personal history and natural history interweave in a familiar landscape. Three interrelated essays move from conflict and loss in the author's life to a place of acceptance"--Provided by publisher.
1247) The old truck
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck has been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it."--
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Appears on list
Description
Set in South Africa under white rule, Doris Lessing's first novel is at once a chronicle of human disintegration, an understated social critique, and a depiction of the quiet horror of one woman's struggle against a ruthless fate. Mary Turner is a self-confident, independent young woman who becomes the depressed, frustrated wife of an ineffectual, unsuccessful farmer. Little by little the ennui of years on the farm work their slow poison. Mary's despair...
1256) Silver spoon: Volume 3
Author
Series
Silver spoon volume 3
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
A few weeks into his summer job at Mikage Ranch, Hachiken has proven himself a hard worker, even under the skeptical gaze of Aki's father. His first term at Ezo AG has given him a great deal to think about-the future, the fate of Pork Bowl-but open pastures and fresh air provide a different backdrop to his worries than his previous life in the city. Still, when he chose not to go home for summer break, Hachiken hardly expected home to come to him!...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989.
Appears on list
Description
O Pioneers! (1913) was Willa Cather's first great novel, and to many it remains her unchallenged masterpiece. No other work of fiction so faithfully conveys both the sharp physical realities and the mythic sweep of the transformation of the American frontier-- and the transformation of the people who settled it. Cather's heroine is Alexandra Bergson, who arrives on the wind-blasted prairie of Hanover, Nebraska, as a girl and grows up to make it a...
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