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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
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"From Kristin Hannah, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Nightingale and The Great Alone, comes an epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras-the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens...
Author
Publisher
Beavers Pond Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Based on a true tale from the early 1900s, this work of historical fiction gives life to murderer William Kleeman, a handsome young farmer from southwestern Minnesota who courts the beautiful Maud Petri. After a quick engagement and marriage, the couple produce four children and are joined by boarder Mary Snelling, who teaches at the country school across the road. This addictive story winds through many twists before ending in a deadly rampage that...
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Language
English
Description
"From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wish comes a poignant love story about risking everything for a dream-and whether it's possible to leave the past behind. Colby Mills once felt destined for a musical career, until tragedy grounded his aspirations. Now the head of a small family farm in North Carolina, he spontaneously takes a gig playing at a bar in St. Pete's Beach, Florida, seeking a rare break from his duties at home. But when...
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Series
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The annual Corn Maze Festival is coming and everyday the chickens, cows, and Duck help Farmer Brown--with a few bribes--to create a special Statue of Liberty corn maze, and every night Duck works hard recreating his own surprise.
Author
Series
West Country trilogy volume 2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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"Two teenagers, bound by love yet divided by fate, forge separate paths in England before World War I"--
Author
Series
Publisher
A Caitlyn Dlouhy Book/Atheneum
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Farmer Brown and the animals are invited to Farm Day at school, he instructs them to be on their best behavior, forgetting that school can be like a barnyard.
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Language
English
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"An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths about...
9) My Ántonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Depicts the pioneering period of European settlement in the American prairie through the stories of Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda, who is the embodiment of the pioneer spirit.
Author
Publisher
Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"On the farm, workers pick vegetables, collect eggs, and make cheese. At the market the next day, the workers set up their stands and prepare for shoppers to arrive. Amy, the baker at the Busy Bee café, has a very special meal in mind--and, of course, all the farmers show up at the café to enjoy the results of their hard work"--
Author
Publisher
Feeding Minds Press, American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A delicious celebration of food and farming sure to inspire readers of all ages to learn more about where their food comes from - right this very minute! Here are the stories of what farmers really do to bring food to the table.
14) My Antonia
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
The reminiscences of a New York lawyer, Jim Burden, about his boyhood in Nebraska, particularly a young Bohemian girl named Antonia Shimerda, are set against the backdrop of the American assimilation of the immigrant.
15) Farmers
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Series
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Many years ago, most of the U.S. population lived on farms and produced their own food to eat. Now, only 2 percent of the population produces food for the entire world. Readers will learn that farmers are responsible for the fruits, vegetables, and meat we buy in the grocery store, and the ingredients that go into many other things. They often use technology to help them produce these things. Some farmers research ways to keep their animals comfortable...
16) Farmers help
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photographs describe a farmer's tools, workplace, and role in the community"--Provided by publisher.
17) Courting Cate
Author
Series
Courtships of Lancaster County volume 1
Language
English
Description
Cate Miller has scared off every suitor. Pete Troyer has never failed at anything. Could he be the one to finally tame the fiery Cate?
Author
Series
Amish vines and orchards volume 4
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"More settled in her heart than ever before, Rhoda Byler feels a newfound confidence living in the Old Order Amish settlement she helped establish in Orchard Bend, Maine. Time has helped to heal the wounds of Rhoda's recent severed relationship, and she finds that even her unusual gift of profound intuition is less of a burden as she continues to seek God's wisdom for her future. She is happy to be working alongside the King family and the love of...
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Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Adam Herschberger, who is known simply as The Beast, offers her a deal--marry him and her family can keep their farm--Annabell Beiler, to be a dutiful Amish daughter, agrees to his proposal and vows to break through his icy reserve.
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