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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
To the Chandler family in 1950's Black Oak, Arkansas, the cotton season means hard work, an influx of temporary workers -- and a host of complications. Hank Spruill, one of the hired hands has a violent temper that has gotten him into trouble with the law. Tally, his sister, is smitten with Cowboy, a Mexican laborer Hank despises. And with all the turmoil, 7-year-old Luke Chandler has seen a lot more than most kids his age.
Author
Series
The treasures of Nome volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Madysen Powell has always been a forgiving person, but when her supposedly dead father shows up in Nome, Alaska, her gift for forgiveness is tested. With the recent loss of her mother, she searches for answers, leaning on Granny Beaufort, a neighbor in town, who listens with a kind heart. Still, Madysen is restless and dreams of performing her music around the world. The arrival of a traveling show could prove just the chance she needs, and the manager...
5) Farmer Duck
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer away.
6) The yearling
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
A young boy living in the Florida backwoods is forced to decide the fate of a fawn he has lovingly raised as a pet.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From one of the most gifted and beloved storytellers of her time comes a riveting new novel of suspense where one woman's picture-perfect island sanctuary reveals itself to be filled with dangers... At twenty-nine, Alison Marshall is ready to find a place to call home. With no family and no ties, she's drifted from one small Florida town to another since high school, working odd jobs, saving hard, and building a nest egg. Once she finds the right...
Author
Publisher
Darby Creek Pub
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
144 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A journal of one year on the Bennett farm in central Ohio. Shows how one family, with the help of relatives and friends, creates a life and livelihood on a 150-acre farm.
Author
Series
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
121p illus
Language
English
Description
When their grandfather arranges for them to spend two weeks at Sunny Oaks, the four Alden children enjoy settling into the routines of farm life but become suspicious about a mysterious horse locked in the stables
14) Leah's Pony
Author
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl sells her horse and raises enough money to buy back her father's tractor, which is up for auction, in this story of a Depression era farm.
15) The honey farm
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
519 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia knows how to breathe life back into her farm: offer it as an artists' colony with free room, board, and 'life experience' in exchange for labor. Silvia, a wide-eyed would-be poet, and Ibrahim, a distracted painter, are drawn to her offer, and soon, to each other. But something lies beneath the surface. As the Edenic farm is plagued by events...
16) The Scarebird
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
1987
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely old farmer realizes the value of human friendship when a young man cames to help him and his scarecrow with their farm.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Never knowing his parents, eleven-year-old Stewie Little and his brother have been raised on a farm by their older sister...And every day Stewie goes door to door selling fresh eggs from his wagon--a routine with a surprise just around the corner. It's his new customer, Marilyn. She's prickly and guarded, yet comfortably familiar...Marilyn has a reason for keeping her distance: a secret no one knows about...But whatever difficult times lie ahead,...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Life on a pig farm series. Alisha is a young farmer who raises pigs for her 4-H Club. She shows the excitement of the birth of piglets, the hard work of feeding and raising them, and the thrill of showing pigs at the fair.
20) The winter room
Author
Series
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
1989
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
103 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past.
