Cambridge Springs Public Library

"Ann Patchett, the New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth and State of Wonder, returns with her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go"--

The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses.

Young Francie Nolan, having inherited both her father's romantic and her mother's practical nature, struggles to survive and thrive growing up in the slums of Brooklyn in the early twentieth century.

Living with his alcoholic father on a broken-down sailboat on Puget Sound has been hard on seventeen-yearj-old Chance Taylor, but when his love of running leads to a high-paying job, he quickly learns that the money is not worth the risk.

A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) is a novel by Gene Stratton-Porter. An immediate bestseller, A Girl of the Limberlost-her fourth novel-established Stratton-Porter's reputation as a leading naturalist and writer of the American Midwest. Written for children and adults alike, A Girl of the Limberlost is a classic tale of struggle and survival set in one of Indiana's iconic wilderness regions. Elnora Comstock has always felt different. Raised on the...

In the city where they lived, homeless people were invisible to Chelsea and Leo Wellington, until they met Agnes. Agnes had been a teacher and, like Chelsea and Leo, she loved to study bugs. However, then she got sick. She lost her job, her home, and her dreams. Agnes helps Chelsea and Leo solve a problem. Can they find a way to help her?

Delly Porter has a happy life. She needs new shoes, but doesn't really mind because she loves the soft, silky feel of the dirt road beneath her bare feet. She's a good artist, too, even if she has to make her own art supplies. And she loves her schoolteacher, Miss Violet, who lets her help in the classroom. Life only looks brighter when Miss Violet announces the school will have a Shoebox Social to help raise funds for new art materials. But when...

The main character, Ann, is born into poverty in 1947. It shows how her family controls her and keeps her in poverty through their attitudes regarding gender inequality, immigrants, and minorities. We learn from her how to break this cycle to get out of poverty. She grows up in Brooklyn with a single mother and an absentee father and tells the story through her memories. You hear about the three generations of women who were chained to poverty...

Her crimes didn't rank as felonies. A mishap on the middle school basketball court. A prank. And a food fight.When Teegan Miller's position is threatened by the new girl on the basketball team, Teegan wants her adversary eliminated.Instead Coach suspends Teegan from the team and challenges her to volunteer at a soup kitchen where mystery shrouds more than the meat.The nameless faces at the soup kitchen force Teegan to confront hunger in the most unlikely...

Mia hates being caught in a game of tug of war. Torn between popularity and her longtime friends, she's tired of being jerked back and forth.Then a car accident rocks Mia's world, changing everything.Her appearance.Her social standing.Her confidence.Rejected and afraid, Mia longs to disappear.Her friend Bronwyn tries to help, but she has big problems of her own. Her abusive father has broken his restraining order. Now Bronwyn and her sister are terrorized...