Showing posts with label farms. Show all posts
Showing posts with label farms. Show all posts

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan

Kindred Souls by Patricia MacLachlan
HarperCollins Children's Books
119 pg.


Ten year-old Jake shares a special bond with his grandfather, Billy, but when Billy asks Jake to build him a sod house, Jake is not sure he wants to do it.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

R My Name Is Rachel by Patricia Reilly Giff

R My Name Is Rachel by Patricia Reilly Giff
Wendy Lamb Books
2011
166p.

Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Ten Miles Past Normal by Francis O'Roark Dowell

Ten Miles Past Normal by Francis O'Roark Dowell
Atheneum Books For Young Readers
2011
211p.


Because living with "modern-hippy" parents on a goat farm means fourteen-year-old Janie Gorman cannot have a normal high school life, she tries joining Jam Band, making friends with Monster, and spending time with elderly former civil rights workers.


Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Little Joe by Sandra Neil Wallace

Little Joe by Sandra Neil Wallace

Alfred A. Knopf
2010
184 p.

Summary:  Nine-year-old Eli raises his first bull calf and looks forward to showing it at the county fair.