Gilbert, Julie
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Maddy Rollag struggles with prairie life on her aunt and uncle's farm in Dakota Territory, but on January 12, 1888, when a blizzard threatens to trap Maddy and her classmates inside their damaged schoolhouse, she finds the courage and strength to lead them to safety. Includes historical note, glossary, and discussion questions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Independent Reader (Red), Call number: JBR RED GILZiegler, Jennifer
Summary: William Wyatt Orser's life is turned upside down after his mother has a stroke, but the socially awkward, word-loving twelve-year-old finds glimmers of hope when he discovers friends who share his love of wordplay and books.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ZIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC ZIEMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: "Emily Climbs" is the second tale in The Emily Starr Series, and tells the story of Emily moving to a high school in Shrewsbury and beginning her career as a writer with the local newspaper.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Read Books Ltd. 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MONSpurr, Elizabeth.
Summary: Mother's long, long letter brings Aunt Hetta surprise and adventure, as the loose pages bury her house and keep her warm during the winter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion Books for Children 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC SPUDiCamillo, Kate
Summary: During the summer before fifth grade, Ferris Wilkey has her hands full with her little sister terrorizing the town, her Aunt Shirley moving into their basement and her grandmother seeing a ghost--one who has wild, impractical and illuminating plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DICSpiro, Ruth
Summary: "Told through a series of poetic letters, this charming celebration of family, plants and boundless love follows a little girl who receives her very own plant baby from her aunt, a gift that helps her bloom and grow, just as the love for her aunt blossoms as well"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE SPICopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SPIMontgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)
Summary: "Emily's Quest" is the final tale in The Emily Starr Series, and tells the story of Emily being separated from her childhood sweetheart and agreeing to marry another man.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Read Books Ltd. 2015