Marshall, Catherine
Summary: "In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient people of the region, with their fierce pride, their dark superstitions, their terrible poverty, and their yearning for beauty and truth. But her faith will be severely challenged by trial and tragedy, by the needs and unique strengths of two...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Oasis Audio 2017
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC MARMarshall, Catherine
Summary: The train taking nineteen-year-old teacher Christy Huddleston from her home in Asheville, North Carolina, might as well be transporting her to another world. The Smoky Mountain community of Cutter Gap feels suspended in time, trapped by poverty, superstitions, and century-old traditions. But as Christy struggles to find acceptance in her new home, some see her - and her one-room school - as a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction MarshallSummary: Winter is here, and the mountain is cold and snowy! All the animals who live there are enjoying the season in their own way: Beaver chews trees, mountain goat leaps across the ice, and hare proudly wears his new white coat. But goose must fly away to somewhere warm, while bear naps in his cave. Kids will love the book's special see-through feature and Anne Passchier's delightful art.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2017
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1 available in Board Books, Call number: JE BOARD PASMaddox, Jake
Summary: Twelve-year-old Carly, determined to convince her family she is well after a serious illness, hides that she feels tired while mountain climbing with her father and brother but an injury puts her to the test. Includes glossary, discussion questions, writing prompts, and information about mountain climbing.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MADDonnelly, Jennifer.
Summary: In 1906, sixteen-year-old Mattie, determined to attend college and be a writer against the wishes of her father and fiance, takes a job at a summer inn where she discovers the truth about the death of a guest. Based on a true story.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House/Listening Library 2003
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DONChild, Lincoln
Summary: Logan travels to an isolated writers' retreat deep in the Adirondacks to finally work on his book when the remote community is rocked by the grisly discovery of a dead hiker on Desolation Mountain. The body has been severely mauled, but the unusual savagery of the bite and claw marks call into question the initial suspicions of a wild bear attack. When Logan is asked to help investigate, he...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHICopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD Fiction Child 2017Fields, Jan
Summary: When the Discover Cryptids crew arrives in Arkansas to investigate the Ozark Howler, possibly an escaped exotic big cat, they find themselves in direct competition with a rival television crew for the program Bump in the Night--but when they are examining signs of the monster Gabe falls into the river and is swept away.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016
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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC FIEBergen, Lara
Summary: A retelling of the tale in which a man who sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains wakes to a much-changed world.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1997
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE BERChandler, Matt
Summary: Twelve-year-old Ella loves visiting her grandparents in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina every summer, and this year her grandfather announces they are going catfish noodling--but Ella is unsure about catching a fish with her bare hands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone 2024
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC CHASummary: A beautiful musical comedy that follows one young man's journey as he experiences the true spirit of Ukraine on his search for a woman to call his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HUTGrey, Zane
Summary: Milt Dale takes shelter at an old log cabin in the forest. It is here he overhears vengeful men scheming to kidnap Helen, the niece and heiress of a prominent rancher in poor health, and take over her uncle's vast property themselves. Determined to thwart the men, Milt springs into action. After narrowly escaping, Milt leads Helen and her kid sister away from manmade danger and deep into the...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Audiobook on MP3 CD, Call number: MP3CD FIC GREHunt, Greg
Summary: Ridge Parkman thinks he can just retire and move to Missouri to breed horses, but then an assignment comes along with his name all over it. Parkman nearly dies on the western slopes of the Rockies after a bloody shootout with a fellow marshal gone rogue. While recuperating in a remote mining town, a kind, rough-edged woman convinces him that he'd make a fine husband, and that it's time to...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HUNEaton, Maxwell
Summary: Stay calm and scout it out! Take inventory of what you have. Find shelter. Make a fire. Signal for help. Secure water and food. Follow Scout's trial through the mountains as she explains how to survive if you ever find yourself lost in the wildnerness. A perfect travel companion for those with a knack for adventure!
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC EAT (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Onodera, Maya
Summary: "It's almost Christmas Eve. Robin wants to celebrate Christmas Day with his grandfather. But Grandpa lives on the other side of the mountain. So, with his backpack and a lot of courage, Robin takes off on an adventure."--Publisher description.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Clavis 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC ONOStites, Jan
Summary: "Along the banks of the Sweet Oak River, deep in the heart of the Ozarks, a book club takes five women on stunning journeys of self-discovery as they embark on an exploration of modern-day love guided by written tales of romance"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2017
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC STIFurlong, Susan
Summary: "In the Appalachian town of Bone Gap, Tennessee, backwoods justice is more than just blind. It's swift, silent, and shockingly personal. Especially for Irish Traveller turned deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan... "Hear No Evil." The first message is found in a playground. A few feet away, a pair of human ears hang from the monkey bars. Deputy sheriff Brynn Callahan isn't sure what to make of this...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FURCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FURMcGinnis, Mindy
Summary: When Ashley goes hiking in the Smokies with her friends for a night of partying, the falling dark and creaking trees are second nature to her. Catching her boyfriend with another girl, drunken rage sends Ashley running into the night, stopped only by a nasty fall into a ravine. Morning brings the realization that she is alone-- and far off trail. Lost in undisturbed forest, with nothing but...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCGWebber, Pam.
Summary: "Set in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the summer of 1969, Moon Water follows Nettie, a gritty sixteen-year-old who is reeling from sucker punches coming from all directions. Her boyfriend since grade school wants to break up just as they were beginning to figure out the sex thing, her life-long nemesis is jabbing her with perfectly polished nails, and her hell's fire and brimstone preacher...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: She Writes Press 2019
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: FIC WEBBlake, Bethany
Summary: "Daphne Templeton's sister Piper is getting married-and their mother is getting carried away. She insists on hiring Sylvan Creek's top event planner, Abigail Sinclair, who proposes an Independence Day theme complete with Statue of Liberty-inspired bridesmaid dresses. With all the bickering among the families, Daphne's glad her only duty right now is pet-sitting for Abby's cat, Ms. Peebles. But...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BLAFeehan, Christine.
Summary: "He came to her in the night, a predator -- strength and power chiseled his features. The seduction was deep and elemental; he affected her soul. His need. His darkness. His terrible haunting loneliness. Her senses aroused, she craved the dangerous force of his body. Burned for him. And he had only touched her with his mind. She came to him at dawn, his bleakest hour. As the beast raged inside...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avon 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FEEFulton, C. R.
Summary: "Get behind me!" Isaiah shouts, as the branches are snapping..."Something's coming!" Discovering their newfound tradition and love for camping at the Grand Tetons, The Campground Kids anticipate their next adventure--exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Shortly after they arrive, the family receives bear encounter training. The Campground Kids soon understand why camping in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bakken Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FULCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FULGrant, Kimi Cunningham
Summary: "A father and daughter living in the remote Appalachian mountains must reckon with the ghosts of their past in Kimi Cunningham Grant's These Silent Woods, a mesmerizing novel of suspense. No electricity, no family, no connection to the outside world. For eight years, Cooper and his young daughter, Finch, have lived in isolation in a remote cabin in the northern Appalachian woods. And that's...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRACopies Available at Woodmere
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction GrantMead, Richelle.
Summary: For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village, where rocky terrain and frequent avalanches prevent residents from self-sustaining. Fei and her people are at the mercy of a zipline that carries food up the treacherous cliffs from Beiguo, a mysterious faraway kingdom.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 2015
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MEAAtkinson, Cale
Summary: "A bear and a boy who both love exploring learn to share their adventures together"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Hyperion 2016