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Mills, Lauren A.

Summary: In the poverty of the Appalachian coal country in 1908, eight-year-old Minna's life gets even more difficult after her father dies of black lung, and that winter she cannot go to school because she does not have a coat--until the quilting mothers make her a coat using pieces of cloth from their own lives, each with a special story behind it.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MIL

Lilly, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Marie)

Summary: Whether you're settling in for a heaping plate of banana pudding or arepas and tostones, a good meal can always bring families together. Once a year, on a Friday night, My family leaves the city And drives hours and hours . . . First my family drives through the mountains to stop at Mamaw and Papaw's house in rural West Virginia. We share blueberry jam and toast for breakfast the next morning,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: [Library Ideas, LLC] 2021

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Bauer, Joan

Summary: Twelve-year-old Foster McFee and her mother escape from her mother's abusive boyfriend and end up in the small town of Culpepper, West Virginia, where they use their strengths and challenge themselves to build a new life, with the help of the friends they make there.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking Childrens Books 2011

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1 available in Stacks, Call number: J FIC BAU

Dooley, Sarah.

Summary: After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2011

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOO

Moore, David Barclay

Summary: "Javari knew that West Virginia would be different from his home in Bushwick, Brooklyn. But his first day at STEM Camp in a little Appalachian town is still a shock. Though run-ins with the police are just the same here. Not good. Javari will learn a lot about science ... And also about rich people, racism, and hidden agendas. But it's Cricket, a local boy, budding activist, and occasional...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC MOO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC MOO

Dooley, Sarah

Summary: "After her brother dies in a fire, Sasha Harless has no one left and nowhere to turn, but soon discovers family she didn't know she had, and begins to heal through poetry"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2016

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J FIC DOO

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC DOO

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.

Summary: "Marty and his best friend, Shiloh are on another adventure. Marty learns when a secret is too dangerous to keep, and that hate can spread like fire"--

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2015

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION NAY

Hahn, Mary Downing

Summary: "They say that a ghost witch lives in the woods, up on Brewster's Hill. They say her companion, Bloody Bones, has a pig skull for a face and stands taller than a man, his skeleton gleaming white in the moonlight. They say that the witch takes young girls, and no one ever sees them again. Daniel doesn't believe the stories about the witch or her beast. He figures the kids on the bus are just...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Etch/Clarion imprints of HarperCollins Publishers 2022

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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HAH

Rylant, Cynthia.

Summary: After the death of the beloved aunt who has raised her, twelve-year-old Summer and her uncle Ob leave their West Virginia trailer in search of the strength to go on living. Twelve-year-old Summer, her classmate Cletus, and her grieving Uncle Ob set off across West Virginia in search of a "Small Medium at Large" in fond hopes of reaching Aunt May beyond the grave. Their journey is heartening,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Inc. 2003

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC Rylan

Fields, Jan

Summary: Gabe and the other monster hunters arrive in a wildlife management area in West Virginia to investigate reports of a monster called the Mothman--but mostly what they see are owls, until something much larger attacks them in the night.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Magic Wagon 2016

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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC FIE

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds.

Summary: When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Listening Library 1992

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Rand, Johnathan.

Summary: When Brandon accidentally breaks a window with his softball, he doesn't realize he's in for more than just a little bit of trouble. For the home with the broken window belongs to none other than Dr. Joseph Wentmeyer, the crazy mad scientist and inventor. He and his friend, Kara, agree to work off the cost of the window by cleaning up his laboratory. What they don't realize is that the doctor...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: AudioCraft 2006

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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC RAN

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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC RAN

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J Fiction Ran

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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series Am Rand

White, Ruth

Summary: In the West Virginia town of Way Down Deep in the 1950s, a foundling called Ruby June is happily living with Miss Arbutus at the local boarding house when suddenly, after the arrival of a family of outsiders, the mystery of Ruby's past begins to unravel.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar Straus Giroux 2007

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC White

Lassieur, Allison

Summary: This encyclopedia offers readers the chance to explore the 63 national parks in the United States and its territories. Alongside photos of the parks, the text highlights each park's history, points of interest, and things to do. Features include glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Encyclopedias, an imprint of Abdo Reference 2023

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J917.3 LAS

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