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Author
Series
The book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Cussy Mary Carter is the last of her kind, her skin the color of a blue damselfly in these dusty hills. But that doesn't mean she's got nothing to offer. As a member of the Pack Horse Library Project, Cussy delivers books to the hill folk of Troublesome, hoping to spread learning in these desperate times. But not everyone is so keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and the hardscrabble Kentuckians are quick to blame a Blue for any trouble...
2) Christy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 threat to their way of life. Her faith is
...Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
In Appalachia and the Midwest at the turn of the twentieth century, fifteen-year-old Albertina "Bertie" Winslow leads her farm family through a series of challenges and hard-won triumphs.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Formats
Description
Growing up motherless and under the thumb of a cruel stepfather in hardscrabble 1920s Kentucky, Bertie Fisher and her older sister, Mabel, are torn apart by a painful misunderstanding that reverberates through the lives of their daughters and granddaughters.
Author
Series
Hollyhill volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The summer of 1964 certainly was eventful, but it's nothing compared to what's coming to the Brooke family and to Hollyhill, Kentucky. David finally gets up the nerve to pop the question to Leigh and wedding plans are in the making. But the past is coming to call on many in Hollyhill, threatening to destroy the relationships that everyone thought were so strong. Two people--one David thought was gone for good and the other no one's ever heard of--are...
8) The ridge
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
357 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A local Kentucky reporter must convince people that an age-old local legend has come to life after he receives a suicide note from the builder of a homemade lighthouse in the middle of the woods.
Author
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
413 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Lovely but tough as nails, Lael Click is the daughter of a celebrated frontiersman. Haunted by her father's former captivity with the Shawnee Indians, as well as the secret sins of her family's past, Lael comes of age in the fragile Kentucky settlement her father founded. Though she faces the loss of a childhood love, a dangerous family feud, and the affection of a Shawnee warrior, Lael draws strength from the rugged land she calls home, and from...
10) The journey
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
382 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Titus Fisher moves to Kentucky, escaping the girl who broke his heart, he finds his calling in woodworking, as well as a new friendship with secret artist, Suzanne Yoder.
11) Torrent Falls
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
393 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The year is 1888; Copper is a young widow with a baby trying to make a go of the ramshackle farm she received from her father in Troublesome Creek. Copper's life seems as dilapidated as the farm as she struggles to come to terms with her shattered world. Desperate to rekindle the easy faith she had as a child, she searches for peace and God's direction in the serenity of the Kentucky mountains. Further complicating her life is a budding romance with...
12) Tree of Freedom
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
1947
Physical Desc
279 p. :
Language
English
Description
A Newbery Honor Book: During the Revolutionary War, a courageous pioneer girl fights for freedom When thirteen-year-old Stephanie Venable moves with her family from North Carolina to a four-hundred-acre homestead in Kentucky, she knows they're in for a great adventure. The family sells whatever belongings they can't fit in their covered wagon, and begin the long journey west. But Stephanie has brought something special with her, an apple seed from...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
263 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the 1970s, twelve-year-old Chili Sue Mahoney longs to escape her tiny Kentucky home town and see the world, but she also learns to recognize beauty in the people and places around her.
Author
Series
Book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 2
Publisher
Sourcebooks Landmark
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the ruggedness of the beautiful Kentucky mountains, Honey Lovett has always known that the old ways can make a hard life harder. As the daughter of the famed blue-skinned, Troublesome Creek packhorse librarian, Honey and her family have been hiding from the law all her life. But when her mother and father are imprisoned, Honey realizes she must fight to stay free, or risk being sent away for good. Picking up her mother's old packhorse library...
15) Dream of Night
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2010
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 5
Physical Desc
218 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Told from their different points of view, twelve-year-old Shiloh, a troubled foster child, Dream of Night, an abused former racehorse, and Jess, a woman who cares for both, find healing by helping one another through their pain.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Beatrice Miller copes with the ups and downs of friendships, puberty, and identity, guided by the wisdom and love of her beloved Mamaw and mom, the summer before seventh grade..
Author
Series
New Americana volume 8
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Determined to save the family farm from foreclosure, Derby-winning horse trainer Jo Beth Ellis reinvents the property as a healing retreat for horses and makes a deal with her handsome neighbor in hopes of winning a trifecta--a champion horse, a happy family and a forever love"--
19) The struggle
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
376 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Can a couple rent by grief find renewal? Timothy Fishers decision to move his family from their home in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, isnt a happy one for his wife, Hannah. Everything she knows is in Lancaster Countyher mother, her home, her friends. But what choice does Hannah have? Realizing that her place is with her husband and young daughter, she reluctantly goesbut her new life is a hard adjustment. Nothing Timothy does pleases Hannah, and...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When a fifteen-year-old girl from a small mid-twentieth-century Kentucky town sneaks onto a rival family's property and discovers a dead body, she is forced to confront dangerous events from the past in order to protect the town.