Patricia MacLachlan
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Publisher Annotation: Alone In a fierce winter storm Nickel and Flora are brave but afraid. A dog finds them. Teddy Speaks words and brings them to shelter. The poets cabin has light and food and love. But where is the Poet? Teddy will tell the story of how words make poems and connect those who hear each other. The Poets Dog from Newbery Medalwinning author Patricia MacLachlan is a poignant story about two children, a poet, and a dog and how they...
3) Skylark
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When a drought tests the commitment of a mail-order bride from Maine to her new home on the prairie, her stepchildren hope they will be able to remain a family.
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Boxcar children volume Prequel
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In the year before they become the orphans known as the Boxcar children, Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden live with their parents at Fair Meadow Farm, where, although times are hard, they take in a family who has been stranded in their car during a blizzard.
7) Wondrous Rex
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Newbery Medal-winning author Patricia MacLachlan has written a magical and funny tale about the joy found in using words, sharing stories, and loving a wondrous dog named Rex.
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Declan O'Brien always had a gentle word to share, odd phrases he liked to repeat, and songs to sing while he played basketball. His favorite song was Dona Nobis Pacem, "Grant Us Peace." His family loved him deeply and always knew they were loved in return. but a terrible accident one day changes their lives forever, and Fiona and Finn O'Brien are left without a father. Their mother is at a loss. What words are there to guide them through such overwhelming...
14) Kindred souls
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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.
15) Cassie Binegar
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During her family's first summer in a weathered old house by the sea, Cassie learns to accept change and to find her own space.
18) A secret shared
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"Nora and Ben's younger sister Birdy loves to keep secrets ... One day Birdy watches her mother spit into a tube, ready to send it off to find out more about herself ... Birdy spits into a tube, too, when no one sees her. But when the test results come back, they are a surprise. Birdy is seemingly not related to Nora and Ben's parents. But if she is adopted, how could that have happened without the children knowing?"--