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(0)Gloria Houston
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c1988
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Ruthie and her mother wonder how they will fulfill their obligation of getting the perfect Christmas tree to the town for the holiday celebration, since Papa has left the Appalachian area to go to war.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Dorothy has always wanted to work in a library like the red brick one of her girlhood, but after moving to rural North Carolina she discovers that the type of library is less important than the books and the people who read them.
5) But no candy
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
While her Uncle Ted is off fighting in World War II, Lee watches the candy gradually disappear from the shelves of her family's store and realizes that her entire world has changed.
6) Littlejim
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Littlejim, a bookish boy living in a rural North Carolina community in the early years of the twentieth century, hopes to win a newspaper essay contest and thus gain the respect of his stern father.
