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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...
Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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
Series
Hollyhill volume 3
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
347 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Book woman of Troublesome Creek volume 2
Language
English
Formats
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...
7) 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.
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
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.
10) The struggle
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
376 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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"--
13) Wonderland Creek
Author
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Alice Grace Ripley lives in a dream world, her nose stuck in a book until her boyfriend breaks up with her and she looses her library job during the depression. She goes to the coal-mining town of Acorn where she finds adventure, mystery, and romance.
14) The healing
Author
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
377 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
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...
17) Wormwood
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 17
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
The heart of Hollyhill volume 2
Publisher
Fleming H. Revell
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
412 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
19) The sisters
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
11 CDs (13 1/2 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 cm.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in hardscrabble Kentucky in the 1920s, with their mother dead and their stepfather an ever-present threat, Bertie Fischer and her older sister Mabel have no one but each other--with perhaps a sweetheart for Bertie waiting in the wings. But on the day that Bertie receives her eighth-grade diploma, good intentions go terribly wrong. A choice made in desperate haste sets off a chain of misunderstandings that will divide the sisters and reverberate...
Author
Series
Hidden Springs mysteries volume Book 3
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Hidden Springs Deputy Sheriff Michael Keen is called in to investigate a suspicious string of deaths at an empty old Victorian mansion, before more bodies can turn up.
Maggie Greene is trespassing in the old, empty Victorian mansion on a quiet street in Hidden Springs, to have private time in the magnificent tower room to write her stories. She hides when a realtor shows up, but there's someone else is in the house too. When Maggie finds the realtor's...