Catherine Ryan Hyde
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 10
Physical Desc
262 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Accustomed to leaving her frail young son with her neighbor, Mitch, while she goes to work, Pearl, a teenage mother, one day does not return, leaving Mitch and Leonard alone to grow up together and to become an unusual family.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Out there is chaos, the collapse of society, and so much to be afraid of. All that matters is freedom. That's what Remy Blake has been taught by his survivalist father. Raised off the grid in the middle of nowhere, his own survival skills not yet honed, Remy is days shy of his eighth birthday when his father unexpectedly dies. As seasons pass, supplies run out, and fending for himself grows more desperate, Remy sets out on foot, unprepared for the...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"1941. Steven Katz is the son of prosperous landowners in rural California. Although his parents don't approve, he's found true friends in Nick, Suki, and Ollie, sons of field workers. The group is inseparable. But Steven is in turmoil. He's beginning to acknowledge that his feelings for Nick amount to more than friendship. When the bombing of Pearl Harbor draws the US into World War II, Suki and his family are forced to leave their home for the internment...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 6
Physical Desc
201 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Ernie, an overweight high school student and long-time target of bullies, relies on his best friend Will to watch his back until Will, overwhelmed by problems at home and guilt over his brother's death, seeks a final solution.
5) Electric God
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
318 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
397 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
While duck hunting one morning, childless, middle-aged Nathan McCann finds a newborn abandoned in the woods. To his shock, the child--wrapped in a sweater and wearing a tiny knitted hat--is still alive. To his wife's shock, Nathan wants to adopt the boy...but the child's grandmother steps in. Nathan makes her promise, however, that one day she'll bring the boy to meet him so he can reveal that he was the one who rescued him.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Recovering a long-suppressed ability to feel the emotions of others, a 40-year-old cattle rancher falls in love with a single mother whose son is struggling with trauma from experiences with an abusive father.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won't be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she'll be back the next...
Author
Language
English
Description
Michael Steeb is an aimless twenty-one-year-old pot farmer in Central California in the 1980s. He has no real plans or interests . . . until the day he connects with memories of a life that seems to belong to someone else. That "spirit" is Walter, a young American soldier killed in World War II. Michael's task is the near impossible: to lead Walter's family to closure and peace, to deliver the real truth behind Walter's Purple Heart, and to somehow...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (9 hr., 32 min.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A story of nature revealing human nature--the trickiest terrain. Navigating an unforgiving landscape, Ethan searches himself for the ability to forgive his father--if he finds him alive.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman who joined a search party for a missing 19 year-old discovers her hiding in a cave, terrified that her abusive boyfriend will kill her if he sees her again and must make a decision about keeping her secret. When nineteen-year-old Jill Moss goes missing near the Utah-Arizona border, everyone has an opinion. Only Norma Gallagher, a search and rescue volunteer, knows the real story. Norma’s already found Jill, huddled in a cave and terrified...