Alison Hart
1) Bell's Star
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In the Vermont spring of 1853, Bell's Star, a Morgan horse, and his owner Katie rescue a runaway slave and try to outwit the slave catchers in order to help her to freedom
2) Shadow Horse
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old foster kid Jasmine Schuler is immediately drawn to the scrawny, broken-looking brown gelding huddled in the corner of an auction house stall. Feeling a kinship with the lonely animal, Jas convinces her new foster mom, who rescues and rehabilitates abused horses on her Virginia farm, to buy him. Slowly, the horse Jas names Shadow begins to blossom and even to thrive. But when Jas uncovers a startling clue to Shadow's true identity,...
3) Whirlwind
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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Description
Here is the much-begged-for sequel to Shadow Horse. With a feisty female protagonist, a little romance, a lot of mystery, and a barnful of animals just waiting to be loved, this young adult horse mystery novel will have young girls galloping to the bookstore to grab their copy.
When thirteen-year-old Jas Schuler found her beloved mare Whirlwind dead in her padlock, she thought her heart would break. But now Jas knows the truth: Whirlwind...
When thirteen-year-old Jas Schuler found her beloved mare Whirlwind dead in her padlock, she thought her heart would break. But now Jas knows the truth: Whirlwind...
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
A girl, her mother, and their dog must find a way to survive in gold rush-era Alaska.
After escaping from his brutal and merciless owner, Murphy is taken in by a young girl named Sally. She and her mother have just arrived in Nome, Alaska, intent on joining the other gold seekers and making a new life. Yet even with Murphy at their side, Sally and Mama find living in the mining town harsh and forbidding.
When it seems they may have to...
After escaping from his brutal and merciless owner, Murphy is taken in by a young girl named Sally. She and her mother have just arrived in Nome, Alaska, intent on joining the other gold seekers and making a new life. Yet even with Murphy at their side, Sally and Mama find living in the mining town harsh and forbidding.
When it seems they may have to...
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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Description
A boy and his dog survive the 1909 Cherry Mine disaster in this action-packed and heartwarming story.
When Thomas's family needs money, he's forced to go to work in the coal mines, even though neither of his late parents wanted that for him. His only comfort is his dog Finder, a failed hunting dog who now pulls a cart in the mines. When disaster strikes, can Thomas and Finder escape from the fires deep below ground?
The Dog Chronicles...
When Thomas's family needs money, he's forced to go to work in the coal mines, even though neither of his late parents wanted that for him. His only comfort is his dog Finder, a failed hunting dog who now pulls a cart in the mines. When disaster strikes, can Thomas and Finder escape from the fires deep below ground?
The Dog Chronicles...
6) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
7) temp words
Author
Language
English
Description
All we have is the moment the rest is fiction. Impermanence saves me, betrays me, the constant flux of life. Sometimes I celebrate it, other times grief sets in like an immovable mountain.
These poems are journeys through states: grief, outrage, identity, temptation, and lastly transcendence.
8) Making Hats
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Language
English
Description
Hats finish an outfit; they make a statement, provide panache and lift your spirits. This book explains how to make your own hats, using traditional construction methods with both specialist millinery foundation materials and a range of fabrics and trimmings. It showcases twenty-six hats and headpieces, each with step-by-step photographs and instructions, some using ready-made elements, others that are made from scratch. Celebrating the versatility...
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Series
Language
English
Description
It's my first day back at school after the holidays and I've already got three burning questions:
1) When is my family's disgusting diet going to end?
2) How will I finish my group project on time?
3) Why is my best friend Alex suddenly not talking to me?
If that's not bad enough, the classroom is overrun with lizards. At least things can't get worse, right?
Praise for School Rules Are Optional: 'A rollicking ride!' (Nat Amoore), 'A full-on...
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Series
Language
English
Description
It's the first day of school and I've already got three problems:
1) Mrs. Leeman is my classroom teacher. She's so ancient she taught my dad.
2) I might have accidentally been voted school captain. I had an unusually popular day when the class voted last year.
3) Somehow I've lost my Grade Six jumper between receiving it and Mrs. Leeman's lecture about being responsible.
That's a lot to go wrong in half an hour. On top of that, it's a million...
11) Mostly White
Author
Language
English
Description
A family saga: four generations of mixed-race African American, Native American, and Irish women experience intergenerational trauma as well as the healing brought by nature and music, leading to triumphant resilience. Mostly White begins in 1890 when Emma, a mixed-race Native American and African American girl, is beaten by nuns and confined in a closet for speaking her language at an Indian Residential school in Maine. From there, a tale that spans...
Author
Series
Dog chronicles volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
At home in England, Darling is the mischievous but much-loved pet of Robert and Katherine. But when the British military asks families to volunteer their dogs to help the war effort, they send Darling off to be trained, even though it is very hard to say goodbye. Darling goes through training along with many other dogs and is ultimately used as a mercy dog, seeking out injured soldiers on the battlefield and leading the medics to them. After saving
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English
Description
Three fierce women connected to a billionaire film mogul collide at a Hollywood party in this richly observed novel about female ambition, complicity, and privilege. Zanne Klein never planned to be a personal assistant to Hollywood royalty Ted and Holly Stabler. But a decade in at thirty-eight, that's exactly how she spends her days, earning six figures to make sure the movie mogul and his family have everything they could ever dream of and more....
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English
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"April, May, June, and July Barber don't have much in common anymore. An upcoming family wedding will place the four siblings in the same room for the first time in years. But shortly before, when April spots their father, who went missing while serving overseas a decade ago, their reunion becomes entirely more complicated. While the siblings' search for the truth about their father forces them back into each other's lives, it also intensifies their...