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A Day No Pigs Would Die


by Robert Newton Peck

  • LITERATURE
  • 1973
  • HARD COVER
  • 150 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old Vermont boy. (USE227, $24.00)

How Tia Lola Came to Stay


by Julia Alvarez

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 112 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A ten-year-old is visited by his colorful Dominican aunt. (USE226, $6.99)

Sugaring Time


by Kathryn Lasky

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A chronicle of one Vermont family's process of making maple syrup. (USE238, $8.99)

Understood Betsy


by Kimberly Bulcken Root | Dorothy Canfield Fisher

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 184 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Originally published in 1916, this is a wonderful story about a 9-year-old orphaned girl who goes to live with her cousins on a Vermont farm. (USE228, $18.95)

Preacher's Boy


by Katherine Paterson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A coming-of-age tale set in rural 1899 Vermont, featuring a high-spirited preacher's son. (USE237, $15.00)

 

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