A Day No Pigs Would Die
• Robert Newton Peck
LITERATURE •
1973 •
HARD COVER
• 150 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A coming-of-age story about a 13-year-old boy in a Shaker family, with lots of vernacular Vermontese, as well as some poignant themes about death and responsibility. It's popular with pre-teens.
(USE227, $24.00) |
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How Tia Lola Came to Stay
• Julia Alvarez
LITERATURE •
2002 •
PAPER
• 112 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Ten-year-old Miguel has a hard time adjusting to his new home in Vermont, and it's made no easier when his colorful Aunt Lola comes up to visit from the Dominican Republic. A funny and uplifting tale for 9-12-year-olds. Eventually, though, Lola's warmth and spirit helps to unite the family -- and the community.
(USE226, $6.99) |
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Sugaring Time
• Kathryn Lasky
NATURAL HISTORY •
1986 •
PAPER
• 64 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
A poetic chronicle of one real Vermont family's sugaring process from start (tapping the trees) to finish (eating the maple syrup). Christopher Knight took the excellent black-and-white photographs. For children ages 8 to 12.
(USE238, $8.99) |
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Understood Betsy
• Kimberly Bulcken Root
• Dorothy Canfield Fisher
LITERATURE •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 184 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
Originally published in 1916, this wonderful story is about a 9-year-old orphaned girl who goes to live with her cousins on a Vermont farm. In learning such earthy tasks as how to churn butter, she gains confidence and a sense of self. Fisher does a wonderful job of capturing the conflicts and emotions of childhood. While the novel will appeal particularly to young girls, we must admit it was a childhood favorite -- when we were young boys. Ages 9-12.
(USE228, $18.95) |
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Preacher's Boy
• Katherine Paterson
LITERATURE •
1999 •
HARD COVER
• 160 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Another astute coming-of-age novel by the Newbery Medal-winning author of "Bridge to Terabithia" and "Jacob Have I Loved". This time Paterson sets her story in 1899 Vermont, where 10-year-old Robbie is so alarmed by reports of the coming end of the world that he resolves to become an "apeist" because apeists have more fun. His preacher father is most displeased. For ages 12 and up.
(USE237, $15.00) |
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