Ballad novels
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Series
Ballad novels volume 1
Language
English
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The Hamelin High School class of 1966 plans a grand reunion. In the meantime, a famous singer has bought the town mansion and is stalked by a killer.
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Ballad novels volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 12
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
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"When four members of the Underhill family are murdered, Laura Bruce agrees to become the guardian to the two surviving children, unaware that the local seer, Nora Bonesteel, predicts tragedy for her."--from NoveList.
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Ballad novels volume 3
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
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Suspense novel about a historian who is backpacking on the Appalachian Trail, trying to retrace the tragic journey of eighteen-year-old Katie Wyler, who was captured by the Shawnee after the massacre of her pioneer family in Mitchell County, North Carolina. Also at large in the Appalachian wilderness is Hiram Sorley, who has escaped from the Northeast Correctional Center in Tennessee.
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Ballad novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Four sons--a car salesman, a soldier, a naturalist and an actor--gather in Tennessee to build a coffin for their dying father. The novel describes their conflicts as they decide on the future of their farm, which has been in the family since 1790 and which a real estate developer wants to buy.
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Ballad novels volume 5
Language
English
Description
A century after a woman was hanged for killing her husband, a Tennessee sheriff reopens her case. Spencer Arrowood always thought she was innocent, but now that he has been summoned to witness an execution he needs to know.
7) Ghost riders
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Series
Ballad novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
"Disguising herself as a boy to join the Union army alongside her husband, Malinda Blalock raids the farms of Confederate sympathizers and promotes the efforts of governor Zebulon Vance, who would protect Appalachian interests."--from NoveList.
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English
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In the wake of a sensationalized 1934 trial involving an Appalachian Virginia teacher's alleged murder of her tyrant father, novice journalist Carl Jennings is denounced by a greedy media determined to portray the defendant as a backwards mountain girl.
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Series
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English
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A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording re-imagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched account that reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.
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Ballad novels volume 10
Language
English
Description
"John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution, he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatened his settlement--promising to burn the farms and kill families--the war became personal. That arrogant officer is Patrick Ferguson of the British Army--who is both charmingly antagonistic and surprisingly endearing. Inventor of the Ferguson rifle, and the devoted...
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Series
Ballad novels volume 11
Language
English
Description
Suddenly thrust into the role of primary caretaker for her family following the tragic death of her husband, Ellie Robbins is appointed to serve out his term as sheriff of their rural Tennessee mountain town. The year is 1936, and her role is largely symbolic, except for the one task that only a sheriff can do: execute a convicted prisoner. Ellie has long proven she can handle herself. But becoming sheriff is altogether different, and the demands...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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"When someone buys the old Honeycutt house, Nora Bonesteel is glad to see some life brought back to the old mansion, even if it is by summer people. But when they decide to stay through Christmas, they find more than old memories in the walls. On Christmas Eve, Sheriff Spencer Arrowood and Deputy Joe LeDonne find themselves on an unwelcome call to arrest an elderly man for a minor offense. As they attempt to do their duty, while doing the right thing...