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Regional novel by Edward Eggleston, first serialized in Hearth and Home in 1871 and published in book form the same year. The novel is primarily of interest for its naturalism, its setting in rural Indiana, and its extensive use of Hoosier dialect. Based partially on the experiences of the author's brother, the novel relates episodes in the lives of inhabitants of a backwoods Indiana town as well as the experiences of the young man who is hired to...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
800L
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English
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Loving their gifted teacher, three boys are dismayed when the teacher falls ill and leaves for the rest of the school year, a situation that compels them to share their stories while cutting class and journeying across town together on a fateful day.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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In rural Indiana in 1904, Fifteen-year-old Russell's dreams of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew are disrupted when his older sister takes over teaching the classroom at his one-room schoolhouse after mean, old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies".
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Indiana cousins volume 3
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English
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Jolene Yoder returns to Indiana to teach lip reading and sign language to the newly deaf Amish man Lonnie Hershberger. As she begins falling for Lonnie, Jolene wonders if she'll ever see "signs" of his love for her. Lovelorn Lonnie is fighting his attraction to Jolene, especially since she seems smitten by Jake Beechy. And Ella Miller is worried the roving Jake will end up breaking her cousin Jolene's heart, never realizing that Jake has really set...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
630L
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English
Description
"Trevor McKinney, a twelve-year-old boy in a small California town, accepts his teacher's challenge to earn extra credit by coming up with a plan to change the world. His idea is simple: do a good deed for three people and instead of asking them to return the favor, ask them to 'pay it forward' to three others who need help"--
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The "Mark Twain of Indiana" captures the nostalgia of small-town life and recounts his coming-of-age in Danville, Indiana. Witness the uproarious story of Gulley's young life, including his infatuation with his comely sixth-grade teacher, his dalliance with sin--eating meat on Friday and inappropriate activities with a mannequin named Ginger--and his checkered start with organized religion.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
840L
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English
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"Laura's teaching position forces her to live away from home for the first time. Only one thing gets her through the lonely weeks - every weekend, Almanzo Wilder arrives at the school to take Laura home for a visit"--P. [4] of cover..
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This remarkable collection encompasses three hundred years of Indiana music through printed music and recordings. It includes Indiana folk songs and dance tunes, songs about Indiana, and music by Indiana composers. In addition, it brings history to life with stories of early settlers, games played by Native American and pioneer children, folk dances, poems, and more. Perfect for planning Pioneer Days festivals, thematic units, school programs. book/...
16) Raintree County
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English
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A young man grows up in Raintree County, Indiana and becomes a teacher and an outspoken abolitionist. He marries a southern belle just after the outbreak of the Civil War. Battling mental illness she flees to her Southern home ; he joins the Union Army so that he can push into Georgia and find his wife.
17) Hocus pocus
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English
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A fired college professor and Vietnam veteran becomes a teacher at a nearby prison, only to have his old college occupied by prison escapees, who make him warden, then inmate.
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Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
910L
Language
English
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Spurred by a special project from her social studies teacher, seventh-grader Bethesda Fielding uncovers the secret identity of her music teacher, which leads to a most unusual concert performance and a tutoring assignment.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Lexile measure
750L
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English
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With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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