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English
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Two brothers work a rich and bountiful land--and one extraordinary woman shares their lives. To Jonathan Gray, Mary is a devoted and giving mate. To Aaron, she is a beloved friend. But seven childless years of marriage have forced Jonathan to ask the unthinkable of his brother and his wife--binding the two people he cares for most with an act of desire born of compassion ... awakening Mary to the pain of infidelity, and to all the bittersweet joy...
3) Full service
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1965, teenager Paul Sutton, a northern Minnesota farm boy, takes a job at a gas station in town, where his strict religious upbringing is challenged by new people and experiences.
4) Defect
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
After spending most of his life in Minnesota foster homes hiding a bizarre physical abnormality, fifteen-year-old David is offered a chance at normalcy, but must decide if giving up what makes him special is the right thing to do.
Author
Series
The gentle hills volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jerry Macmillan has returned on leave from the war, but doesn't know if he will receive the special discharge he requested. If he doesn't get it, his ailing father will lose the farm, and his wife and daughter will have no place to go.
Author
Series
The gentle hills volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Formats
Description
Marjie Livingstone and Jerry Macmillan are married two days before Jerry leaves for the navy at the beginning of World War II. They must hang on to their hopes in this time of separation and danger.
Author
Series
The gentle hills volume 3
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Returning home to his wife Marji after surviving World War II, Jerry Macmillan must face an unexpected challenge after a missionary visits with an amazing story.
9) Farm team
Author
Pub. Date
[1995]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 8
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
Description
With his father in jail and his mother working full-time, fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs finds himself in charge of running the family farm in northern Minnesota and having to give up the thing he loves most--baseball.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
After moving from Malone, New York, to Spring Valley, Minnesota, in the 1870s, fourteen-year-old Almanzo Wilder, who would grow up to become the husband of Laura Ingalls Wilder, and his family must decide whether to stay out west or return home to the life they have always known.
11) Striking out
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Since the death of his older brother, thirteen-year-old Billy Baggs has had a distant relationship with his father, but life on their farm in northern Minnesota begins to change when he starts to play baseball.
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Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Billy Baggs has to figure out how to get along with the arch-rival in his love life and on the baseball diamond, and both boys must learn how to deal with the unfair expectations of their fathers.
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