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Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy is perhaps the most pastoral of Hardy's Wessex novels. It tells the story of the young farmer Gabriel Oak and his love for and pursuit of the elusive Bathsheba Everdene, whose wayward nature leads her to both tragedy and true love.
It tells of the dashing Sergeant Troy whose rakish philosophy of life was '...the past was yesterday; never, the day after', and lastly, of the introverted and reclusive gentleman...
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Silver Street Farm volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Some farms are up in the hills ... or down long, winding lanes ... but Silver Street Farm is different — it's right in the middle of a town! Meera, Gemma and Karl have always dreamed of owning a farm, and when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station, it seems like their dream might come true. Soon Silver Street Farm is up and running- but news of the city farm spreads like wildfire, and the council try to shut it down. Can the people of Lonchester...
5) Farming
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Do you know what it takes to run a farm? Gail Gibbons uses her signature combination of clear and informative wording, with plenty of illustrations to explore life on a farm throughout the year. Kids will see the work required to take care of various kinds of animals, as well as indoor chores necessary to maintain the farm. Showing how activities change from one season to the next, Gibbons explains how farmers deal with weather and use machines...
8) Otis
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Series
Otis the tractor volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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When a big new yellow tractor arrives, Otis the friendly little tractor is cast away behind the barn, but when trouble occurs Otis is the only one who can help.
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Series
Red River of the North volume Prequel
Language
English
Description
"After the loss of her first love, is Ingeborg Strand willing to marry a stranger--however kind--for the promise of a new life in America? The prequel to the RED RIVER OF THE NORTH series"--
10) Bluebird summer
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Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Gramps's farm isn't the same after Grandma's death, but slowly Mags and Cody work to recreate her spirit by bringing back some of the things she loved.
11) Alida's song
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Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old boy who has been neglected by irresponsible parents spends a wonderful summer on a farm where his grandmother cooks for two elderly brothers.
13) Harry's home
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Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2000, c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Harry enjoys visiting his grandfather's farm and seeing the homes of all the animals, but in the end he is happy to return to his own home in the city.
14) The rough patch
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Farmer Evan and his dog do everything together and, especially, in the garden but when his dog passes away Evan lets his garden fill with weeds until a pumpkin vine brings new hope.
15) One bright Penny
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An old man bets each of his children that they can't fill the barn for a penny.
16) Sweet potato pie
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Language
English
Description
Everybody on the farm stops what they are doing to come and enjoy Grandma's sweet potato pie.
17) Farm rescue
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Series
Pup patrol volume 1
Publisher
Kane Miller, a division of EDC Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Stamp is having a pawfectly wonderful time traveling around the country with James in the Fourby 4WD and then it starts to rain. And rain and rain and rain. It rains until the Fourby is all muddy, James' hair is damp and Stamp starts to smell like wet dog! It rains so much that they have to stop at Pepper Plains Farm for somewhere warm and dry to stay. But all the rains making the river rise. Will James and Stamp be able to help the folks at Pepper...
19) The old truck
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Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a small family farm, an old truck falls into disrepair and lies nearly forgotten, except by the family's daughter. The truck is been part of her daydreams as she grows up and develops strength and independence. As an industrious young woman, she pulls the rusted and overgrown vehicle from its almost-grave and restores it--
20) Serious farm
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Farmer Fred takes his work very seriously and so do his animals, until they decide they need to make the farm more fun and set out to find a way to make Farmer Fred laugh.
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