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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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Prairie Legacy volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 10
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Her Character Has Been Shaped and Tempered by Both Adversity and Triumph... If Virginia could have chosen to accept or discard all the changes that came her way, she gladly would have let most of them pass right by herself and her family. She loved her life--living on the farm with her beloved Jonathan and their children, not far from her parents and her grandparents. But a change that is tearing at her heart is the gradual but steady physical decline...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 23
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The coming of summer to Appalachia's Zebulon Mountain brings a blossoming in nature as well as in the lives of reclusive wildlife biologist Deanna Wolfe, young hunter Eddie Bondo, transplanted city-girl Lusa Landowski, and a pair of elderly, feuding neighbors.
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Silver Street Farm volume 1
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IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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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
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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...
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Just like you, Ann Voskamp hungers to live her one life well. Forget the bucket lists that have us escaping our everyday lives for exotic experiences. "How," Ann wondered, "do we find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and daily duties? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long-and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?"In One Thousand Gifts, Ann invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on...
8) Otis
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Otis the tractor volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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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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Red River of the North volume Prequel
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"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) The rough patch
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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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.
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Goosebumps. Original series volume 20
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 3
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Jodie is staying with her grandparents on their farm and sees the scarecrows "come alive!"
13) My farm friends
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Simple, rhyming text describes the characteristics of different farm animals. Includes "Farm friends fun facts" and books and websites for further reading.
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Talk the talk of the country with Julia Rothman's entertaining and informative visual tour of life on the farm. Her drawings, diagrams, step-by-step sequences, and dissections reveal everything from the parts of a milking machine and the anatomy of a pig to how to plow a field and shear a sheep.--P. [4] of cover.
15) Tumbleweed skies
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 4
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Ellie's grandmother doesn't want her around the farm, but times are tough, and her salesman father can't take her on the road. Ellie's challenge is to break through her grandmother's isolation and find kinship among strangers.
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Under Northern skies volume 1
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"In 1910, Signe, her husband, and their boys emigrate from Norway to Minnesota, dreaming of one day owning a farm of their own. But the relatives they've come to stay with are harsh and demanding. As Signe's family is worked to the bone to repay the cost of their voyage, can she learn to trust God through this trial and hold on to hope for a better future?"--
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