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A Year in Provence

Peter Mayle · 207 pages

In this witty and warm-hearted account, Peter Mayle tells what it is like to realize a long-cherished dream and actually move into a 200-year-old stone farmhouse in the remote country of the Lubéron with his wife and two large dogs. He endures January's frosty mistral as it comes howling down the Rhône Valley, discovers the secrets of goat racing through the middle of town, and delights in the glo

Summer VibesRural FarmImmigrant ProtagonistSmall Town
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Wish

Barbara O'Connor · 227 pages

charlie resse has been making the same wish every day since forth grade but when she is sent to live with family the barly knows it seems unlikely that her wish will ever come true that is, until she meets wishbone a skinny stray dog who captures her heart

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The Thing About Luck

Cynthia Kadohata

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Midsummer's Mayhem

Rajani LaRocca · 351 pages

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Jessi Ramsey, Pet-sitter

Ann M. Martin · 146 pages

The Mancusis don't have any kids...but they sure have a lot of pets! So when they're desperate for a sitter, whom do they call? The Baby-sitters Club! Kristy's insulted. BSC members don't pet-sit. But Jessi's always liked animals, and she talks Kristy into letting her have the job. With snakes on the loose and sick hamsters, Jessi has plenty of pet-sitting troubles. And the Baby-sitters aren

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Shiloh

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 128 pages

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Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery · 308 pages

Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.

Summer VibesFemale FriendshipRural FarmMiddle Grade
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A Dog Called Homeless

Sarah Lean · 224 pages

Fifth-grader Cally Louise Fisher stops talking, partly because her father and brother never speak of her mother who died a year earlier, but visions of her mother, friendships with a homeless man and a disabled boy, and a huge dog ensure that she still communicates.

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Esperanza Rising

Pam Munoz Ryan · 262 pages

Esperanza and her mother are forced to leave their life of wealth and privilege in Mexico to go work in the labor camps of Southern California, where they must adapt to the harsh circumstances facing Mexican farm workers on the eve of the Great Depression.

Immigrant ProtagonistRural FarmMiddle GradeHeartwarming
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Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo · 182 pages

Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her becauThe summer Opal and her father, the preacher, move to Naomi, Florida, Opal goes into the Winn-Dixie supermarket—and comes out with a dog. A big, ugly, suffering dog with a sterling sense of humor. A dog she dubs Winn-Dixie. Because of Winn-Dixie, the preacher tel

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The Leanin' Dog

K.A. Nuzum · 250 pages

In wintry Colorado during the 1930s, eleven-year-old Dessa Dean mourns the death of her beloved mother, but the arrival of an injured dog and the friendship they form is just what each needs to change their lives forever.

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Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer

Kelly Jones · 216 pages

Twelve-year-old Sophie Brown feels like a fish out of water when she and her parents move from Los Angeles to the farm they've inherited from a great-uncle. But farm life gets more interesting when a cranky chicken appears and Sophie discovers the hen can move objects with the power of her little chicken brain: jam jars, the latch to her henhouse, the entire henhouse .And then more of her great-un

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Along Came a Dog

Meindert DeJong · 172 pages

A stray dog protects a little red hen who has lost her toes, and earns a home for himself when he saves the hen and her chicks from a preying hawk.

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Moo

Sharon Creech · 288 pages

Zora was chasing us. Mooooooooo. Mooooooooo. When we reached the gate Luke scrambled up and over it instead of through it and I was trying to follow when Zora s ENORMOUS HEAD loomed up below me and bumped me into the air.

Animal CompanionMiddle GradeRural FarmHeartwarming
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All Creatures Great and Small

James Herriot · 442 pages

Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients. For over forty years, generations of readers have thrilled to Herriot's marvelous tales, deep love of life, and extraordinary storytelling abilities. For decades, Herriot roamed the remote, beautiful Yorkshire Dales, treating

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True

Katherine Hannigan

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The Unexpected Everything

Morgan Matson · 528 pages

Andie has a plan. And she always sticks to her plan. Future? A top-tier medical school. Dad? Avoid him as much as possible (which isn t that hard considering he s a Congressman and he s never around). Friends? Palmer, Bri, and Toby pretty much the most awesome people on the planet, who needs anyone else? Relationships? No one s worth more than three weeks.

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The Boston Girl

Anita Diamant · 322 pages

A story "about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told through the eyes of a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Addie Baum is The Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant parents who were unprepared for and suspicious of America and its effect on their three daughters. Growing up in the North End, then a teeming multicultural neighborhood, Addie's in

Immigrant ProtagonistFemale FriendshipCultural IdentityHeartwarming
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Lad: A Dog

Albert Payson Terhune · 70 pages

Whisked away from his country estate to compete in a dog show in New York City, Lad is confused and unhappy and wishes only to go home.

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Big Red

Jim Kjelgaard · 232 pages

A boy and his dog battle for survival in the wilderness

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Extra Credit

Andrew Clements · 183 pages

As letters flow back and forth--between the prairies of Illinois and the mountains of Afghanistan, across cultural and religious divides--sixth-grader Abby, ten-year-old Amira, and eleven-year-old Sadeed begin to speak and listen to each other.

Middle GradeRural FarmCultural IdentityHeartwarming
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Nightbird

Alice Hoffman · 208 pages

Twig lives in a remote area of town with her mysterious brother and her mother, baker of irresistible apple pies. A new girl in town might just be Twig's first true friend, and ally in vanquishing an ancient family curse. A spellbinding tale of modern folklore set in the Berkshires, where rumours of a winged beast draw in as much tourism as the town's famed apple orchards.

Female FriendshipMiddle GradeHeartwarmingSmall Town
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Millicent Min, Girl Genius

Lisa Yee · 248 pages

Who would have thought being smart could be so hard (and funny)? Millicent Min is having a bad summer. Her fellow high school students hate her for setting the curve. Her fellow 11-year-olds hate her for going to high school. And her mother has arranged for her to tutor Stanford Wong, the poster boy for Chinese geekdom. But then Millie meets Emily. Emily doesn't know Millicent's IQ score. She a

Summer VibesMiddle GradeCultural IdentityHeartwarming
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Old Yeller

Fred Gipson · 158 pages

At first, Travis couldn't stand the sight of Old Yeller. The stray dog was ugly, and a thieving rascal, too. But he sure was clever, and a smart dog could be a big help on the wild Texas frontier, especially with Papa away on a long cattle drive up to Abilene. Strong and courageous, Old Yeller proved that he could protect Travis's family from any sort of danger. But can Travis do the same for O

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