Living on a peach farm in South Carolina with her harsh, unyielding father, Lily Owens has shaped her entire life around one devastating, blurred memory - the afternoon her mother was killed, when...
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Author: KIDD, Sue MonkSummary:
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Author: SIMON, RachelSummary:
Riding the Bus With my Sister chronicles the amazing year Rachel spent riding the buses with Beth, her mentally retarded sister. In Beth's world, Rachel finds unlikely heroes but most...
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Author: Hillenbrand, LauraSummary:
In the sultry summer of 1936, the lives of these men converged around a bad-legged, floundering racehorse named Seabiscuit. Forming an improbable partnership, they transformed the horse into one...
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Author: SEBOLD, AliceSummary:
This is the tale of family, memory, love, and living told by 14-year-old Susie Salmon, who is already in heaven. Through the voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of...
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Author: HORVATH, PollySummary:
Although Ivy and her family welcome the Halibuts, not all the townspeople are pleased to have circus people as neighbours, especially when more circus families move in.