Monica Roe
1) Air
Author
Lexile measure
840L
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-and-a-half year old Emelyn Ethrige lives with her father in South Carolina, dreams of wheelchair motocross, and makes custom chair bags trying to earn enough money to buy a serious set of wheels. She has been in a wheelchair all her life and is just fine getting around without help, but it seems that since her mother was killed in an accident everyone (father, grandparents, teachers, and classmates) have started treating her differently: urging...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
680L
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
On a family hunting trip, twelve-year-old April misses her grandfather but hopes to bag the biggest turkey using Grandjack's lucky box call.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Coral is excited to be going on an October elk hunt with her father in the Colorado mountains, but when he announces that he is getting remarried she is upset and angry with him--but when a big storm rolls in and her father is injured by his skittish horse she has to put aside her feelings and fears and concentrate on making it down the mountain safely.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2021.
Lexile measure
670L
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Hailey has high expectations for her family's annual duck hunt, but between her excitable young dog Cocoa ruining several shots and a strained family dynamic, she learns that wanting a certain outcome does not guarantee it.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
65 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old Juniper travels to Alaska to take part in a bowhunt in the Tongass National Forest, and when she ends up on the hunt with local boy Ben they both have to learn to work together and respect each other's skills if they want to succeed.
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
860L
Physical Desc
300 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"For most of America's history, rural people and culture have been casually mocked, stereotyped, and, in general, deeply misunderstood. Now an array of short stories, poetry, graphic short stories, and personal essays, along with anecdotes from the authors' real lives, dives deep into the complexity and diversity of rural America and the people who call it home. Fifteen extraordinary authors--diverse in ethnic background, sexual orientation, geographic...