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Language
English
Description
It is the 1930s, and hard times have hit Harveyville, Kansas, where the crops are burning up, and there's not a job to be found. For Queenie Bean, a young farm wife, a highlight of each week is the gathering of the Persian Pickle Club, a group of local ladies dedicated to improving their minds, exchanging gossip, and putting their quilting skills to good use. When a new member of the club stirs up a dark secret, the women must band together to support...
2) Dark places
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
Libby Day was just seven years old when her Satan-worshiping older brother massacred her entire family while she hid in a cupboard. Ever since then she has been drifting, surviving for over twenty years on the proceeds of the 'Libby Day fund'. But now people have moved on, the money is running out and Libby is desperate. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance at a club, she feels she has to accept. But this is no ordinary club -- the Kill...
3) Kansas
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
64 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the geography, history, government, politics, economy, resources, people, and culture of Kansas, including maps, charts, and a recipe.
4) Kansas
Author
Series
Publisher
Compass Point Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the geography, history, government, people, culture, and attractions of the state of Kansas.
Author
Language
English
Description
"In the spring of 1877, Bridget--sixteen years old and already disillusioned after caring for her alcoholic father--is orphaned while crossing the Kansas prairie. She arrives penniless in Dodge City, and, thanks to the allure of her bright red hair and country-girl beauty, is soon recruited to work at the Buffalo Queen, the only brothel in town run by women. Bridget takes to brothel life instantly, appreciating the good food, good pay, and good friendships...
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Kansas"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Pendergast novels volume 4
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Physical Desc
xiii, 575 p. : 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Medicine Creek, Kansas, has been slowly dying for the last century. A small, quiet place, the primary occupation is still farming, Main Street is a stretch of old and dusty businesses, and the nearest mall is 200 miles away. In a town where nothing changes, the community is terrified after a series of grisly murders takes place. Even more alarming, the bodies are displayed in bizarre tableaus. With the entire town in shock, FBI Agent Pendergast arrives...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country’s changing economic policies solidified her family’s place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country and examine the myths...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twelve-year-old Abilene Tucker is the daughter of a drifter who, in the summer of 1936, sends her to stay with an old friend in Manifest, Kansas, where he grew up, and where she hopes to find out some things about his past.
Author
Series
Fire of grace volume 2
Publisher
[Michael Frederick]
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
271 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Midwest family drama series about a talented group of strangers who come together to help Freddy Bland make a documentary." -- Amazon.com.
12) Meant to be
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A historical family saga chronicling the lives and loves of three generations of women in a small Kansas community.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Four short contemporary romances take readers to the author's native state of Kansas. Spring - Stormy Weather: Gina Bowden, a young widow, fights city council to regain funding for her son's Boy Scout troop. Something better than lightning hits, though, when she teams up with the equally tenacious troop leader. Summer - King of Hearts: Elise Jost is a non-traditional student just one credit short of graduating. A hard-working woman determined to...
Author
Series
Queen Bees quilt mystery volume 1
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
236 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Po Paltrow -- writer, quilter and nurturer of the Queen Bees quilting group - jogged quickly through the tree-lined streets of the Kansas college town toward the quaint shops along Elderberry Road. It was an idyllic, autumn morning in the town that she loved ... that is, until a cat's shrill cry tipped her off to a body stretched just inside Selma Parker's quilt shop. A robbery victim? Perhaps .... And so begins the first adventure of the Queen Bees,...
Author
Series
Queen Bees quilt mystery volume 2
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
238 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the wife of the chef at the French Quarter Restaurant is murdered, the Queen Bees are determined to help him through a hard time, but they don't know that he will eventually become the prime suspect.
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1191 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A Time to Plant, a Time to Harvest, a Time to Love. Change is an inevitable part of farming, and growing up on a farm has taught five women how to be strong, adaptable, and continually hopeful. From Montana to Kansas, South Dakota to Wisconsin, these young women weather the storms of life by holding to their faith. But can love be found in romances that are as unpredictable as a summer cyclone?"--From the publisher's web site.
Author
Series
Seasons of the tallgrass volume 1
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
303 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
She loves the land. Mattie Evans grew up in the Flint Hills of Kansas. Although her family has lost their ranch, she still calls this land home. A skilled young veterinarian, she struggles to gain the confidence of the local ranchers. Fortunately, her best friend and staunchest supporter is John McCray, owner of the Lightning M Ranch. They both love the ranch, and can't imagine living anywhere but in the Flint Hills. He's haunted by it. Gil McCray,...
19) Seeds of summer
Author
Series
Seasons of the tallgrass volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contemporary romance set in the Flint Hills of Kansas where a former rodeo queen abandons her dreams in order to care for her deceased father's ranch and her two half-siblings, only to realize with the help of a young new pastor that God can turn even the most dire circumstances into seeds of hope. Spanning the Seasons of the Tallgrass, each story in this series reveals the struggle of the people who live there and the dreams they have for the land...
20) Gilead: bk. 1
Author
Series
Gilead volume 1
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 14
Physical Desc
247 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets.
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