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(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Shane by Jack Schaefer and Wendell Minor (2001) Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover | Mass Market Paperback The Starrett family’s life forever changes when a man named Shane rides up to their farm in 1889. Although considered young adult, this classic western is showing up on a … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Girl The Reaper by L.A. Rikand (2012)  Kindle | Paperback Set in northeast Wisconsin during America’s bicentennial, fourteen-year-old Cate’s life changes drastically when Death comes to take her father and makes a mistake. Paperback: 200 pages Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (September 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 1466235640 ISBN-13: 978-1466235649 Hope … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Close to Famous by Joan Bauer Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover Foster and her mother move to Culpepper, West Virginia to escape from her mother’s boyfriend. Foster soon begins working towards her dreams of having her own cooking show and learning to read. Will it last? Age Range: 10 and … Read more

Be sure to check the Children’s Book Guild’s list of books set in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. (This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Underground Train by Mary Quattlebaum and illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith Paperback | Hardcover Explore the subway system on a train ride through Washington D.C. Reading age : 5 – 6 … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: The Volcano Disaster by Peg Kehret Paperback | Hardcover Two students teleport back to the day of the Mount St. Helens eruption. Age Range: 8 – 12 years Publisher: Aladdin (October 1, 1998) ISBN-10: 0671009680 ISBN-13: 978-0671009687 Our Only May Amelia by Jennifer L. Holm Kindle | Audiobook | … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry and Wesley Dennis (Illustrator) Kindle | Audiobook | Paperback | Hardcover The story of the wild ponies that live on Chincoteague Island, which is off the coast of Virginia. Age Range: 8 – 12 years Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Aladdin; Reprint edition (December … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Maple Syrup from the Sugarhouse by Laurie Lazzaro Knowlton and illustrated by Kathryn Mitter Kindle | Paperback | Hardcover In this informational fiction picture book, Kelsey and her father begin harvesting sap from sugar maple trees. Family and friends join in turning sap into maple syrup. Includes maple … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: A Place Where Sunflowers Grow (English and Japanese Edition) by Amy Lee-Tai and illustrated by Felicia Hoshino Paperback | Hardcover Under the harsh summer sun, Mari’s art class has begun. But it’s hard to think of anything to draw in a place where nothing beautiful grows, especially a … Read more

(This page contains Amazon affiliate links) Fiction: Pecos Bill by Steven Kellogg and illustrated by Laura Robb Paperback | Hardcover Tall tale featuring the famous cowboy from Texas. Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 – 8 years Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; Illustrated edition (September 18, 1992) ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688099246 ISBN-13 ‏ : … Read more