A. LaFaye

• Oct-1998
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Katherine Lunden, determined to make a life for herself, leaves the woods of Wisconsin for New York City, where the phantom owner of the abandoned suitcase she brought with her becomes a symbol of the woman Katherine wants to be....

• Sep-2000
• / General Fiction
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Raleia doesn't feel like she belongs in the modern world. And she doesn't feel like she belongs with her hippie parents, either. So when her family moves to Tidal, Maine, Raleia is excited to be in town with some history -- especially one that was de...

• Jun-2001
• / General Fiction
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• May-2006
• / General Fiction
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Before the accident Nathaniel's life seemed pretty good. His help around the farm made his father proud. But now, with a busted leg, Nathaniel can't do farmwork anymore, so his father adopts another son through the Orphan Train. Feeling replaced and ...

• Jun-2007
• / General Fiction
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"Inside me, in a new place, sore with growth, I felt the solid weight of strength holding me up, pushing me forward to face what was sure to come next."

Nissa Bergen is growing up...and finding that she's growing apart from...

• Apr-2008
• / General Fiction
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Eleven-year-old Nissa’s life has never been perfect. Living in the small town of Harper, Louisiana, with a mama like hers, circa 1933, has led to lots of mean rumors. But now Mama is gone, and all the townsfolk talk about is who she might have run ...

• Apr-2009
• / General Fiction
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From A. LaFaye, a heartwarming tale of high adventure, family lore, and learning to conquer fear.Shape-shifting selkies, baby-stealing fairies, and spitting in water as a test for liars: Kyna’s adoptive parents have an endless stream of stories to ...

• Feb-2010
• / General Fiction
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“In my fourteenth year the influenza infected my whole world. . . . Seems as though just as the Great War came to a close, the folks of Downeast Maine set to fighting a war of their own.”Born into an artistic and eccentric family, Lyza laments th...

• Feb-2010
• / General Fiction
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A thirteen-year-old girl in Depression-era Louisiana grapples with her mother moving to Chicago, her father remarrying, and finding where she belongs.Ever since Nissa Bergen’s father Ivar remarried, Nissa has felt like a stranger in her own home, c...

• Feb-2010
• / General Fiction
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Stella Reid is fighting to save the home she loves. After her father is killed and her mother succumbs to yellow fever, it's up to Stella to run Oak Grove, her family's plantation. Unlike most Southerners, Stella sees herself as equal to the African ...

• Aug-2011
• / Historical
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"[This] account of a freed slave boy''s search for his mother is distinguished by a vivid narrative voice and page-turning suspense.""- Publishers Weekly 2012 Skipping Stone Honor Book Young Gabe''s is a story of heartache and jubilation. He''s a ch...

• Aug-2018
• / General Fiction
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Bartholomew Botts loves pets -- but his teacher, Mr. Patanoose, says No Frogs in School! So what will happen when Bartholomew’s beloved creatures meet up with Mr. Patanoose’s rules? Lots of FUN! Hoppy pets, hairy pets, scaly pets: Bartholomew...

• Jan-2019
• / General Fiction
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When Dede sees a notice offering land to black people in Kansas, her family decides to give up their life of sharecropping to become homesteading pioneers in the Midwest. Inspired by the true story of Nicodemus, Kansas, a town founded in the late 187...