The Dry Divide (Little Britches #7) by Ralph MoodyRalph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with him shared in the prosperity the widow whose wheat crop was saved and the group of misfits who formed a first rate harvesting crew. But sometimes fickle Mother Nature and frail human nature made sure that

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The States of the U

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Pam Farley has been gardening and writing (usually not at the same time) since she was in grade school

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John Updike

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Lushly illustrated with Eric Carle's trademark vibrant collage art