country life

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Ruby Holler

(in Chinese)
2007
Thirteen-year-old fraternal twins Dallas and Florida have grown up in a terrible orphanage but their lives change forever when an eccentric but sweet older couple invites them each on an adventure, beginning in an almost magical place called Ruby Holler.

Apple crush

"Jen is just getting used to her life on Peapod Farm with her new stepsisters, Andy and Reese, but when the school year starts, there are even more changes in store for her"--Provided by the publisher.

The depth of the lake and the height of the sky

"It's summertime and a boy and his dog are leaving behind their apartment in the busy city. His grandparents' home in the countryside feels like a different world. From the window, the curious boy sees a path leading enticingly into the forest. He can't wait to explore. At each bend in the trail the boy discovers more wonders of the surrounding natural world, from towering trees to a still, silent lake. He can't resist diving down, down into the cool water and greeting the fish below. Then later, when boy and dog have been warmed by the gentle sunshine, they wander back, contentedly, to their family. But before they go to sleep, nature gives them one last dazzling show: they look up, up to a night sky awash with stars"--Provided by publisher.

Hill women

finding family and a way forward in the Appalachian Mountains
The author shares her journey growing up in the poorest county in Kentucky, graduating from Harvard, and finding her way back home to help the Kentucky women by providing free legal services.

Apple crush

"Jen is just getting used to her life on Peapod Farm with her new stepsisters, Andy and Reese, but when the school year starts, there are even more changes in store for her"--Provided by publisher.

All pets allowed

2021
"When Becket and her twin brother, Nicholas, adopt new pets from the local shelter, Becket's dream dog turns out to be a super-shy scaredy-pooch, and Nicholas's cat is more outgoing and attention-seeking than he was expecting"--Provided by publisher.

Night came with many stars

a novel
Follows three generations of a rural Kentucky family as they are saved by the kindness of others amidst the hardships of their lives, beginning with a thirteen-year-old girl living in Depression-era Kentucky, who is sold to another man by her father during a poker game, down to her grandson Samuel, whose eye was injured when he was young and who is trying to find meaning in his adult life.

Hana-chan and the shape of the world

"It's the story of a girl. A girl who lives in the country. A girl encountering fragments, both bitter and sweet, of the world around her. It's the story of the shape of her world."--Provided by publisher.

Wonderland

2020
"Moving to a rural farmhouse in far upstate New York, Orla, a retired dancer, must protect her family from an unknown entity that is calling to them from the land, in the earth, beneath the trees, and in their minds"--OCLC.

Zou le yi wei lao shi zhi hou

2008
In rural Indiana in 1904, fifteen-year-old Russell's dream of quitting school and joining a wheat threshing crew is disrupted when his older sister takes over as the teacher at his one-room schoolhouse after mean old Myrt Arbuckle "hauls off and dies." Russell and his friends are more determined than ever to close the school, even if it means stealing, setting the outhouse on fire, and bringing snakes to class.

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