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Second glance

a novel
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.
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Hanging woman creek

1999
A pair of drifters get a job on the Hanging Woman Creek where trouble is brewing.

Light in August

1959
This is a novel about hopeful perseverance in the face of mortality, and features some of Faulkner's most memorable characters: guileless, dauntless Lena Grove, in search of the father of her unborn child; Reverend Gail Hightower, who is plagued by vision of Confederate horsemen; and Joe Christmas, a desperate, enigmatic drifter consumed by his mixed ancestry.

Waiting for Teddy Williams

2005
A Vermont boy shares the remote village's obsession with the Boston Red Sox and the coaching of Teddy Williams.

Light in August

the corrected text
1987

Never say never

2010
Kai Miller lands in the small town of Daily, Texas, after a hurricane leaves her stranded, and as she comes to know the town's residents, including the outspoken Donetta Bradford and her nephew Kemp, Kai begins to long for the security and sense of belonging her life has been missing.

Waiting for Teddy Williams

2004
Ethan "E.A." Allen, a boy raised in the remote village of Kingdom Common, Vermont, by his honky-tonk mother and crippled grandmother, shares the town's obsession with baseball and the Boston Red Sox, and with the coaching of Teddy Williams, a mystery man who arrives in town one day, becomes the pitcher who breaks the team's long-time losing streak.

Second glance

a novel
2004
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.

Second glance

a novel
2008
When an old man puts a piece of land up for sale in Vermont, the local Abenaki Indian tribe protest, claiming it is a burial ground, and when odd, supernatural events start plaguing the town, a ghost hunter is hired by the developer to help convince residents that there is nothing spiritual about the property.

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