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Something to hold

2011
In the early 1960s, Kitty is one of only two white children in her class on Warm Springs Reservation, Oregon, where her father is a government forester, and although past injustices and pain are still very much alive there, she eventually finds friendships and opportunities to make a difference.

Mercy Lily

2011
Lily, a trained veterinary assistant, struggles after her mother is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, but after she begins to administer a bee sting therapy when traditional treatments fail, Lily comes to recognize her mother no longer wants to live.

Full court press

a season in the life of a winning basketball team and the women who made it happen
1997
Follows the University of Oregon's women's basketball team through the 1994 season, discussing how coach Jody Runge fought to win equal funding and treatment for herself and her team, and looking at the efforts of Runge and the players to become a force within the league.

Bess's log cabin quilt

1996
With her father away and her mother ill with fever, ten-year-old Bess works hard on a log cabin quilt to save the family farm.

The six rules of maybe

2011
Scarlet, an introverted high school junior surrounded by outcasts who find her a good listener, learns to break old patterns and reach for hope when her pregnant sister moves home with her new husband, with whom Scarlet feels an instant connection.

The ghost stallion

1999
In 1959 in Oregon, thirteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth rides with her father to kill the wild stallion that is luring away horses from their ranch and ruining their livelihood, but she secretly wants to save his life.

The day before

2012
Sixteen-year-old Amber, hoping to spend one perfect day alone at the beach before her world is turned upside down, meets and feels a strong connection to Cade, who is looking for his own escape, for a very different reason.

The bone man

a Native American Modoc tale
1997
A retelling of the Modoc Indian story about Nulwee, a boy who learns tradition and courage from his grandmother which enables him to defeat the evil creature that has stolen life from the land.

Skateboarding

new levels : tips and tricks for serious riders
2002
Presents interviews with ten professional skateboarders in which they discuss the mental and emotional side of the sport, features sequential photographs of twenty-five intermediate and advanced tricks, and includes brief touring guides of Oregon and Colorado, and advice on how to build a skatepark.

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