maine

In 1869, seventeen-year-old Maisie Thomas comes to her family's old Maine hotel for their annual summer stay, and, as Maisie tries to learn what she wants from life--love or something else--the secrets of the house, her family, and the strange, storytelling Miss Grange begin to reveal themselves, as corpses and ghosts appear on the grounds.

The story of a woman's independence and how she must choose between marriage and commitment to her vocation as a country doctor in Maine in the late 1800s.

Author Meredith Hall reflects on her life, discussing how she was treated by her parents and community after becoming pregnant at the age of sixteen, the forced adoption of her son, her experiences wandering the Middle East, and her journey back to the United States where she fell in love, had two children, and was reunited with her firstborn.

Novelist Mike Noonan, still grieving the death of his wife after four years, retreats to Sara Laughs, his isolated summer home, but the peace he is seeking slips even further from his grasp when he finds the community in the grip of a powerful millionaire, and his hideaway becomes the site of ghostly visitations.

Discusses the geographical, historical, and cultural aspects of Maine, Vermont, and New Hampshire, using maps, illustrated fact spreads, and other illustrated material to highlight the land, history, and people of each individual state.

Roland Deschain makes his way to the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis where he meets Father Callahan, who tells him of the Thunderclap that is gathering outside of town that is going to steal the souls of all the residents.

Miles Roby, called back from college to the small town of Empire Falls in Dexter County, Maine to take care of his ailing mother, falls into a rut that keeps him trapped until years later when a series of revelations and tragedies jolts him back into an awareness of his life.

Eleven-year-old Jasmyn gets a different perspective on life when her mother is sent to Saudi Arabia at the beginning of the Persian Gulf War, leaving her and her baby half brother behind in Maine in the care of her mother's boyfriend.

Josh, who has dyslexia, spends the summer on an island off the coast of Maine and finds that he has much to prove to his gruff grandfather and his older brother.

Thirteen-year-old Ratchet spends a summer in Maine with her eccentric great-aunts Tilly and Penpen, hearing strange stories from the past and encountering a variety of unusual and colorful characters.