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Where the Lilies Bloom

Where the Lilies Bloom more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Fourteen-year-old Mary Call tries to keep her family together after the death of her sharecropper father.

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Sugar Blue more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Distinctly unenthusiastic when her four-year-old niece, Ella, comes for a prolonged visit, eleven-year-old Amy finds her relationship with the small girl gradually changing her view of herself and life in general.

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The Kissimmee Kid more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

To add to the confusion life has already dealt her, 12-year-old Evelyn encounters some startling contradictions when she and her younger brother visit their sister and brother-in-law who live in Florida.

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Sweetly Sings the Donkey more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

At 14, Lily Snow is far more down to earth than her parents, whose idle dreams have advanced the family absolutely nowhere. When her father's promise of better times in Florida proves empty, it is up to Lily to organize the chaotic Snows and use what is real to build a better life.

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Me Too more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Hoping to expunge neighborhood prejudice and to do something everyone else has failed to do, a twelve-year-old desperately tries to teach her retarded twin.

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A Little Destiny more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Doubting that her father's death was purely accidental, 14-year-old Lucy and her family confront destitution and a formidable adversary in their small town.

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Trial Valley more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

The long-awaited sequel to Where the Lilies Bloom, Trial Valley is the story of 16-year-old Mary Call Luther and her struggle to care for her younger brother and sister, after the death of her father. An engaging story of love and the difficult choices that come with it. "A captivating story".--Journal of Reading. 15,000print.

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Grover more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

A ten-year-old boy adjusts to the changes in his life after his mother dies.

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The Mimosa Tree more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

Shortly after the Proffitts arrive in the Chicago slums from North Carolina, the stepmother leaves the family and fourteen-year-old Marvella becomes the sole support for her blind father and the four younger children.

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Ellen Grae more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

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Hazel Rye more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver (Photographer)

Independent and outspoken 11-year-old Hazel Rye doesn't like books and learning. No sir, she's going to sell the grove of orange trees her beloved Daddy gave her and make a lot of money. But Hazel's interests change when a poor family comes to stay in the cabin on her land, and Felder, the 12-year-old boy, introduces Hazel to the miracles of life ...

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Belle Pruitt more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Practical, straightforward Belle must look beyond her simple world to help her mother recover after Belle's beloved baby brother dies suddenly.

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Dust of the earth more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Fourteen-year-old Fern and her family face challenges and hardships when they move to a farm in South Dakota.

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The whys and wherefores of Littabelle Lee more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

When adversity makes sixteen-year-old Littabelle sole support of her two aged grandparents, her desperate situation teaches her about law, human nature, and her future.

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Mock Revolt more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

A thirteen-year-old boy who wants to escape his dull middle-class existence finds his way blocked by his involvement with a family of poor agricultural workers.

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Delpha Green & Company more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

With the help of his thirteen-year-old daughter, a man who qualified for the ministry while serving a prison term founds an independent church that introduces hope to an apathetic, resigned community.

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Queen of Hearts more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

After Wilma's grandmother has a stroke, Wilma must look after her all summer, even though they never really got along. The summer is a difficult one, but by its end they both learn to deal with what it means to grow old.

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Queen of Hearts: Vera and Bill Cleaver more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

Although there is no love lost between them, twelve-year-old Wilma is her willful and peppery grandmother's choice for a companion.

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Lady Ellen Grae

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver, Ellen Raskin

Ellen Grae feels sure her father won't send her to stay with her aunt in Seattle if she proves she can be a "lady" and take care of herself.

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Moon Lake Angel more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

When ten-year-old Kitty Dale's parents don't have time for her, they send her to live with her Aunt Pearl. There, Kitty begins to feel like she belongs to a family and outgrows some of her childish illusions, opening the door to a new life.

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I Would Rather Be a Turnip more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

Twelve-year-old Annie gradually begins to understand the bigotry of the small town that makes her an outcast when her illegitimate eight-year-old nephew comes to live with her and her father.

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Whys and Wherefores more books like this

by Vera Cleaver, Bill Cleaver

When adversity makes sixteen-year-old Littabelle sole support of her two aged grandparents, her desperate situation teaches her about law, human nature, and her future.

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Ellen Grae and Lady Ellen more books like this

by Vera Cleaver

Story of an eleven-year-old tomboy, Ellen, who embarks on a self-improvement campaign that has the whole family in a state of shock.

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Trial Valley more books like this

by Bill Cleaver, Vera Cleaver

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Donde Florecen Los Lirios

by Vera Cleaver Bill Cleaver

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