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English
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"An instant classic, for fans of Huckleberry Finn, Peace Like a River, and Jim the Boy: when two hardscrabble young boys think they've committed a crime, they flee into the Northwoods of Wisconsin. Will the adults trying to find and protect them reach them before it's too late?"--
Author
Series
Little house (Laura Ingalls Wilder) volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Author
Series
Snowflake sisters volume 1
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Poppy McGuire flees her irresponsible sisters and father for an isolated Wisconsin cabin, and discovers holiday romance with a handsome neighbor.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 31
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tale reminiscent of "Hamlet" that also celebrates the alliance between humans and dogs follows speech-disabled Wisconsin youth Edgar, who bonds with three yearling canines and struggles to prove that his sinister uncle is responsible for his father's death.
9) Monkeewrench
Author
Series
Monkeewrench volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A new cops-and-crooks computer game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life, and now the game's designer, Grace, and her oddball programmers must rethink their game to deduce the killer's next target.
10) Blue water
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Language
English
Formats
Description
From New York Times bestselling author A. Manette Ansay comes an unforgettable story of two families united by tragedy -- and one woman's deeply emotional journey toward a choice she'd never thought possible. On an ordinary morning in Fox Harbor, Wisconsin, Meg and Rex Van Dorn's lives are irrevocably altered when a drunk driver -- Meg's onetime best friend, Cindy Ann Kreisler -- slams into the Van Dorns' car, killing their six-year-old son, Evan....
11) The island
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Wil discovers himself and the wonders of nature when he leaves home to live on an island in northern Wisconsin.
Author
Publisher
Alcove Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The summer of 1960 was the hottest ever for Summit, Wisconsin. For kids seeking relief from the heat, there was a creek to be swum in, sprinklers to run through, and ice cream at Whitcomb's Drugstore. But for Frankie, Viv, and Biz, eleven-year-old best friends, it would forever be remembered as the summer that evil paid a visit to their small town--and took their young lives as they'd known them as a souvenir.
13) I'm with stupid
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's nerd-turned-jock Felton Reinstein's last year before college, and the choices he makes now will affect the rest of his life. That's a lot of pressure. Before leaving home forever, Felton will have to figure out just who he is, even if, sometimes, it sucks to be him"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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"Time travel" -- and its hazards -- are made literal in this astonishing new novel in which a recklessly idealistic girl dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled (future) world and is punished by being sent back in time to a region of North America -- "Wainscotia, Wisconsin" -- that existed eighty years before. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic Midwestern town she is set upon a course of "rehabilitation" -- but cannot resist falling...
15) Scared stiff
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
After discovering the dead body of Shannon Tolliver on Halloween night, Deputy Coroner Mattie Winston and her boss, Izzy, use their medical skills to catch a clever killer who is trying to frame Shannon's ex-husband for the crime.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Seven-year-old Billy Miller starts second grade with a bump on his head and a lot of worries, but by the end of the year he has developed good relationships with his teacher, his little sister, and his parents and learned many important lessons.
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Rain Wilmot has just returned to her family's waterfront log cabin in Lofty Pines, Wisconsin after the untimely death of her husband. The cabin is peaceful compared to Rain's corporate job and comes with an informal library that Rain's mother, Willow, used to run. But as Rain prepares for the re-opening of the library, all hopes for a peaceful life are shattered when she discovers the body of Thornton Hughes, a real estate buyer, on the premises....
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
"On his eighth birthday, Billy Miller wishes for something exciting to happen. None of his wishes are answered the way he expects, but he does have lots of surprises--and the final one is possibly the best one ever"--
Author
Series
Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill volume 10
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
During this holiday season, Anna Yoder can't help hoping that she and her old schoolmate Felty Helmuth, who is being ostracized by their Amish community for his Korean War army service, can find a way to be the perfect match.
20) Huckleberry Hill
Author
Series
Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill volume 1
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this first book in a series set in Huckleberry Hill, Wisconsin, two octogenarian Amish folks try their hands at matchmaking, pairing the quiet and gentle Moses Zimmerman with the tall and sturdy Lia Shetler.
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