vermont

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Civil wars

the battle for gay marriage
2005
Provides first hand accounts and insights on the battle to legalize same-sex marriages in Vermont. Draws on the personal stories of the couples who filed the suit, the lawyer who fought the case, and the openly gay Vermont legislator who helped ensure victory with his powerful speech.

No place but here

a teacher's vocation in a rural community
1989

A day no pigs would die

1972
To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing what's got to be done, " especially regarding his pet pig who cannot produce a litter.

No place but here

a teacher's vocation in a rural community
1996

Preacher's boy

2000
In 1899, ten-year-old Robbie, son of a preacher in a small Vermont town, gets himself into all kinds of trouble when he decides to give up being Christian in order to make the most of his life before the end of the world.

Ethan Allen

frontier rebel
1969
A biography of late eighteenth-century soldier, politician, and land speculator Ethan Allen, discussing his role in the affairs of early Vermont and the American Republic.

The lake monster mystery

2008
The reader is asked to choose the path of the plot in a story about an elusive sea creature named Champ.

How T?a Lola learned to teach

2010
Juanita and Miguel's great aunt, T?a Lola, comes from the Dominican Republic to help take care of them after their parents divorce, and soon she is so involved in their small Vermont community that when her visa expires, the whole town turns out to support her.

Flutter

the story of four sisters and one incredible journey
2011
Nine-and-a-half-year-old Maple and her older sister, Dawn, must work together to face treacherous terrain, wild animals, and poachers as they trek through Vermont's Green Mountains seeking a miracle for their prematurely-born sister.

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