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During the summer of 1932 when Lily is twelve years old, she is granted her two greatest wishes, to be far from the sister who torments her and to have a horse of her own, but she does not expect either the tragic events that bring this about or their consequences.

Take a colorful journey across the nation with Explore the U.S.A. Learn the geography, history, symbols, and interesting facts that make this state special. Explore the U.S.A. introduces beginning readers to the state of Vermont through vivid images and engaging text.

After his family hires migrant Mexican workers to help save their Vermont farm from foreclosure, eleven-year-old Tyler befriends the oldest daughter, but when he discovers they may not be in the country legally, he realizes that real friendship knows no borders.

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.

Although ten-year-old Miguel is at first embarrassed by his colorful aunt, Tia Lola, when she comes to Vermont from the Dominican Republic to stay with his mother, his sister, and him after his parents' divorce, he learns to love her.

The members of a Vermont farm family work together to collect sap for making maple syrup.

Six-year-old Austen Kittredge III leaves the home of his widowed father, in King County Vermont, to live with his grandparents on their farm, and comes of age in a rural town where fights at the one-room schoolhouse, family reunions, and adventures at the county fair shape him into a man.

Examines the political and social debates surrounding the legalization of gay marriages in the United States, addressing arguments both for and against gay marriages.

When a heroin addict is shot during an attempted robbery, Investigator Joe Gunther is shocked and saddened to learn the woman is also his girlfriend's niece, and he vows to find a way to stop the flow of drugs into the city.