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In 1963, when twins Henry and Helen and their best friends, Alan and Nicki, try to find Alan's missing brother, Carl, they stumble into the knowledge of their "subtle forms" that can separate from their physical bodies, and into a criminal's plot to make himself immortal--at any expense.

For a responsible sixteen-year-old, Michael Wilson has a lot of problems--his father was killed in Afghanistan in 2005, his overworked and overprotective mother will not talk about their situation, and does not want him playing football, and he has suddenly started to receive letters that his father wrote before his death.

Determined to prove the reality of an unremembered and unrecorded baseball game in Iowa, Gideon and an aging outfielder friend follow an old train roadbed, the Baseball Spur.

In a small Iowa town in 1952, eleven-year-old Charlie Nebraska, whose father died in the Korean War, learns the meaning of both racism and heroism when he befriends Luther Peale, a young man who once played for the old Negro Baseball League.

Presents a brief exploration of the history, culture, climate, plants and animals, industries, natural resources, and landscape of the state of Iowa. Includes color photographs, a section of quick facts, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

Glory, the youngest of the eight Boughton children, returns to Gilead, Iowa, in 1957 to care for her dying father, Robert, a former Presbyterian pastor, and the two are soon joined by Jack, the prodigal son of the family who left town twenty years earlier in the midst of scandal, and together they edge toward understanding, forgiveness, and healing.

Provides information about Arkansas, Iowa, and Missouri, from their geography, history, and government to their economy, population demographics, and major cities.

Gilbert Grape has never led an easy life, and taking care of his overweight mother, boy-crazy sister, and mentally handicapped younger brother has nearly driven Gilbert over the edge, but then a mysterious girl arrives in town and teaches him to see his life and his family in a different way.

For a responsible sixteen-year-old, Michael Wilson has a lot of problems--his father was killed in Afghanistan in 2005, his overworked and overprotective mother will not talk about their situation, and does not want him playing football, and he has suddenly started to receive letters that his father wrote before his death.