Ride like a girl

The inspirational true story of Michelle Payne. As a little girl, Michelle dreamed of the impossible: winning the Melbourne Cup. However, a near-fatal fall threatens to end her hopes of competing in the race. With the lo...

Coming up for air —Leipciger, Sarah, author.

"L'Inconnue is a young woman lost in turbulent Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century. Amund is a Norwegian toymaker and father to two young children in the 1950s. Anouk is a contemporary Canadian suffering from cys...

Kingdomtide —Rye, Curtis, author.

When seventy-two-year-old Cloris Waldrip finds herself lost and alone in the unforgiving wilderness of the Montana mountains, with only a bible, a sturdy pair of boots, and a couple of candies to keep her alive, it seems...

You can do it, Bert! —Könnecke, Ole, 1961- author, illustrator.

"This is Bert's big day. He is well prepared, mentally and physically. But he might need some encouragement"--Page [4] of cover.

Ours for a season —Sawyer, Kim Vogel, author.

An Old Order Mennonite couple's vows and beliefs are challenged in this stirring contemporary novel.

Sometimes you fly —Applegate, Katherine, author.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text remind the reader that any achievement may be preceded by mistakes, and learning from them makes accomplishments sweeter.

The guilty one —Littlefield, Sophie.

Sunflowers under fire : a novel —Stevan, Diana, author.

Soon after her husband volunteers for the Tsar's army, a Ukrainian farm wife and her children flee from the invading Germans only to face the trials of a refugee camp, typhus, unimaginable losses and her daughter's forbi...

Nobody's child —Gill, Elizabeth, 1950- author.

1930 Durham Fell tops, Castle Bank CollieryKath walked for so long that she wanted to lie down in the snow and sleep but she thought of her sister and knew she must go on. Soon the snow was so deep that she couldn't move...

The orchard keepers —Pepper-Smith, Robert, 1954- author.

Room for two —Keogh, Abel, 1975-

Winter loon : a novel —Bernhard, Susan, author.

Abandoned by his father after his mother drowns in a frozen Minnesota lake, fifteen-year-old Wes Ballot is stranded with coldhearted grandparents and holed up in his mother's old bedroom, surrounded by her remnants and m...

Getting it right : a novel —Osborne, Karen E., author.

Kara and Alex are half-sisters who have never met, one the product of an abusive foster-care setting, the other of dysfunctional privilege. From his hospital bed, Alex's father tasks her with finding Kara, the mixed-race...

Bohemian girl —Svoboda, Terese.

A i͡|a dura pi͡|atai͡|a! Vernacular Title: А я дура пятая! —Vilʹmont, Ekaterina, author. Vernacular Author: Вильмонт, Екатерина, author.

"Five years ago, Karina lost her beloved husband, she seems ready for a new life. However, the past now reminds her that sometimes, pain is unpleasant. Still, a regular meeting with the past will put everything in its pl...

Ours for a season : a novel —Sawyer, Kim Vogel, author.

Anthony and Marty Hirschler are part of an Old Order Mennonite community in Pine Hill, Indiana. The couple has grown apart since a doctor confirmed they would never have children. Marty longs to escape the tight-knit are...

Ink —Vourvoulias, Sabrina, author.

Her name is Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me." America has lost its way. The strongest of p...