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2) Plainsong
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Set in Denver, the separate lives of a school teacher, a pregnant teenage girl, and two elderly bachelors become one small community.
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In search of life after child rearing, a Boston preschool teacher makes a tentative feint at Pikes Peak. The Peak dishes out far more than bargained for: a dying hiker, a lost trail, a fall, and a night out in an electrical storm. In surviving this maelstrom Catherine (Cookie) finds inspiration and confidence to attempt ever more daring forays into the extremes of Colorado:the Royal Gorge rapids, a solitary tube ride down the Colorado River, and a...
Author
Series
Publisher
Summerside Press
Language
English
Description
"Claire Caspian is a first-rate professor, teaching even the most cynical student to find beauty in literature. But with her own personal story, she isn't as successful. Having recently lost her husband, Claire returns with her young son to the tiny desert town of Romeo, Colorado, where she grew up. There she settles in with her feisty old Abuelita, the richest woman in the county and attempts to rebuild her life. But love comes searching for Claire...