Fiction Set in Missouri
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A Family Apart
by
Joan Lowery Nixon Details
When their mother can no longer support them, six siblings are sent by the Children's Aid Society of New York City to live with farm families in Missouri in 1860.
Grounded
by
Kate Klise Details
After her father, brother, and sister are killed in a plane crash, twelve-year-old Daralynn's life in tiny Digginsville, Missouri, proceeds as her mother turns angry and embittered, her grandmother becomes senile, and her flamboyant aunt continues to run the Summer Sunset Retirement Home for Distinguished Gentlemen, while being courted by the owner of the town's new crematorium.
Little House in the Big Woods
by
Roger L. MacBride Details
A year in the life of two young girls growing up on the Wisconsin frontier, as they help their mother with the daily chores, enjoy their father's stories and singing, and share special occasions when they get together with relatives or neighbors.
Reaching Dustin
by
Vicki Grove Details
Fifth-grader Carly's assignment to interview a reclusive, brooding classmate leads her to discover some of the events that have caused his antisocial and abusive family's negative impact on their Missouri farming community, and Carly's family in particular.
Sooner
by
Patricia Calvert Details
With the realization that his father may not return now that the Civil War is over, thirteen-year-old Tyler finds himself the man of their Missouri farm and the master of a new dog, the strikingly colored Sooner.
The Man Who Loved Clowns
by
June R. Wood Details
Thirteen-year-old Delrita, whose unhappy life has caused her to hide from the world, loves her uncle Punky but sometimes feels ashamed of his behavior because he has Down syndrome.
The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs
by
Betty Birney Details
Eben McAllister searches his small town to see if he can find anything comparable to the real Seven Wonders of the World. Life in Sassafras Springs has always been predictable, boring even, but one afternoon that changes when Eben McAllister's pa challenges him to find Seven Wonders in Sassafras that rival the real Seven Wonders of the World. The reward? An adventure that Eben's been craving for-a trip to Colorado. Little does he know that the Wonders he'll discover among his neighbors, friends, and family will give him the adventure of a lifetime - without his ever leaving home.
Updated 07/18/2012
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