Carol Otis Hurst

• May-2001
• / General Fiction
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Some people collect stamps. Other people collect coins. Carol Otis Hurst's father collected rocks. Nobody ever thought his obsession would amount to anything. They said, "You've got rocks in your head" and "There's no money in rocks." But year aft...

• May-2001
• / General Fiction
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Etta and her brother and sister, wards of the state of Massachusetts in 1840, have been parceled off to separate foster homes. Determined to gather her family back together and create a secure home for herself and her siblings, Etta has run away from...

• Mar-2002
• / General Fiction
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When Sarah’s father leaves their Massachusetts farm to prospect for gold in California, even his stories of riches and adventure can’t console her. In his absence, Sarah chafes against her mother’s cold demeanor and strict discipline, and at ti...

• May-2003
• / General Fiction
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Times were tough for the Spencer family. After their father died, Kate, Jesse, and their adopted sister, Sookan, had to move with their mother from Brooklyn to a dilapidated farmhouse in western Massachusetts. Everyone except Sookan hated it; she had...

• Oct-2003
• / General Fiction
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There had never before been a murder in Plymouth colony. In a community founded on such high ideals and strong principles, the very idea was unthinkable, but the facts were undeniable: John Newcomen had been shot and killed by someone. But by whom? W...

• Nov-2005
• / Historical
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In the winter of 1920, everything changed. Frank and his family got a Model T and drove to the Berkshires to try to make a success of a vacation/hunting lodge at Yokum Pond. There are fun adventures and incidents with invited guests and uninvited ani...

• Nov-2006
• / General Fiction
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Charlotte was a Yankee and Maggie was Irish. In 1850’s Westfield their budding friendship was a problem. Charlotte listened as suppertime conversations became heated debates. Even her Aunt Lucy and her brother Zach were full of venom toward the Iri...

• Feb-2007
• / General Fiction
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Have you heard the one about Grandpa walking through three feet of snow--uphill both ways--just to get home when he was a kid?

Well, you haven't heard it like this

During one sudden and relentless blizzard, lively Walt gets stuck for days in ...