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Barbara Corcoran

Personal Information

Born January 1, 1911 (115 years old)
45 books
4.5 (4)
104 readers

Description

Distinguish from Barbara Ann Corcoran, who was published by Portfolio

Books

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Sasha, My Friend

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A girl adjusts to an isolated life in Montana with the help of an orphan wolf pup.

The young grizzly

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Details the first three years of a grizzly bear's life as he learns about the dangers of the world and how to deal with them.

Which witch is which

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Although Ella and Emily look alike, their choices of food, games, and colors at a birthday party help the reader tell them apart.

The clown

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A novel of a clown and mime who retreats to his home in post World War two Germany after an accident cripples him and leaves him trying to cope with his life, his "friends" desertion, and the world around him.

"Me and you and a dog named Blue"

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Although she loves her disabled father, a young girl longs to get away from home and is drawn to the idea of going to a baseball training camp for women.

The woman in your life

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Apprehended for transporting drugs, a college freshman spends a year in a federal woman's correctional facility.

This is a recording

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Chronicles a Boston girl's summer vacation on her grandmother's ranch in Montana.

Making it

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Just as she begins to take charge of her life, the 17-year-old daughter of a small-town minister is forced to face the truth about the sister she idolizes.

August, die she must

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A feud over the merits of two counsellors divides the campers at Camp Allegro until one of the counsellors is found murdered.

Hey, that's my soul you're stomping on

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While her parents discuss possible divorce, sixteen-year-old Rachel spends the summer with her grandparents and realizes everyone has problems, many more serious than hers.

The person in the potting shed

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While vacationing with their mother and new stepfather in a semi-deserted plantation house outside New Orleans, a boy and a girl discover a murder and help track down the murderer.

The faraway island

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Arriving on Nantucket Island for a year with her grandmother, Lynn finds herself faced with problems of her grandmother's age, "tough kids" at school, and her own lack of self-confidence.

A horse named Sky

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Georgia's one goal, when she and her mother move to Montana to get away from her alcoholic father, is to own a horse, a dream that seems remote until her next door neighbor promises to sell her a wild mustang.

All the summer voices

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The summer he takes his first full time job, David learns a lot about what it means to be a man.

Strike!

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A teachers' strike upsets the life of a high school student who has good friends among the teachers and a father on the school board.

Axe-time, sword-time

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On the eve of World War II a young girl handicapped by a reading disability tries to cope with family problems and the question of her future.

The Potato Kid

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Children's novel. Fourteen-year-old Ellis thinks her summer is ruined when her family takes in ten-year-old Lilac, an underprivileged child from the potato country of northern Maine.

A trick of light

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A twin brother and sister learn that their ties of childhood must be broken if they are to grow up.