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Dec 19, 1901 — Aug 2, 1963· 61 yrs

UNITED STATES AUTHOR · FICTION · SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS

Oliver La Farge

Also known as: La Farge, Oliver, Oliver LaFarge

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American novelist, anthropologist

New York City, United States
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He was riding the hundred miles from T'o Tlakai to Tse Lani to attend a dance, or rather, for the horse-racing that would come afterwards.

— from Laughing Boy

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The Door in the Wall

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From the back cover of Scholastic Inc. copy of this book: By Marguerite de Angeli, recipient of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, the Regina Medal, and the Newberry Medal. The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great house is empty, his father is fighting the Scots in the north, his mother is traveling with the Queen, and the servants have fled. He calls for help but only the stones hear his cries. Suddenly someone else is in the house, coming towards Robin to St. Mark's Monastery, where he will be cared for until his father sends for him. At last a message comes – Robin is to meet his father at Castle Lindsay. The journey is dangerous, and the castle is located near the hostile Welsh border. Perched high in the hills, the castle appears invincible. But it is not. Under the cover of a thick fog the Welsh attack the castle. And robin is the only one who can save it... “An enthralling and inspiring tale...Unusually beautiful illustrations, full of detail, combine with the text to make life in England during the Middle Ages come alive.” ~ The New York Times

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Sparks fly upward

1931

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In 1910, when a family of Russian Jews moves from Saskatchewan to Winnipeg, Canada, twelve-year-old Rebecca must live with Christians temporarily and struggles with anti-Semitism, confusion about God, and changing relationships with family and friends.

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Laughing Boy

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A grey day in Heckley and all is not well. Colinette Jones is the prettiest girl in athletic, charming and with everything to live for. What's more, she's never late home. So when she fails to show up for her supper, and a body is discovered half a mile from her house. D.I. Charlie Priest knows he's got to make the house call that every mother dreads. Elsewhere, another woman breaks with routine in the most horrific of ways - found dead at the side of an unlit lane. Plain Laura Heeley, married to the boy from the next street, two kids within three years and a mundane existence punctuated by episodes of Emmerdale and her twice-weekly visits to the bingo. A single stab wound is the only sign of violence. What could connect the two women, save their unlikely demises? Could there be more to a spate of other similarly motiveless attacks than meets the eye? And what is the link with a tragic sixties rock star? Constricted by the foot and mouth crisis, the town takes on a claustrophobic air and Priest must trap the killer before he strikes again. But where to begin? Perhaps the fresh gales atop Britain's highest peaks might get the old grey matter working.

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