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From the author of The Canada Geese Quilt, "a small gem of a book...beautifully written." (School Library Journal) Quila MacFarlane is devastated by the death of her mother, especially now that it's just her and her father on Devils Rock where her father is the lighthouse keeper. They can't leave and almost no one ever comes to visit them. But the morning after a storm, something floats ashore that changes their lives forever. Two small mattresses strapped together, and inside, a baby! They name her Cecelia, which means "a gift from the sea, " and call her Celia. She makes them a family again--and helps heals the hurt left by Quila's mother's passing. Two years later, though, another stranger arrives, one who changes everything all over again: A woman named Margaret, come looking for the final resting place of her sister, whose ship had gone down in a storm two years before. Her sister's baby had never been found, either, she explains, and now she has no family of her own. Could this be Celia's aunt? Will Quila have to give up Celia so Margaret can have her own family back? This is a gripping tale full of love, loss, and healing.

On a small Vermont farm in 1932, twelve-year-old Lily constantly argues with her older sister, Emily. Into this combative atmosphere comes Great Aunt Nell, who takes Lily for her first automobile ride and to the circus, and who seems to understand both girls. Lily's greatest wish is to own a horse, and it is Great Aunt Nell who prompts her to take that seriously. But everything changes when, in an act of revenge, Lily pushes Emily into a quarry. Soon after, Emily is diagnosed with polio and placed in an iron lung. Despite her intense jealousy, Lily helps Emily and, by doing so, makes a poignantly selfless gesture. In spare yet lyrical language, Natalie Kinsey-Warnock weaves a memorable story of sibling rivalry, the price of giving up one's dreams, and coming to terms with death.

Retells the story of three-year-old Sarah Whitcher, who, in 1783, became lost in the woods and was protected by a bear until her rescue.

Henry and Grandpa go in search of the fiddler whose music makes the Northern Lights dance.