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Jane Smiley
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Jane Smiley is the author of numerous novels, including A Thousand Acres, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. She is the author as well of several works of nonfiction and books for young adults. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, she has also received the PEN Center USA Lifetime Achievement Award for Literature. She lives in Northern California.
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Lidie Newton
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- Women passing under pressure
- Wry survivors reinventing themselves after loss
- Historical upheaval with sharp, fearless heroines
The Horses of Oak Valley Ranch
This series is for you if you're into...
- Horse ranch life with real chores and barn drama
- Coming-of-age friendships shaped by horses more than classmates
- Horse stories with eerie bonds and high-stakes animal mysteries
The Last Hundred Years
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- Year-by-year family sagas across a changing American century
- Farm families reshaped by history, climate, and hard inheritance
- Siblings splitting into radically different lives across generations
Ellen and Ned
This series is for you if you're into...
- Horse-crazy kids finding themselves at the barn
- Adoption stories with messy family shifts
- Growing up through riding lessons and jump training
Standalone Fiction
At Paradise Gate
Duplicate Keys
The Greenlanders
A Thousand Acres
Barn Blind
Moo
Horse Heaven
Good Faith
Private Life
Lucky
Standalone Non-fiction
Charles Dickens
Children & Middle Grade Books
Twenty Yawns
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