The Light Hunters

Play of a Pair of Jesus Boots

Oliver Twist

The secret summer of L. E. B

Ronnie's War

Life's a Funny Proposition, Horatio

Summer in the City

Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

Secondhand Summer

Set in Alaska in 1965, a coming-of-age story of loss, adventure, violence, and redemptionFourteen-year-old Sam Barger's life changes forever when his father dies and his family is forced to move from a remote homestead and fishing camp to the busy city of Anchorage. Life in the big city hits Sam a little differently; suddenly he's surrounded by cars and girls, poverty and diversity, and new places to explore. One day he and his new friends stumble upon an abandoned nightclub, and it fires up Sam's imagination and leads him into dangers he never expected. Can he survive the wilds of Anchorage before the end of summer?Secondhand Summer is the gripping debut novel inspired by author Dan Walker's own life and experiences.

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The Light Hunters

Dan Walker, Jr., 2020

Play of a Pair of Jesus Boots

Sylvia Sherry, Alan England Brooke, 1969

Oliver Twist

Charles Dickens, Pamela Adams Hirst, Martin Hargreaves, 2001

The secret summer of L. E. B

Barbara Wallace, 1974

Ronnie's War

Bernard Ashley, 2010

Life's a Funny Proposition, Horatio

Barbara Garland Polikoff, 1992

Summer in the City

Kathleen Wainwright, 2020

Slumgirl Dreaming: Rubina's Journey to the Stars

Rubina Ali, 2009