David Guterson
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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In Washington State, the trial of Kabuo Miyomoto, a Japanese-American fisherman accused of murdering another fisherman, Carl Heine. The prosecution charges the murder was committed as revenge for the Heine family taking Miyomoto's land at the outbreak of World War II and the novel traces the different reaction of the white and yellow communities. By the author of The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
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Retired heart surgeon Ben Givens has just a few months to live. He sets out across the Cascade Mountains with his dogs, ostensibly for a hunting trip, though he plans to commit suicide and disguise it as an accident. The trip soon becomes a journey of memories of his childhood, his war experiences and his love for his dead wife. Then, a series of chance encounters draws him into other people's problems and eventually to a decision that leads him home....
3) The other
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Formats
Description
When two boys--John William Barry and Neil Countryman-- meet in 1972 at age sixteen, they're brought together by what they have in common: a fierce intensity and a love of the outdoors that takes them, together and often, into Washington's remote backcountry, where they must rely on their wits--and each other--to survive. Soon after graduating from college, Neil sets out on a path that will lead him toward a life as a devoted schoolteacher and family...