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Blue Willow
Doris Gates
Paperback (Puffin Books, Sept. 30, 1976)To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.
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The Mightiest of Mortals: Hercules
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Nov. 17, 1975)Retells the exploits of the Greek demi-god Heracles, including the tales of his twelve labors.
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A Fair Wind for Troy
Doris Gates
Paperback (Puffin Books, Feb. 7, 1984)Retells the events leading up to the Trojan War including Helen's capture by Paris and the sacrifice of Iphigenia at Aulis.
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The Golden God: Apollo
Doris Gates
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 25, 1983)Retells the myths surrounding the figure of Apollo, the Greek god of medicine and music, protector of flocks and voyagers, the most feared and best loved of all the gods on Mount Olympus.
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Filly for Melinda: 2
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 16, 1984)Twelve-year-old Melinda faces the difficult choice between keeping her beloved filly, Little Missy, or helping her parents through a family crisis.
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A Morgan for Melinda
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 14, 1980)Even though 10-year-old Melinda fears riding, her father buys her a horse and it is only through her friendship with an elderly writer that Melinda overcomes her fear.
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The Warrior Goddess: Athena
Doris Gates
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, Sept. 30, 1982)Retells the Greek myths in which Athena plays a major role, including those of Perseus, the Golden Fleece, and Arachne.
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The Mightiest of Mortals: Hercules
Doris Gates
Paperback (Puffin, Feb. 7, 1984)Retells the exploits of the Greek demi-god Heracles, including the tales of his twelve labors.
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Two Queens of Heaven
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, May 20, 1974)A retelling of the myths in which Aphrodite and Demeter play major roles.
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Blue Willow
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Jan. 1, 1940)A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.
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Two Queens of Heaven: Aphrodite and Demeter
Doris Gates
Mass Market Paperback (Puffin, Aug. 25, 1983)Retells the Greek myths in which Aphrodite, goddess of love and beauty, and Demeter, goddess of grain and agriculture, play major roles.
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The Warrior Goddess: Athena
Doris Gates
Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 16, 1972)Retells the Greek myths in which Athena plays a major role, including those of Perseus, the Golden Fleece, and Arachne.