Books with title The Purple Turtle

Newbery Medalist Cynthia Rylant brings the peaceful sounds, sights, and characters of the coast vividly to life in the fourth book of the Lighthouse Family series, in which the family rescues a trapped turtle.A thick fog has found its way up north to the lighthouse family, surrounding the cliffs and waters below. Always ready to lend a hand, the lighthouse siblings Whistler and Lila help Seabold guide small ships to land. As they overlook the foggy waters, they hear a distant voice echoing from the rocks below. Who could it be? Using only a rope and their hearts to guide them, Seabold, Lila, and Whistler make their way down the side of the cliff. And what they discover will help them weather even the thickest fog—a new friend.

On a summer day Maria, Peter, and Brian Bell set out to explore the land around their new home in the country. In the woods, at the far edge of a big hayfield behind the house, they find an abandoned car and decide to make it into a fort. From the start, things about the car seem odd. There are bullet holes in one side, but not the sort hunters make in using such cars for target practice. These holes are all in a vertical line. And there is an odd dark stain on the back of the driver’s seat. From their neighbor, a retired farmer named Walter Barbour, they learn that the car once belonged to a hired killer named Little Louie LaMontaigne, who was shot in that filed by the gang members he’d had a falling out with, fifty-eight years before. But things get stranger still. There is a raven that watches them and at times almost seems to speak. And there is the matter of Little Louie himself, for the body was never found ... until now ...

The Purple Apple is about a boy who moves into a new neighborhood and finds himself constantly being bullied by the two of the toughest boys in the school. But by being bullied, he and his friends accidently finds a cure that just in the nick of time saves the entire neighborhood that has suddenly come down with an unsuspected illness. You will enjoy reading this book. It will inspire you and put a smile on your face. Most of all, it reminds us all that one person can make a difference!You will discover: *The secret of The Purple Apple *The real Mr. Carlton *The meaning of true friendship *How one person can make a difference