Breaking Rank
10 best books like Breaking Rank (Kristen D. Randle): The Cat Who Wished to Be a Man, For the Love of Venice, The Book of the Wind, London Calling, Dispirited, Sword Song, The Minister's Wooing, The Golden Age, A Dance for Three, Ben Franklin and the Chamber of Time
| Author | Lloyd Alexander |
| ISBN | 0440405807 |
Ladies and gentlemen of the Goodreads jury. Don't let the fact that this book is cutesy-covered, middle-size fonted, and 100 pages thin fool you: This is NOT A BOOK FOR (JUST) KIDS. How do I know that? I submit as evidence: me. I read this randomly when I was a youngun and loved it. Years later, as a less-youngun,...
| Author | Donna Jo Napoli |
| ISBN | 0440414113 |
Romance and political action set against the mystery and beauty of modern-day Venice, Italy.
Percy is reluctant to accompany his family to Venice for the summer until he meets Graziella, a beautiful and passionate girl who leads him into another Venice, one that tourists never see.
Venice...
| Author | Carrie Asai |
| ISBN | 0689864337 |
When I was six months old, I dropped from the sky -- the lone survivor of a deadly Japanese plane crash. The newspapers named me Heaven. I was adopted by a wealthy family in Tokyo, pampered, and protected. For nineteen years, I thought I was lucky.
I'm learning how wrong I was.
I'VE LOST EVERYTHING....
Francine Pascal (May 13, 1938— ) is an American author best known for creating the Sweet Valley series of novels. In 1982 she created the characters and the stories for the first six books and her agent, Amy Berkower of Writers House sold them to Bantam Books. Book number one is mostly written by Ms. Pascal....
Night after night, Blake leaves his body in order to search for his dead mother. But when another being takes over his body, Blake watches this malevolent impostor live the life that should be his. After his father remarries, Blake seeks help from his stepsister, Cathy, who possesses unusual gifts of...
| Author | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| ISBN | 0374469849 |
Sixteen-year-old Bjarni Sigurdson didn’t mean to kill the man of the White Christ. But the man kicked Bjarni’s dog. So Bjarni dunked the old man’s head in the water for just a short time. How was Bjani to know the man couldn’t hold his breath very long, and so drowned? And how was Bjarni to know that...
| Author | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| ISBN | 0140437029 |
From the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, a domestic comedy that examines slavery, Protestant theology, and gender differences in early America.First published in 1859, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s third novel is set in eighteenth-century Newport, Rhode Island, a community known for its engagement...
| Author | Kenneth Grahame |
| ISBN | 1585790192 |
I was delighted when I found this book as the Wind in the Willows is one of my all-time favourite stories. Most people haven't even heard of the Golden Age story collection with good reason - they are really terrible. Words that come to mind thinking of Wind in the Willows include charming, beautifully-written,...
| Author | Louise Plummer |
| ISBN | 0385325118 |
-This book is about a couple that likes each other and been knowing each other for a while.Hannah’s mom finds out Hannah is pregnant, her mom didn’t ask what will she do with the baby or ask how she feels about it. She doesn’t even ask if she’s going to school.Hannah’s dad died by burping, it didn’t...
| Author | Chris Heimerdinger |
| ISBN | 0875798780 |
The light froze everyone in their tracks, except for Benny, Franklin's nephew. Desperately, he pushed his way past his mother until he stood in the doorway.
'Please no, please no!' Clamored in his brain.
Benny caught hold of the paneling around the doorway and peered into the room....
| Author | Kimberly Willis Holt |
| ISBN | 0553494414 |
Isabel's mother died peacefully. At least that's what Isabel likes to think since no one in her family will talk about the truth. But in spite of their avoidance, in spite of their brave faces, the truth has a way of revealing itself at night, in her family's behavior. Her father sleeps curled up on the floor...
| Author | Carol Lynch Williams |
Fifteen-year-old Sage Oliver is writing a Romance novel-- with a capital R. The book's heroine, Angelica, is Sage's ideal woman-- sensitive, strong, and sexy. There's only one small problem with Sage's novel-- it stinks!
Enter George, Sage's would-be boyfriend and unwilling reader of her Angelica...
| Author | Rachel Ann Nunes |
| ISBN | 1609071557 |
Some secrets are best left alone.
Autumn Rain is back to work, along with handsome Detective Shannon Martin, but this time her investigation is personal. She must prove whether or not Cody Beckett is responsible for the disappearance of a young girl. His record makes him the main suspect, even...
| Author | Rick Walton |
| ISBN | 0698116070 |
Illustrated by Greg Hally When a bullfrog sets out to find his lost hop in the Old West, nothing is what it appears to be. With the flip of a page, a toad becomes a toadstool, a dog becomes a doghouse, a cow becomes a cowboy and a stage becomes a stagecoach in this rollicking story that?s a true page-turner?in...
| Author | Mary Logue |
| ISBN | 0064472094 |
Branko has come to Earth on a grave mission: He must find a female and bring her home. What will happen to her on his planet isn't quite clear. But without her, his planet could die.
Tonia has always loved summer, but this one is different. Her best friend is changing and her family seems to be falling...
| Author | Jeanne Betancourt |
| ISBN | 0590449222 |
This book takes place in 1993 (published in 1993). I love that the author used the term 'learns differently' for the main character, Brian. Brian has dyslexia and needs to figured how he can learn differently than most students in his class. He learns to use assistive technology, a tape recorder and a...
Bree Mercer is an ambitious sports reporter who has risen through the ranks to land her dream job. Basking in the sun, sea, and seriously cute guys in her new singles ward, things couldn't be better. That is, until she's assigned to write a feature on the one person she can't stand—professional beach...
A thrilling adventure set within a storm of secrecy.
Tansy, Perrin and Skir could hardly be more different -- a laundry-maid, a swordsman and a young Priest-King whose countries are at war. But their frantic escape from Arvestel thrusts them together. Pursued by soldiers, haunted by the Witch-Woman's...
