Elsie's Endless Wait
10 best books like Elsie's Endless Wait (Martha Finley): The Lamplighter, Maybe He Just Likes You, Night Mare, Flashback, Snow Lane, House, Piercing the Darkness, Monster, Bridge of Snow, The Book of Night with Moon
| Author | Maria Susanna Cummins |
| ISBN | 0813513332 |
Excerpt from The Lamplighter
Haunted Hearts She became a frequent con tributor to The Atlantic Monthly and other magazines. But her sudden popularity left her quite unspoiled. A singular modesty, a childlike simplicity, a deep and beauti ful religious faith, were the qualities that endeared...
Barbara Dee explores the subject of #MeToo for the middle grade audience in this heart-wrenching—and ultimately uplifting—novel about experiencing harassment and unwanted attention from classmates.
For seventh grader Mila, it starts with an unwanted hug on the school blacktop.
The...
| Author | Piers Anthony |
| ISBN | 0345418549 |
Although the Nextwave of barbarian warriors was invading Xanth, Mare Imbrium discovered that ever since she had gained the half soul, the night mare had begun to mishandle her job of delivering bad dreams. Exiled to the day world with a message for King Trent, Mare met the relentless, unforgiving Horseman....
| Author | Shannon Messenger |
| ISBN | 1481497456 |
In this unforgettable seventh book, Sophie must let the past and present blur together, because the deadliest secrets are always the ones that get erased.
Sophie Foster doesn’t know what—or whom—to believe. And in a game with this many players, the worst mistake can be focusing on the...
| Author | Josie Angelini |
| ISBN | 1250150922 |
Fifth-grader Annie is just like every other girl in her small suburban town. Except she’s starting to realize that she isn’t.
Annie is the youngest of nine children. Instead of being considered the baby of the family, she wants to carve out place for herself in the world. But it’s hard...
A mind-bending supernatural thriller from the creators of This Present Darkness and Saint.
Frank Peretti and Ted Dekker -- two of the most acclaimed writers of supernatural thrillers -- have joined forces for the first time to craft a story unlike any you've ever read. Enter House -- where...
| Author | Frank E. Peretti |
| ISBN | 1581345275 |
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 1:5 (ESV)
It all begins in Bacon's Corner, a tiny farming community far from the interstate . . . An attempted murder, a case of mistaken-or is it covered up?-identity, and a ruthless lawsuit against a struggling...
| Author | Frank E. Peretti |
| ISBN | 1595541217 |
Something's out there... Reed Shelton organized this survival weekend. Hired the best guide in the region. Meticulously trained, studied, and packed while encouraging his wife, Beck, to do the same. But little did they know that surviving the elements would become the least of their worries. During...
| Author | Marie Rutkoski |
| ISBN | 1466861657 |
It’s crazy. So I’ve read both The Winner's Curse and The Winner's Crime and Arin never warmed up to me. To be honest, I partially disapproved of him… until reading this little gem of a short story. It’s not as if I were oblivious to his softer side; I just never paused to acknowledge it and, let's...
| Author | Diane Duane |
| ISBN | 0446606332 |
Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think -- but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards to protect the earth from dark forces and maintain the network of magical gateways that connect to different realities....
Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade
| Author | Barthe DeClements |
| ISBN | 0140344438 |
Jenny knows one thing for sure - Elsie Edwards is a fat thief who steals people's lunch money to buy candy. So when the book club money disappears, why is the whole class punished? Nothing's fair!
But soon Jenny realizes some things aren't fair for Elsie, either. Elsie is on a strict diet, but when she...
| Author | Diane Duane |
| ISBN | 0446608556 |
Traveling back in time to 1874 London to prevent an assassination plot against Queen Victoria, the feline wizards of Grand Central Station -- leader Rhiow and her able partners Urrah and Arhu -- must summon their powers to avert disaster in Victorian England, or else their archenemy, the evil Lone One,...
| Author | Ted Dekker |
| ISBN | 1595541810 |
When a stranger named Marsuvees Black appears in Paradise, he brings with him a message of hope and love. Or is it death and hate? Perhaps neither - perhaps both. He seems to know too much about the town's many unspoken secrets, and he himself holds the greatest secret of them all. As black clouds and sandstorms...
| Author | F.C. Yee |
| ISBN | 1419735047 |
F. C. Yee’s The Rise of Kyoshi delves into the story of Kyoshi, the Earth Kingdom–born Avatar. The longest-living Avatar in this beloved world’s history, Kyoshi established the brave and respected Kyoshi Warriors, but also founded the secretive Dai Li, which led to the corruption, decline,...
| Author | Ryan Sohmer |
| ISBN | 0973694645 |
Looking For Group is a fun, easy read that attempts to make fun of all the clichés that go along with stories about knightly valour. Unfortunately the lacklustre humour and predictable narrative make this book a lot more cliché than the Arthurian tales it’s attempting to parody.
Looking...
| Author | Diane Duane |
| ISBN | 0446609838 |
This is not an especially easy book to describe.
The cosmological background is that there are multiple alternate Earths, six of which currently have regular communication and trade with each other. A seventh has just been discovered as the story opens, and is subsequently revealed to be...
| Author | Tedd Tripp |
| ISBN | 0981540007 |
From interaction with their peers to the instruction and correction that they receive at home, children interpret their experience from a worldview that seeks to answer their fundamental questions: Who am I? What do I exist for? Where can I find joy? We need to provide our children with a consistent,...
| Author | Christoph von Schmid |
| ISBN | 1584740019 |
This first book of the Lamplighter Rare Collector's Series continues to be a best-seller. James, the king's gardener, teaches his 15-year-old daughter Mary all the principles of godliness through his flowers. She is falsely accused of stealing, and the penalty is death. Mary remembers her father...
| Author | Florence Morse Kingsley |
| ISBN | 1584740027 |
Well this one was... unexpected. I'm honestly not sure how to review it. It almost makes me feel like a bad Christian to give a book about Jesus two stars? But here goes. XP
I will say that while the plot line was okay, the writing was very subpar. The narrative jumped around in a confusing way, and...
