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10 best books like Gentle Annie (Mary Francis Shura): Princess Academy, Enna Burning, Johnny Tremain, A Long Way from Chicago, A Tale of Two Castles, Palace of Stone, The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, Locomotion, Sarah's New World: The Mayflower Adventure

Princess Academy
AuthorShannon Hale
ISBN1599900734
Miri lives on a mountain where, for generations, her ancestors have quarried stone and lived a simple life. Then word comes that the king's priests have divined her small village the home of the future princess. In a year's time, the prince himself will come and choose his bride from among the girls of...
Enna Burning
AuthorShannon Hale
ISBN1582349061
Enna and Princess Isi became fast friends in The Goose Girl, but after Isi married Prince Geric, Enna returned to the forest. Enna's simple life changes forever when she learns to wield fire and burn anything at will. Enna is convinced that she can use her ability for good--to fight Tira, the kingdom threatening...
Johnny Tremain
AuthorEsther Forbes
ISBN0440442508
Probably the greatest book ever written, by both man and child, woman and other writing entity, Johnny Tremain tells the story of a young genius who becomes a silversmith and burns the crappin' hell out of his hand. He's always embarrassed by his sort of melty hand and keeps it in his pockets or in his mother's...
A Long Way from Chicago
AuthorRichard Peck
ISBN0142401102
"I don't think Grandma's a very good influence on us," Mary Alice said.

Every August, Joey Dowdel and his kid sister Mary Alice spend a week at their Granny's house.

She was so big and the town was so small. She was old too, or so we thought -- old as the hills. And tough! She was tough as an...
A Tale of Two Castles
AuthorGail Carson Levine
ISBN0061229652
Mysteries abound, especially in Two Castles.

A handsome cat trainer, black-and-white cats, thieves on four legs and two, suspicious townsfolk, a greedy king, a giddy princess, a shape-shifting ogre, a brilliant dragon. Which is the villainous whited sepulcher?

Elodie journeys...
Palace of Stone
AuthorShannon Hale
ISBN1599908735
Coming down from the mountain to a new life in the city is a thrill to Miri. She and her princess academy friends have been brought to Asland to help the future princess Britta prepare for her wedding.There, Miri also has a chance to attend school-at the Queen's Castle. But as Miri befriends students who...
The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War
AuthorJim Murphy
ISBN0395664128
I have never read about the Civil War in such a basic and simplistic way before. This is a sad, but true book about the boys who fought in the Civil War. Some were as young as 10 years old! I have a ten year old and I can't imagine him not only witnessing what these boys saw, but being part of it as well. Most of these...
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
AuthorJean Lee Latham
ISBN0618250743
Readers today are still fascinated by “Nat,” an eighteenth-century nautical wonder and mathematical wizard. Nathaniel Bowditch grew up in a sailor’s world—Salem in the early days, when tall-masted ships from foreign ports crowded the wharves. But Nat didn’t promise to have the makings...
Locomotion
AuthorJacqueline Woodson
ISBN0142401498
When Lonnie Collins Motion "Locomotion" was seven years old, his life changed forever. Now he's eleven, and his life is about to change again. His teacher, Ms. Marcus, is showing him ways to put his jumbled feelings on paper. And suddenly, Lonnie has a whole new way to tell the world about his life, his...
Sarah's New World: The Mayflower Adventure
AuthorColleen L. Reece
ISBN1593102038
Time Period: 1620 Oct.-Nov.  Imagine leaving the land you know and the friends you hold dear-and you'll begin to understand the whirlwind of emotion that awaits ten-year-old Sarah Smythe. This fictional Pilgrim aboard the Mayflower is moving from Holland to the New World-America-in the vanguard...
Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail
AuthorElvira Woodruff
ISBN0679885587
This is a pioneer book written in diary form, inspired by diaries that were actually written by men and women who traveled on the Overton Trail between 1840-1870. The feel is a lot like Laura Ingalls Wilder, except more tragedy is discussed. In this book, Austin Brently's grandfather has left him letters...
Rose's Story
AuthorThomas Kinkade
ISBN0060543442
it wuz awsom its historic fic, & about a grl whse mom is a sufferagist, & fought for womans rites.the mc is named"rose,"and thinks her mom is embarasing,b/cause sufferagists r arested,which is wat hapened to hermom.aftr that,they move&rose makes new frends.also,rose luvs horses.while...
In Grandma's Attic
AuthorArleta Richardson
ISBN0781432685
Pieces of Magic

Remember when you were a child—when all the world was new, and the smallest object a thing of wonder? Arleta Richardson remembers: the funny wearable wire contraption hidden in the dusty attic, the century-old schoolchild's slate that belonged to Grandma, an ancient...
The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre
AuthorGail Carson Levine
ISBN0062658212
In this compelling and thought-provoking fantasy set in the world of The Two Princesses of Bamarre, Newbery Honor-winning author Gail Carson Levine introduces a spirited heroine who must overcome deeply rooted prejudice—including her own—to heal her broken country.

Peregrine strives...
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