Macadoo of the Maury River
10 best books like Macadoo of the Maury River (Gigi Amateau): Zip, Bonanza Girl, Risky Chance, Sniper, Four Miles to Pinecone, The Haunted Lighthouse, Crime Files: Four-Minute Forensic Mysteries: Body of Evidence, D-Day: The Invasion of Normandy, 1944 [The Young Readers Adaptation], Andi Under Pressure, Crimes of the Sarahs
| Author | Ellie Rollins |
| ISBN | 1595145702 |
A girl discovers adventure at every highway turn in this effervescent debut that's Savvy meets Little Miss Sunshine
After Lyssa's mother dies, her kind but clueless new stepfather moves with her to the suburbs of Seattle in the hopes of making a fresh start. But Lyssa feels lost and adrift in...
| Author | Patricia Beatty |
| ISBN | 0688122809 |
Mama is widowed, with two children and no job prospects. She decides to start a school out in the gold fields but is shortly and firmly disabused of all her city slicker notions. The story is narrated by Ann Katherine, who is a nicely written young teen. Her younger brother is the bane of her existence, naturally....
| Author | Alison Hart |
| ISBN | 0375968334 |
For all lovers of horses and history, it's the next book in the popular Horse Diaries series. Born in California at the start of the Great Depression, Risky Chance is a gray thoroughbred who was born to race. Life at the track and being spoiled by his jockey's young daughter, Marie, is all Chance could ask...
| Author | Theodore Taylor |
| ISBN | 0152061533 |
When Ben's parents go to Africa, they leave the fourteen-year-old in charge of the family's wild animal preserve. Everything seems to be running smoothly until one night when the silence is broken by the sound of peacocks screeching. When Ben leaves the house to investigate, he sees a terrifying...
| Author | Jon Hassler |
| ISBN | 0449703231 |
This book is not just a mystery or action book its has great feeling to it. The characters have life because this book has some truth behind it. The main character is a real person that person wrote this book and many more. He has a way to make the character have pop out of the book and stay with you.
My...
| Author | Penny Warner |
| ISBN | 1606844555 |
"A fun series sure to appeal to graduates of Encyclopedia Brown and Ivy & Bean."-- Shelf Awareness
When Cody, Quinn, M.E., and Luke receive a cryptic message directing them to Alcatraz Island, the promise of a new adventure, and possible treasure, sets them on the trail to the famous prison...
| Author | Jeremy Brown |
| ISBN | 0439769345 |
An updated version of Donold Sobol's TWO-MINUTE MYSTERIES, investigated by a CSI using modern forensic techniques rather than old-fashioned sleuthing.
Four-minute forensic mysteries are solved by a cast of quirky but lovable characters. Their wisecracking leader is CSI Wes Burton who...
| Author | Rick Atkinson |
| ISBN | 1627791116 |
Adapted for young readers from the #1 New York Times–bestselling The Guns at Last Light, D-Day captures the events and the spirit of that day—June 6, 1944—the day that led to the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany's control. They came by sea and by sky to reclaim freedom from the occupying...
| Author | Amanda Flower |
| ISBN | 0310737028 |
Twelve-year-old Andora 'Andi' Boggs and her new best friend Colin Carter couldn't be more excited to attend the prestigious science camp at the local university in Killdeer, Ohio. Unfortunately, Discovery Camp's curriculum appears to include much more than just chemistry and biology. From day...
| Author | Kristen Tracy |
| ISBN | 1416955194 |
Sugar and spice and everything nice.
At sixteen, Sarah Trestle has a lot going for her. She's cute, funny, and a terrific alto. She's also great behind the wheel, which is why she drives the getaway car. But Sarah T doesn't complain; she loves being part of the best clique in Kalamazoo: The Sarahs....
| Author | Jane Smiley |
| ISBN | 0375862293 |
When eighth grader Abby Lovitt looks out at those pure-gold rolling hills, she knows there’s no place she’d rather be than her family’s ranch—even with all the hard work of tending to nine horses. But some chores are no work at all, like grooming young Jack. At eight months, his rough foal coat...
| Author | Diana Kimpton |
| ISBN | 0957341423 |
Sasha's love of horses has been the only constant during her turbulent life in care. When a failed adoption placement results in yet another move, she ends up at Kingfishers - a farm where Joe and Beth train troubled horses. To Sasha, this seems like the perfect place to live. But she can't stay. Joe and...
| Author | Lauraine Snelling |
| ISBN | 1556612184 |
I had read this before, but didn't remember the details. It was worth reading again.
In this story 16-year old Tricia Evanston is riding as a jockey at the Portland Meadows racetrack in Oregon. Her dad, Hal, had been training horses but now has lung cancer and the family is trying to get him to eat...
| Author | Mary Pagones |
| ISBN | 1941165583 |
Autism may have trouble speaking, but Asperger's won't shut up. Things aren't going well for fifteen-year-old Heather during her sophomore year of high school. Not only is she friendless, she has been recently diagnosed with ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) by the school psychologist. The only things...
| Author | Terri Farley |
| ISBN | 0061626430 |
Black Lava and his herd have been driven up to Sky Mountain to keep them away from polluted water. But there's only room for one lead horse on the mountain, and Snowfire, the white stallion, has already claimed it as his own.
Sure enough, Darby soon sees Snowfire chase Black Lava onto ranch lands....
