Meet the Malones
10 best books like Meet the Malones (Lenora Mattingly Weber): Csardas, Light a Single Candle, Sue Barton, Senior Nurse, Nethergate, Happy Little Family, Katie John, When the Sirens Wailed, Winona's Pony Cart, Pioneer, Go Home!, Practically Seventeen
| Author | Diane Pearson |
| ISBN | 0397010850 |
The csardas is a dance that symbolizes the vibrant spirit, the love of life of a proud people. And Csardas is a deftly plotted saga of great power, beauty, and historical authenticity that follows the changing fortunes of three aristocratic European families--spanning two world wars and four countries,...
| Author | Beverly Butler |
| ISBN | 0671298682 |
When Cathy lost her sight at the age of 14, she faced a very different way of life, where her other senses had to take over the work of her eyes. Adjusting to blindness was often easier than handling the reactions of people. One friend who now avoided her her. Another smothered her with too much kindness....
| Author | Helen Dore Boylston |
| ISBN | 0340024631 |
Sue Barton has been at the hospital for two years and was now a Senior Nurse. Sue knew it was the most important period of her career so far, but she soon found she had to cope with a personal conflict. On one hand there was her involvement with her work, and on the other - her feelings for the young doctor, Bill...
| Author | Norah Lofts |
| ISBN | 0449230953 |
The old Suffolk country house of Nethergate provided a welcome refuge for young Isabella de Savigny, fleeing from the terror of revolutionary France. But she was treated with subtle cruelty by Lady Rosaleen Franklin and despised by Martha Pratt, the lady's maid, when she allowed herself to be seduced...
| Author | Rebecca Caudill |
| ISBN | 1883937728 |
It is a good thing that mothers understand what no one else seems to when you are the youngest child in the family, and are finally four years old. Bonnie is more than ready to join her older sisters and brother in the many adventures she sees come their way, whether it be sliding along the ice, searching for...
| Author | Mary Calhoun |
| ISBN | 0060209518 |
Ten-year-old Katie John Tucker did not look forward to the summer she and her parents were to spend in the enormous old house in the small southern town. She hadn't wanted to leave her friends, and she wished that fall would come quickly.But in spite of all her gloomy predictions, Katie John had a wonderful...
| Author | Noel Streatfeild |
| ISBN | 0394831470 |
It is 1939, and the Clark family (Nobby and Rosie, and the children Laura, Andy and Tim) lives in South London. Although they are poor - and often hungry - they have a happy home.
There is talk that there may be a war with the Germans, and one Saturday morning the children are taken to the Town Hall...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0064408604 |
Welcome back to Deep Valley!Winona Root is almost eight years old. More than anything in the world, she wants a pony for her birthday. She wishes so hard for a pony that she's sure to get one--at least, that's what she tells her friends Betsy, Tacy, and Tib. It's only when the exciting day grows near that...
| Author | Richard Powell |
| ISBN | 0891760083 |
This 50th anniversary edition restores Richard Powell's uproarious 1959 New York Times bestselling novel and includes a new preface by the author. Pioneer, Go Home! ranks among the most entertaining of Powell's 19 published novels. Originally released by Scribner's in 1959, it was the immediate...
| Author | Rosamond du Jardin |
| ISBN | 0590023977 |
Tobey Heydon is "practically seventeen" and thinks she is old enough to make her own decisions. Whether it's saving her sister Alicia from last minute wedding disasters to keeping her sister Janet informed on her son's well-being to hiding her diary from her little sister Midge, Tobey handles it all...
| Author | Ellen Miles |
| ISBN | 0439574250 |
Animal adventures! An exciting retelling of Hugh Lofting's beloved tale for beginning chapter book readers.
Doctor Dolittle doesn't understand people, but he can talk to animals. His very best friends include a duck, a dog, a pig, and a parrot, and he has more pets than his house will fit!
Doctor...
| Author | Catherine Cookson |
| ISBN | 0553027492 |
Description: Rory Connor was a gambling man and he had a gambler's luck. From the day he was born, his mother had known that Rory would be the one to make something of his life. At seven years old he was earning money from odd jobs and by fourteen he was in full-time work. By the time he had escaped the...
| Author | Marie Killilea |
| ISBN | 1568490992 |
This book along with the first, Karen, changed my life (I first read it when I was 8). I ended up teaching children with special needs. And sharing the first book, Karen, with my daughter was a great moment in our relationship.
Karen Killilea is a child with cerebral palsy at a time when children with...
