Rose's Story

10 best books like Rose's Story (Thomas Kinkade): Princess Academy, A Tale of Two Castles, Henry Huggins, Understood Betsy, Underground to Canada, Escape Into the Night, Gentle Annie, Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail, Zoli's Legacy: Inheritance (Light Line Ser), The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre

Princess Academy

Author	Shannon Hale
ISBN	1599900734

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...

A Tale of Two Castles

Author	Gail Carson Levine
ISBN	0061229652

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...

Henry Huggins

Author	Beverly Cleary
ISBN	0688213855

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will instantly be charmed by an average boy whose life is turned upside down when he meets a lovable puppy with a nose for mischief.

Just as Henry Huggins is complaining that nothing exciting ever happens,...

Understood Betsy

Author	Dorothy Canfield Fisher
ISBN	1887840133

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to her "horrid Putney cousins." But when her aunt can no longer care for her, Elizabeth Ann must leave her sheltered life to live in the wilds of Vermont with those distant relatives.

In the beginning,...

Underground to Canada

Author	Barbara Smucker
ISBN	0141306866

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slave trader’s wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend...

Escape Into the Night

Author	Lois Walfrid Johnson
ISBN	1556613512

"At the shore of the river, Libby stepped down, expecting to find ice. Instead, cold water rose around her feet. Suddenly she yelped. “Hush!” came the quick warning from above. Libby leaped from the water to a foothold in the bank. Just then a voice cried out. “Over here!” a man shouted. “Get...

Gentle Annie

Author	Mary Francis Shura
ISBN	0590435000

Personal Response: I enjoyed Gentle Annie because it combined history and entertainment so that more people would read it. The book is written well and has many good plot points. I like the way that the book is based on real events yet had enough fiction to keep the reader wanting to read more. I especially...

Dear Levi: Letters from the Overland Trail: Letters from the Overland Trail

Author	Elvira Woodruff
ISBN	0679885587

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...

Zoli's Legacy: Inheritance (Light Line Ser)

Author	Dawn L. Watkins
ISBN	0890845964

Zoltan Galambos, a student in Hungary between the World Wars, strives to get an education, battling poverty, his father's displeasure, and his own pride. He goes to school in a distant city and, under the guidance of a kindly teacher, begins to realize that he has several legacies held out to him. Zoli...

The Lost Kingdom of Bamarre

Author	Gail Carson Levine
ISBN	0062658212

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...