Roxanne

7 best books like Roxanne (Jane Claypool Miner): The First Four Years, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Farmer Boy, Little Town on the Prairie, Harrison Bergeron, Double Love, Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl

The First Four Years

Author	Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN	0060885459

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. Laura is a young pioneer wife now, and must work hard with Almanzo, farming the land around their home on the South Dakota prairie. Soon their baby daughter, Rose, is born, and the young family must face the...

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Author	Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN	0060885408

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. They settle into a house made of sod on the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds them a sturdier house, with real glass windows and a hinged door....

Farmer Boy

Author	Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN	0060885386

Are you hungry yet?

Much of Laura's childhood was spent in near-starvation. While they always had something to eat, it was never enough for the family to be satisfied.

Thus when Laura wrote about Almanzo (her future husband)'s childhood, she focused on the most idyllic parts and what...

Little Town on the Prairie

Author	Laura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN	0060885432

About two years ago I started rereading the Little House books. It started as a whim after visiting Minnesota and driving by one of the places where Laura Ingalls used to live. I had read these books with my mother when I was a child, and I grew up with the popular TV show based on the series, so there was a hefty...

Harrison Bergeron

Author

Kurt Vonnegut

It is the year 2081. Because of Amendments 211, 212, and 213 to the Constitution, every American is fully equal, meaning that no one is stupider, uglier, weaker, or slower than anyone else. The Handicapper General and a team of agents ensure that the laws of equality are enforced.

One April,...

Double Love

Author	Francine Pascal
ISBN	0553250337

Will Jessica steal Todd from Elizabeth?

Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are identical twins at Sweet Valley High. They're both popular, smart, and gorgeous, but that's where the similarity ends. Elizabeth is friendly, outgoing, and sincere -- nothing like her snobbish and conniving twin....

Mighty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl

Author	Ben Hatke
ISBN	1250191726

Jack and Lilly are no strangers to heroics. They’ve befriended dragons, battled giants, and even earned the loyalty of a goblin army. So when they meet Zita the Spacegirl, fresh from her interplanetary travels and seeking their help to face a new threat, they’re more than ready for another adventure.

But...