Ruthie's Gift
10 best books like Ruthie's Gift (Kimberly Brubaker Bradley): Half Magic, The Lost Girl, Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust, The Penderwicks at Last, Woman 99, The Spies of Shilling Lane, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Daisies and Devotion, Sweet Home Alaska, A Girl's Guide to Moving On
| Author | Edward Eager |
| ISBN | 0152020683 |
Would you believe I grew up in Toledo, Ohio and never noticed while reading and re-reading this that it was set in my hometown? It's true. I don't know if I just figured ALL books were set there, and that's why the street names were so familiar or if I was just extraordinarily clueless. I figured it out finally...
| Author | Anne Ursu |
| ISBN | 0062275097 |
When you’re an identical twin, your story always starts with someone else. For Iris, that means her story starts with Lark. Iris has always been the grounded, capable, and rational one; Lark has been inventive, dreamy, and brilliant—and from their first moments in the world together, they’ve...
Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
| Author | Immaculée Ilibagiza |
| ISBN | 1401908977 |
Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly...
Nine years, five older siblings, a few beloved dogs, and an endless array of adventures--these are the things that have shaped Lydia's journey since readers first met her in The Penderwicks in Spring.
Now it's summertime, and eleven-year-old Lydia is dancing at the bus stop, waiting for big...
| Author | Greer Macallister |
| ISBN | 1492665339 |
A vivid historical thriller about a young woman whose quest to free her sister from an infamous insane asylum risks her sanity, her safety and her life
Charlotte Smith's future is planned to the last detail, and so was her sister's - until Phoebe became a disruption. When their parents commit...
The Spies of Shilling Lane
Mrs. Braithwaite, self-appointed queen of her English village, finds herself dethroned, despised, and dismissed following her husband’s selfish divorce petition. Never deterred, the threat of a family secret being revealed sets her hot-foot to London to find the only person she has left—her...
On the Far Side of the Mountain
| Author | Jean Craighead George |
| ISBN | 0141312416 |
Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam’s falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly...
| Author | Josi S. Kilpack |
| ISBN | 1629725528 |
Timothy Mayfield is ready to marry for love, but, since his personal finances are thinner than he’d like, he knows he’ll also need to find a wife with wealth. After receiving an unexpected inheritance, Timothy’s circumstances change, and he is free to pursue his “perfect woman”—one with...
| Author | Carole Estby Dagg |
| ISBN | 0399172033 |
This exciting pioneering story, based on actual events, introduces readers to a fascinating chapter in American history, when FDR set up a New Deal colony in Alaska to give loans and land to families struggling during the Great Depression.
Terpsichore can’t wait to follow in Laura Ingalls...
A Girl's Guide to Moving On
| Author | Debbie Macomber |
| ISBN | 0553391925 |
In this powerful and uplifting novel, a mother and her daughter-in-law bravely leave their troubled marriages and face the challenge of starting over. Leaning on each other, Nichole and Leanne discover that their inner strength and capacity for love are greater than they ever imagined.
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