Shaking the Nickel Bush

5 best books like Shaking the Nickel Bush (Ralph Moody): In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson, The Bronze Bow, George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War, The Magic City, The Swamp Robber

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Author	Bette Bao Lord
ISBN	0064401758

Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn...

The Bronze Bow

Author

Elizabeth George Speare

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Samuel 22:35)
The Bronze Bow, written by Elizabeth George Speare (author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond) won the Newbery Medal in 1962. This gripping, action-packed novel tells the story of eighteen-year-old...

George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War

Author	Thomas B. Allen
ISBN	1426300417

Now in paperback—the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A riveting tale of intrigue, spies, counterspies and secret agents, George Washington, Spymasteris a unique and entertaining account of one of the...

The Magic City

Author	E. Nesbit
ISBN	1587170248

The first real book I ever read on my own; "real" in the sense of having a couple of hundred pages, not very many pictures, a plot, and some character development. I remember being puzzled by the switches between the everyday world and the fantasy world, and not understanding what was going on until about...

The Swamp Robber

Author

Paul Hutchens

The tales and travels of the Sugar Creek Gang have passed the test of time, delighting young readers for more than fifty years.

Great mysteries with a message for kids, The Sugar Creek Gang series chronicles the faith-building adventures of a group of fun-loving, courageous Christian boys....