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6 best books like The Mermaid Summer (Mollie Hunter): Dear Hank Williams, Harold and the Purple Crayon, Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest, The Blind Colt, The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson, Five True Dog Stories

Dear Hank Williams
AuthorKimberly Willis Holt
ISBN0805080228
It's 1948 in Rippling Creek, Louisiana, and Tate P. Ellerbee's new teacher has just given her class an assignment--learning the art of letter-writing. Luckily, Tate has the perfect pen pal in mind: Hank Williams, a country music singer whose star has just begun to rise. Tate and her great-aunt and -uncle...
Harold and the Purple Crayon
AuthorCrockett Johnson
ISBN0747532036
"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight." So begins this gentle story that shows just how far your imagination can take you. Armed only with an oversized purple crayon, young Harold draws himself a landscape full of beauty and excitement. But this...
Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest
AuthorGregg Olsen
ISBN1400097460
In 1911 two wealthy British heiresses, Claire and Dora Williamson, came to a sanitorium in the forests of the Pacific Northwest to undergo the revolutionary “fasting treatment” of Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard. It was supposed to be a holiday for the two sisters. But within a month of arriving at what...
The Blind Colt
AuthorGlen Rounds
ISBN0590323008
Having grown up on a Montana ranch, Glen Rounds had the insight to write about the cowboy lifestyle. He did so for more than sixty years, crafting original stories about life on the open range. A fair number of his novels feature Whitey, a young boy who shows all the signs of growing up to be a cowboy, and The...
The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson
AuthorAnn McGovern
ISBN0590430521
This came across as very odd to me.

It's so short, with so many facts thrown in that it didn't feel like a story at all, more a summary of her life. Which, given the intended audience, seems rather an odd approach, as even to me the dry tone was uninteresting.

However, in among the plain list...
Five True Dog Stories
AuthorMargaret Davidson
ISBN0590424017
What a delightful read, tinged with sadness and irony too.

My kids and I really like true stories. The fantastical that don't seem as if they could possibly be real; but, are. They pull at your heartstrings like nothing else can❤️

I'm not necessarily a dog lover. Having grown up...
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