The Mitchells: Five for Victory
10 best books like The Mitchells: Five for Victory (Hilda van Stockum): The Reb and the Redcoats, Sue Barton, Senior Nurse, My Heart Lies South: The Story of My Mexican Marriage, Winter Cottage, Jessica's First Prayer, The Trolley Car Family, Grandmother Elsie, Willow Run, Carney's House Party / Winona's Pony Cart, The Kitchen Madonna
| Author | Constance Savery |
| ISBN | 1883937426 |
In an interesting turnabout, the Revolutionary War is seen through the eyes of a British family to whom an American prisoner of war has been entrusted. Technically the young prisoner is in Uncle Lawrence's custody, but the children soon forge a forbidden friendship with him after he nearly dies in an...
| Author | Helen Dore Boylston |
| ISBN | 0340024631 |
Sue Barton has been at the hospital for two years and was now a Senior Nurse. Sue knew it was the most important period of her career so far, but she soon found she had to cope with a personal conflict. On one hand there was her involvement with her work, and on the other - her feelings for the young doctor, Bill...
| Author | Elizabeth Borton de Treviño |
| ISBN | 1883937515 |
What happens when a thoroughly twentieth-century American lady journalist becomes a Mexican señora in nineteen-thirties provincial Monterrey? She finds herself sometimes hilariously coping with servants, daily food allowances, bargaining, and dramatic Latin emotions. It is like stepping...
| Author | Carol Ryrie Brink |
| ISBN | 0020419708 |
Winter Cottage by Carol Ryrie Brink read January 2015
Absolutely loved this little-known gem. Though Winter Cottage collects dust while its more famous sister, Caddie Woodlawn, gets all the fame, WC is an excellent book in its own right and it's a shame that it is out-of-print. My library still...
| Author | Hesba Stretton |
| ISBN | 1594623732 |
In a screened and secluded corner of one of the many railway-bridges which span the streets of London there could be seen a few years ago, from five o'clock every morning until half past eight, a tidily set-out coffee-stall, consisting of a trestle and board, upon which stood two large tin cans, with a...
| Author | Eleanor Clymer |
| ISBN | 0590407325 |
Mr. Paterfamilias (oops, I mean Parker)'s job driving his beloved trolley has gone away with his company's transition to buses, and, in lieu of severance, he chooses to take his trolley. Now he needs a new job and a new place to live while finding one, so (with the help of a surly-but-with-heart-of-gold...
| Author | Martha Finley |
| ISBN | 1581820712 |
There are alot of marriages in #8 of the Elsie Dinsmore series. Elsie's eldest daughter finds out her future husband, Lester Leland, is sick in Italy. She travels to Italy and while there marries him, and later comes home with a baby. Edward, Elsie's second child, marries a 15 year old girl, who's father...
| Author | Patricia Reilly Giff |
| ISBN | 0440238013 |
Meggie Dillon's life has been turned upside down by World War II. Meggie's father has announced that they must help the war effort and
move to Willow Run, Michigan, where he'll work nights in a factory building important war planes that will help fight the enemy in Europe. Willow Run will be the greatest...
| Author | Maud Hart Lovelace |
| ISBN | 0062003291 |
Two of Maud Hart Lovelace's beloved Deep Valley books join the Harper Perennial Modern Classics library, next to other enduring favorites like A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, To Kill a Mockingbird and Lovelace's Betsy-Tacy books. This beautiful combination edition of Carney's House Party and Winona's...
| Author | Rumer Godden |
| ISBN | 0670413992 |
Today I read The Kitchen Madonna by Rumer Godden. It is one of those books that has been languishing in my “to read” pile.
Initially, I picked up Shopaholic & Baby, which has been neglected while I finished my paper. However, within the first few pages, Becky Bloomwood was back to her...
| Author | Dave Jackson |
| ISBN | 1556612710 |
Many of the missionary biographies we’ve read have been really laborious to read aloud. Shanghaied to China–while more of a historical fiction piece than a strict biography–was a pleasant exception. The book tells the story of a fictional boy shanghaied into being a cabin boy on the ship that...
| Author | Amy Le Feuvre |
| ISBN | 1584740272 |
Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying...
| Author | Mary Emily Ropes |
| ISBN | 1857925688 |
Heartwarming, real life story of Mary Jones, a young girl living in rural Wales in the late 1700s. Mary was a popular girl who loved her parents, worked hard and was keen to learn but most of all she longed to have a bible of her own. But Mary knew that bibles were hard to come by and if she was fortunate enough...
| Author | Karen Kingsbury |
| ISBN | 0310716454 |
In this picture book, Karen Kingsbury tells the story of a boy in competition with other young knights to become prince of all the land. In a series of contests and competitions, the king recognizes the brave young knight as the winner, not because he was the fastest or strongest, and not because he was...
| Author | Lenora Mattingly Weber |
| ISBN | 0963960741 |
Beany, sixteen, is instructed by her father to "look after" the Malone family when he travels to Arizona to convalesce following a case of pneumonia. With protective loyalty, Beany's attempts to shield her family from pain and disappointment by locking up their hearts from potential threats. Mary...
| Author | John R. Erickson |
| ISBN | 0141303999 |
I love Hank. John Erickson created a wonderful formula when he started writing the Hank the Cowdog books--but even with a great formula, it's still amazing how many of the books he's been able to write. How is it always funny, even when it's more or less the same story being told again and again? It almost...
| Author | Gertrude Chandler Warner |
| ISBN | 0807510521 |
We've read a few books in The Boxcar Children series and we really like them. The stories are exciting and suspenseful and the children are all so independent and capable.
This story takes the family camping and our girls are eager for the weather to get warmer so we can go camping again.
There's...
| Author | Gloria Whelan |
| ISBN | 0060295961 |
Peter Liebig can't wait for summer. He's tired of classrooms, teachers, and the endless lectures about the horrible Nazis. The war has been over for ten years, and besides, his town of Rolfen, West Germany, has moved on nicely. Despite its bombed-out church, it looks just as calm and pretty as ever. There...
