The Night Flyers
10 best books like The Night Flyers (Elizabeth McDavid Jones): Dear Mr. Henshaw, The Bungalow Mystery, The Hidden Staircase, Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic, Kirsten's Boxed Set, Meet Kirsten: An American Girl, Spring Pearl: The Last Flower, Cécile: Gates of Gold, The Silent Stranger: A Kaya Mystery
| Author | Beverly Cleary |
| ISBN | 0380709589 |
Leigh has been Boyd Henshaw's number one fan ever since he was in second grade. Now in sixth grade, Leigh lives with his mother and is the new kid in school. He's lonely, troubled by the absence of his father, a cross-country trucker, and angry because a mysterious thief steals from his lunchbag. Then Leigh's...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 1557091579 |
The book starts off with heart pounding action, as Nancy and her friend Helen are caught out on the lake in a thunderstorm. Will they reach the shore through the blowing winds and treacherous waves? Luckily, a young gal, Laura, hears Nancy's cries for help and rescues the two. After introductions are...
| Author | Carolyn Keene |
| ISBN | 0448095025 |
After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie...
Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes
| Author | Shauna Niequist |
| ISBN | 0310328179 |
This book is a collection of essays about family relationships, friendships, and the meals that bring us together. Written by well-loved writer and blogger, Shauna Niequist, this mix of Girl Meets God and the Food Network is a funny, honest, and vulnerable spiritual memoir. Bread & Wine is a celebration...
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic
| Author | Betty MacDonald |
| ISBN | 0064401510 |
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle has a trick up her sleeve.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle loves everyone, and everyone loves her right back. The children love her because she is lots of fun. Their parents love her because she can cure children of absolutely any bad habit. The treatment are unusual, but they work! Who...
| Author | Janet Beeler Shaw |
| ISBN | 0937295760 |
I haven't read these books since I was a kid. I think I was ten when I got my Kirsten doll for Christmas. At the time, I was really into the 'Little House on the Prairie' books and I was really excited to get my doll.
Unfortunately, I actually had to return my doll soon after getting her when her eyelashes...
Meet Kirsten: An American Girl
| Author | Janet Beeler Shaw |
| ISBN | 0937295795 |
Kirsten Larson is a pioneer girl of strength and spirit growing up on the Minnesota prairie in 1854. Kirsten's stories begin with her long, dangerous voyage with her family from Sweden to America. At first, Kirsten finds it difficult to get used to this strange new country. But as she makes friends and...
| Author | Laurence Yep |
| ISBN | 1584855193 |
After the deaths of her parents, 12-year-old Chou Spring Pearl is taken into the home of her father's wealthy benefactor. Unlike most Cantonese girls, Spring Pearl has learned to read and write, but she must now learn a new skill-how to survive in Master Sung's hostile household. While the Second Opium...
| Author | Mary Casanova |
| ISBN | 1584855185 |
I read this book when I was young; as a younger me I found it a practically mesmerizing insight into the life of royalty in times of monarchal Versaille and utterly enjoyed reading about a girl who suddenly finds herself diving into the palace's world and discovering whether and where she belongs. The...
The Silent Stranger: A Kaya Mystery
| Author | Janet Beeler Shaw |
| ISBN | 1584859903 |
Kaya's village is preparing for the powerful winter Spirit Dances when an injured stranger arrives. The young woman doesn't speak, and no one can reach her but Kaya's beloved dog, Tatlo. Who is the stranger, and why is she so silent and alone? Will she bring harm to the village--or take Tatlo away from...
| Author | Valerie Tripp |
| ISBN | 0937295779 |
Full (mini-)review now posted!
I loved the American Girls series so much when I was a little girl. These books helped me experience life in America through a little girl’s eyes through multiple decades. These books have been reprinted and renamed the BeForever series, but I was fortunate...
Samantha Learns a Lesson: A School Story
| Author | Susan S. Adler |
| ISBN | 0937295132 |
Samantha attends Miss Crampton's Academy, a private school for proper young ladies. Samantha wants to win the gold medal in the speaking contest, but she's worried about Nellie, the poor servant girl who has become her friend. If she can teach Nellie to read, maybe the boys and girls at school will stop...
