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9 best books like The Porcupine Year (Louise Erdrich): A Good Kind of Trouble, I, Juan de Pareja, Song Yet Sung, Guinea Dog, The Island, Woods Runner, The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life, The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe, The Water Seeker

A Good Kind of Trouble
AuthorLisa Ramee
ISBN0062836706
Twelve-year-old Shayla is allergic to trouble. All she wants to do is to follow the rules. (Oh, and she’d also like to make it through seventh grade with her best friendships intact, learn to run track, and have a cute boy see past her giant forehead.)

But in junior high, it’s like all the...
I, Juan de Pareja
AuthorElizabeth Borton de Treviño
ISBN0374435251
**3.5 stars**

Juan de Pareja's portrait by Velázquez is my favorite painting (every time I see it, it makes me cry) so it was with trepidation and excitement that I started this audio.

The book follows the story of Juan de Pareja and his life as the slave of Diego de Velázquez, the leading...
Song Yet Sung
AuthorJames McBride
ISBN1594489726
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction.

In the days before the Civil War, a runaway slave named Liz Spocott breaks free from her captors and escapes into the labyrinthine swamps of Maryland’s eastern shore, setting...
Guinea Dog
AuthorPatrick Jennings
ISBN1606840533
Rufus has been dreaming of getting a dog. His best friend has one. His worst friend has one. But his dad has a few objections: They whine. They gnaw. They bark. They scratch. They beg. They drool.

Rufus pays no attention when his mom offers her think-outside-the-box suggestion, because she can't...
The Island
AuthorGary Paulsen
ISBN0439786622
From a master storyteller comes a unique exploration into the exhilarating joys--and the inevitable dangers--of total solitude.

Every day, 15yo Wil Neuton gets up, brushes his teeth, leaves the house, and rows away from shore. He's discovered the island, a place where he can go to be alone...
Woods Runner
AuthorGary Paulsen
ISBN0385738846
Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.

But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois...
The Brave Learner: Finding Everyday Magic in Homeschool, Learning, and Life
AuthorJulie Bogart
ISBN0143133225
A joyful and accessible approach to homeschooling that harnesses children's natural curiosity and makes learning a part of everyday life, whether they're in elementary or high school

Parents who are deeply invested in their children's education can be hard on themselves and their kids....
The Captain's Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
AuthorRoland Smith
ISBN0152026967
Born the runt of his litter and gambled away to a rusty old river man, the Newfoundland pup Seaman doesn’t imagine his life will be marked by any kind of glory. But when he meets Captain Meriwether Lewis, Seaman finds himself on a path that will make history. Lewis is setting off on his landmark search...
The Water Seeker
AuthorKimberly Willis Holt
ISBN0307738159
“When I was a boy, my pa dowsed to earn extra money when we had a lean year. And when he put the branch in my hands for the first time, I felt a burning inside me because I had the gift, too. Just be thankful I didn’t hand that gift down to you.”

Amos figured it was probably best not to tell his father...
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