Watcher in the Piney Woods

7 best books like Watcher in the Piney Woods (Elizabeth McDavid Jones): Mandie and the Forbidden Attic, Mandie and the Cherokee Legend, Kirsten's Boxed Set, Mandie and the Ghost Bandits, Star-Crossed, Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough, Samantha's Boxed Set

Mandie and the Forbidden Attic

Author	Lois Gladys Leppard
ISBN	0871238225

About this book:

“What can be causing the mysterious noises in the school attic? How can Mandie and her friends find out without getting into trouble?”


Series: Book #4 in “Mandie” series. (Read #1’s review Here! #2 Here! And #3 Here!) {There also is the “Young Mandie...

Mandie and the Cherokee Legend

Author	Lois Gladys Leppard
ISBN	0871233215

About this book:

“A mysterious legend among the Cherokee people tells of some long-lost gold, hidden for centuries. Would it truly bring a curse upon the one who found it?”


Series: Book #2 in “Mandie” series. (Read Book #1’s review Here!) {There also is the “Young...

Kirsten's Boxed Set

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...

Mandie and the Ghost Bandits

Author	Lois Gladys Leppard
ISBN	0871234424

I admit it: I am reviewing these books years after reading them. However, do not even suggest that I'm no longer qualified, that too many years have passed to remember. My battered and faded copies of these books testify to how many times I read them growing up and plots and entire passages are seared in...

Star-Crossed

Author

Minnie Darke

Sometimes even destiny needs a little bit of help.
 
When childhood sweethearts Justine (Sagittarius and serious skeptic) and Nick (Aquarius and true believer) bump into each other as adults, a life-changing love affair seems inevitable. To Justine, anyway. Especially when she learns...

Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough

Author	Jefferson Bethke
ISBN	1400205395

Abandon dead, dry, rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved. 

Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem titled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” The 4-minute video literally became an overnight...

Samantha's Boxed Set

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...