White Star: A Dog On The Titanic

10 best books like White Star: A Dog On The Titanic (Marty Crisp): Sounder, On the Banks of Plum Creek, Farmer Boy, The Tail of Emily Windsnap, Amina's Voice, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32, Garvey's Choice, Upchuck and the Rotten Willy, Night of the Twisters, The Tale of Despereaux: A Junior Novelization

Sounder
AuthorWilliam H. Armstrong
ISBN0064400204
Set in the Deep South, this Newbery Medal-winning novel tells the story of the great coon dog, Sounder, and the poor sharecroppers who own him.

During the difficult years of the nineteenth century South, an African-American boy and his poor family rarely have enough to eat. Each night, the...
On the Banks of Plum Creek
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0060885408
The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the prairie and travel in their covered wagon to Minnesota. They settle into a house made of sod on the banks of beautiful Plum Creek. Soon Pa builds them a sturdier house, with real glass windows and a hinged door....
Farmer Boy
AuthorLaura Ingalls Wilder
ISBN0060885386
Are you hungry yet?

Much of Laura's childhood was spent in near-starvation. While they always had something to eat, it was never enough for the family to be satisfied.

Thus when Laura wrote about Almanzo (her future husband)'s childhood, she focused on the most idyllic parts and what...
The Tail of Emily Windsnap
AuthorLiz Kessler
ISBN0763628115
For as long as she can remember, twelve-year-old Emily Windsnap has lived on a boat. And, oddly enough, for just as long, her mother has seemed anxious to keep her away from the water. But when Mom finally agrees to let her take swimming lessons, Emily makes a startling discovery - about her own identity,...
Amina's Voice
AuthorHena Khan
ISBN1481492063
Amina has never been comfortable in the spotlight. She is happy just hanging out with her best friend, Soojin. Except now that she’s in middle school everything feels different. Soojin is suddenly hanging out with Emily, one of the “cool” girls in the class, and even talking about changing her...
AuthorJoan W. Blos
ISBN0689829914
I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days…do begin this book.

So begins the journal of a girl coming of age in nineteenth-century New Hampshire. Catherine records both the hardships of pioneer life and its many triumphs. Even as she struggles with her mother’s death and...
AuthorNikki Grimes
ISBN1629797405
Garvey’s father has always wanted Garvey to be athletic, but Garvey is interested in astronomy, science fiction, reading—anything but sports. Feeling like a failure, he comforts himself with food. Garvey is kind, funny, smart, a loyal friend, and he is also overweight, teased by bullies, and...
AuthorBill Wallace
ISBN0671014153
I've started reading middle grade books to my toddler, a few chapters a night. This was the first one I picked up and I'm so glad I did. First of all, I have fond memories of this book. My third grade teacher made a habit of reading to our class, a little bit every day, throughout the year. This was one of the books...
Night of the Twisters
AuthorIvy Ruckman
ISBN0064401766
Storm Chasers meets Stranger Things! An action-packed coming-of-age story of both natural disaster and the bravery it takes to face it.

When a tornado watch is issued one Tuesday evening in June, twelve-year-old Dan Hatch and his best friend, Arthur, don't think much of it. After all, tornado...
The Tale of Despereaux: A Junior Novelization
AuthorJamie Michalak
This lively junior novelization of the film The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of several unlikely heroes: Despereaux, a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro, a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea, a Princess in a gloomy castle...
Thunder from the Sea
AuthorJoan Hiatt Harlow
ISBN0689864043
It's 1929 and thirteen-year-old Tom Campbell has always wanted a real family with a real house and a dog of his very own. Since he was three years old, the only home he has ever known has been the Mission orphanage. When he is sent to live and work with fisherman Enoch and his wife, Tom finally sees his dream...
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