11 must-read childrens books like The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4) by Lois Walfrid Johnson

Cover of The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4) by Lois Walfrid Johnson

The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4)

By: Lois Walfrid Johnson

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Libby hunts for the swindler who has robbed her father, and tries to reunite the …

If you liked the childrens plot in The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4) by Lois Walfrid Johnson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

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1. Tender Mercies (Sonrise Stable #4)

By: Vicki Watson

4.41

Format: 127 pages, Paperback

When Rosie, Carrie, and Grandma are asked to help out at Last Chance Corral, a horse and foal rescu… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

2. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

Cover of North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2) by Andrew       Peterson

3. North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.55

Format: 331 pages, Paperback

First they found themselves  On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness.  Now they must make their way… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"You call that poetry?"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"She poured her heart into the song and filled it with everything she felt"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"Podo and Leeli finally came back to where the others rested, and though her face still bore the weight of her sorrow, Janner could see that is sister was present. Her eyes didn't see stare into nothi…"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

"He was only twelve, but he knew enough to realize that the way before him would be hard. Is it worth it? he asked himself. Was it worth losing his old life in order to learn the truth of who he was a…"

-Andrew Peterson, North! or Be Eaten (The Wingfeather Saga, #2)

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4. The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

By: Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard

4.69

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

Book Three of The Wingfeather Saga Janner Wingfeather's father was the High King of Anniera. But h… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Sorry, lass. Ye have to seize the teachable moments, you know. Carry on."

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"Gnag bends things for breaking, and the Maker makes a flourish! Evil digs a pit, and the Maker makes a well! That is his way."

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"He means to make his subjects merciful and wise; sorrow and struggle bringeth both. We will, he tells me, grow by grieving, live by dying, love by losing. The heart itself is the field of battle and …"

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

"I'll put her in charge of the puppies. I've twelve this week that need tending. How does that suit you?" Leeli's mouth hung open. She tried to say something but instead crumpled to the floor. She had…"

-Andrew Peterson, The Monster in the Hollows (The Wingfeather Saga, #3)

Cover of On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1) by Andrew       Peterson

5. On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

By: Andrew Peterson

4.33

Format: 290 pages, Paperback

Once, in a cottage above the cliffs on the Dark Sea of Darkness, there lived three children and the… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Even if hope is just a low ember at night, in the morning you can still start a fire."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"Esben Igiby was seeping into Janner’s thoughts, and there was no way to seal the leak."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"But other than the cruel fangs and the constant threat of death and torture, there wasn't much to fear in Skree."

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

"There's just something about the way he sings. It makes me think of when it snows outside, and the fire is warm, and Podo is telling us a story while you're cooking, and there's no place I'd rather b…"

-Andrew Peterson, On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

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6. Rosie and Scamper (Sonrise Stable #1)

By: Vicki Watson

4.06

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

While learning to ride at Sonrise Stable, eight-year-old Rosie dreams of the horse shows she will w… read more

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  • childrens

7. The Warden and the Wolf King (The Wingfeather Saga #4)

By: None , Andrew Peterson

3.90

Format: 205 pages,

All winter long, people in the Green Hollows have prepared for a final battle with Gnag the Nameles… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction

8. Clothed With Thunder (Sonrise Stable #3)

By: Vicki Watson

3.22

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

After sitting through a 4-H demonstration on the evolution of the horse, Rosie and Carrie are deter… read more

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9. Carrie and Bandit (Sonrise Stable #2)

By: Vicki Watson

4.47

Format: 907 pages, Paperback

Carrie can't believe it - she has a horse of her own and is only weeks away from being adopted by t… read more

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10. Rescue

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.31

Format: 387 pages, Hardcover

A World War II story of espionage and intrigue, as one girl races to save her father and aid the Fr… read more

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  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1) by S.D.   Smith

11. The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 400 pages, Perfect Paperback

Heather and Picket are extraordinary rabbits with ordinary lives until calamitous events overtake t… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"Was Father getting sadder, or was she just getting old enough to see it?"

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

"You can choose what you believe, Shuffler, but you can't change what's true."

-S.D. Smith, The Green Ember (The Green Ember, #1)

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12. Iceberg

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.15

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The thrilling story of a young girl who stows away onboard the Titanicand as she explores, attempti… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
"Over the next two hours, I would learn something about time. Something devastating. There are moments in life when time moves with its own will, not bound by any timekeeper's measure. It may speed up…"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Iceberg

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13. The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.45

Format: 160 pages, None

A Green Ember story set during Heather and Picket’s arrival at Cloud Mountain, The Last Archer foll… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
"I'm fine," Jo said, "according to this fine doctor, Emma, who has a reputation for honesty and smelling good."

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

"No disapproving voices haunted his vision, nor were any angry faces shaking their heads at his shame. Jo believed he was dying, but a weary smile played across his face."

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

"Jo's heart sank. Five fresh wolves against one doe, who was unaware of their presence, and two half-dead bucks on the other side of the clearing. Jo glanced at the Cloud Mountain archer. He wasn't mo…"

-S.D. Smith, The Last Archer (Green Ember Archer, #1)

Cover of The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1) by S.D.   Smith

14. The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

By: S.D. Smith

4.28

Format: 192 pages, Perfect Paperback

Over a century before Heather and Picket's adventures in The Green Ember, a displaced community fig… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
"I am afraid... But I keep on loving what's on the other side of this fight, and that will have to make me brave."

-S.D. Smith, The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

"Being a ruler is, contrary to popular notions, a calling of self-sacrifice. That is, if one wants to be a good ruler."

-S.D. Smith, The Black Star of Kingston (Green Ember Old Natalia, #1)

Cover of The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4) by Lois Walfrid Johnson

15. The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4)

By: Lois Walfrid Johnson

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Thirteen-year-old Libby hunts for the swindler who has robbed her father, and tries to reunite the … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
Cover of Rejoice with Me (Sonrise Stable #7) by Vicki Watson

16. Rejoice with Me (Sonrise Stable #7)

By: Vicki Watson

4.44

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With the excitement of summer camps over, Rosie and Carrie work to get their horses in shape for th… read more

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17. Love Your Neighbor (Sonrise Stable)

By: Vicki Watson

4.88

Format: 274 pages, Paperback

In this exciting conclusion to the Sonrise Stable series, Rosie does her best to obey the command J… read more

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Cover of Follow Our Leader (Sonrise Stable #6) by Vicki Watson

18. Follow Our Leader (Sonrise Stable #6)

By: Vicki Watson

4.53

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Rosie can't wait for The Great Adventure - the family's first summer camp at Sonrise Stable! Howeve… read more

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Cover of Outward Appearances (Sonrise Stable, #5) by Vicki Watson

19. Outward Appearances (Sonrise Stable, #5)

By: Vicki Watson

4.47

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When the first boarders arrive, Rosie realizes working at the family stable will be more difficult … read more

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Cover of Operation Christmas Spirit (Sonrise Stable #8) by Vicki Watson

20. Operation Christmas Spirit (Sonrise Stable #8)

By: Vicki Watson

4.29

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

A rascally pony, two run-down carts, and a pile of moldy harness seemed like a strange start to a j… read more

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21. Sonrise Stable: With All You Are

By: Vicki Watson

4.43

Format: 220 pages, Paperback

Join Rosie, Carrie and their family in another adventure in this 9th book in the Sonrise Stable ser… read more

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10 Top fiction books like The Swindler's Treasure (The Riverboat Adventures, #4) by Lois Walfrid Johnson

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Andrew Peterson

4.55

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Andrew Peterson , Justin Gerard

4.69

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On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga, #1)

Andrew Peterson

4.33

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3.90

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Alan Gratz

4.27

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4.31

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Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

4.11

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Gordon Korman

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