15 must-read christian books like The Tanglewoods' Secret by Patricia St. John

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The Tanglewoods' Secret

By: Patricia St. John

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ruth and her beloved brother Philip find solace in the expanse of the Tanglewoods' property. There …

If you liked the christian plot in The Tanglewoods' Secret by Patricia St. John , here is a list of 15 books like this:

Cover of The Family Under the Bridge by Garth Williams, Natalie Savage Carlson

1. The Family Under the Bridge

By: Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

Format: 97 pages, Paperback

This is the delightfully warm and enjoyable story of an old Parisian named Armand, who relished his… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You're afraid the sly little things will steal your heart if they find out you have one."

-Garth Williams, The Family Under the Bridge

Cover of These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

2. These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim s… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. The Tanglewoods' Secret

By: Patricia St. John

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Ruth and her beloved brother Philip find solace in the expanse of the Tanglewoods' property. There … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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5. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Dangerous Journey: The Story of Pilgrim's Progress

By: John Bunyan , Oliver Hunkin , Alan Parry

3.83

Format: 95 pages, Hardcover

The world-famous, much-loved classic Pilgrim's Progress is here retold for children. This abridged … read more

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  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • christian
  • childrens
  • fiction
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7. There You'll Find Me

By: Jenny B. Jones

4.01

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Grief brought Finley to Ireland. Love will lead her home. Finley Sinclair is not your typical ei… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • fiction
"Any pub will do?"

-Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

"Are you ready for me to read?"

-Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

"Life can be hard in the real world."

-Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

"You’re not too bad, Finley Sinclair."

-Jenny B. Jones, There You'll Find Me

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8. Teaching from Rest: A Homeschooler's Guide to Unshakable Peace

By: Sarah Mackenzie

3.81

Format: 225 pages, ebook

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  • christian
Cover of Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney

9. Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

By: Margaret Sidney

3.66

Format: None pages, Paperback

Five Little Peppers and How They Grewwas originally serialized in an 1880 edition of Wide Awake, a … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. The Beginning (The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls #1)

By: Graham Howells , M.J. Thomas

3.91

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

The Secret of the Hidden Scrolls series follows siblings Peter and Mary and their dog, Hank, as the… read more

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11. The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy

By: Homer , Padraic Colum , Willy Pogány

0.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And… read more

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12. Mr. Popper's Penguins

By: Richard Atwater , Florence Atwater , Robert Lawson

3.97

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

The Poppers unexpectedly come into possession of a penguin, then get a penguin from the zoo who mat… read more

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  • classics
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. Let Me Be a Woman

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.29

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

“In order to learn what it means to be a woman, we must start with the One who made her.” Working f… read more

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  • christian
"The gate is narrow but not the life. The gate opens out into largeness of life."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"--so the woman who accepts the limitations of womanhood finds in those very limitations her gifts..."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be (among other things) both sensual and maternal."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

"What sort of world might it have been if Eve had refused the Serpents offer and had said to him instead, "Let me not be like God. Let me be what I was made to be -- let me be a woman?"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Let Me Be a Woman

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14. Little Pilgrim's Progress: From John Bunyan's Classic

By: Helen L. Taylor

None

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Fifty-five years ago, Helen L. Taylor took John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and simplified the voca… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • christian
  • childrens
  • fiction

15. The Twenty-One Balloons

By: William Pène du Bois

4.15

Format: 222 pages,

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Cover of All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1) by Sydney Taylor

16. All-of-a-Kind Family (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #1)

By: Sydney Taylor

4.24

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

It's the turn of the century in New York's Lower East Side and a sense of adventure and excitement … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

17. In Grandma's Attic (Grandma's Attic, #1)

By: Arleta Richardson , None

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pieces of Magic Remember when you were a child--when all the world was new, and the smallest object… read more

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Cover of The Long Winter (Little House, #6) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

18. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

19. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

By: Jean Lee Latham

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more

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Cover of Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

20. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

21. The Cabin Faced West

By: Jean Fritz

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old hom… read more

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Cover of Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

22. Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

By: Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

"Dad had enough gall to be divided into three parts." Dad was Frank B. Gilbreth, to the world a dis… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
"Some simpleton with pimples in his voice wants to speak to Ernestine," he grumbled to Mother when he answered the phone."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"Ernestine used to remark, in a tone tinged with envy, that Lill was probably New Jersey's youngest gold digger, and that few adult gold diggers ever had received more, in return for less."

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

"But it was Mother who spun the stories that made the things we studied really unforgettable. If Dad saw motion study and teamwork in an ant hill, Mother saw a highly complex civilization governed, pe…"

-Frank B. Gilbreth Jr., Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen, #1)

Cover of Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too by Cindy Rollins

23. Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

By: Cindy Rollins

4.75

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Being a mom can sometimes feel like an overwhelming job with endless tasks and lofty, unattainable … read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
"The truth is that all humans are always seeing something, paying attention to something, learning something. Perhaps, we are learning every sort of sexual innuendo known to man by watching endless re…"

-Cindy Rollins, Beyond Mere Motherhood: Moms Are People Too

Cover of Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms by Tim Challies

24. Devoted: Great Men and Their Godly Moms

By: Tim Challies

4.53

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Women shaped the men who changed the world. History tells of women whose love for the Bible shaped… read more

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  • christian
Cover of Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother by Abbie Halberstadt

25. Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad: The Perspective Shift That Could Completely Change the Way You Mother

By: Abbie Halberstadt

4.34

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt helps women see how God can us… read more

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  • christian
Cover of The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids by Sarah       Mackenzie

26. The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids

By: Sarah Mackenzie

4.47

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Connecting deeply with our kids can be difficult in our busy, technology-driven lives. Reading alou… read more

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  • christian
  • childrens
"What better education can we offer our children than the shaping of their hearts to love others as we have been loved by God ourselves?"

-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids

"It is tempting to idolize certain aspects of education. We value good grades, high test scores, elite college degrees, and lucrative careers. But out obsession keeps us from remembering what educatio…"

-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids

"Truth rises above literal facts... stories, especially fictional ones have the power to speak to the hearts of readers in a profound and lasting way. "Story has been the vehicle for truth for as long…"

-Sarah Mackenzie, The Read-Aloud Family: Making Meaningful and Lasting Connections with Your Kids

Cover of Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality by Emily Morrow

27. Really Very Crunchy: A Beginner's Guide to Removing Toxins from Your Life without Adding Them to Your Personality

By: Emily Morrow

4.20

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Find your Inner Crunchy without becoming that person with this helpful guide from social media star… read more

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Cover of Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy by Jennifer Pepito

28. Mothering by the Book: The Power of Reading Aloud to Overcome Fear and Recapture Joy

By: Jennifer Pepito

4.09

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Becoming a better, happier mom starts with the stories you tell your kids As a mom, you want to … read more

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  • christian
Cover of Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3) by S.D.   Smith

29. Ember Rising (The Green Ember, #3)

By: S.D. Smith

4.58

Format: 480 pages, Perfect Paperback

A harrowing adventure inside enemy territory. Heather and Picket are plunged into the darkness of M… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life by Durenda Wilson

30. The Four-Hour School Day: How You and Your Kids Can Thrive in the Homeschool Life

By: Durenda Wilson

3.97

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Giving your child a quality education experience for a life of happiness and purpose is possible--a… read more

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  • christian
Cover of Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years by Ellen Vaughn

31. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more

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  • christian

14 Top fiction books like The Tanglewoods' Secret by Patricia St. John

Transform Your Habits

The Family Under the Bridge

Garth Williams , Natalie Savage Carlson

3.96

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These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

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The Tanglewoods' Secret

Patricia St. John

3.50

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The Bronze Bow

Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

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22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

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Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

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