10 Best classics books like Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Cover of Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

Sawdust in His Shoes

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.50

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic coming-of-age tale from the heyd…

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1. Jack and Jill

By: Louisa May Alcott

3.86

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

When best friends, Jack and Jill, tumble off their sled, their injuries cause them to be bedridden … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"In the midst of her tears came the thought, "When people are in danger, they ask God to save them;" and, slipping down upon her knees, she said her prayer as she had never said it before, for when hu…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Jack and Jill

Cover of The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2) by Marie Rutkoski

2. The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)

By: Marie Rutkoski

4.09

Format: 416 pages, ebook

Book two of the dazzling Winner's Trilogy is a fight to the death as Kestrel risks betrayal of coun… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Marry him,"

-Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)

"Innocent? Her? Never."

-Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)

"—Mentirosa —le susurró."

-Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)

"So you give me nothing."

-Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Crime (The Winner's Trilogy, #2)

Cover of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1) by Alexandra Boiger, Betty MacDonald

3. Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

By: Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everyone loves Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle lives in an upside-down house and smells li… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"THIS IS DICK -- DON'T TOUCH!!!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

"Penelope (the parrot) squawked, ‘I’ll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!’ Mary was certainly surprised at that because she thought that she had made up that brilliant remark. She…"

-Alexandra Boiger, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Cover of The Blythes Are Quoted (Anne of Green Gables, #9) by L.M. Montgomery, Benjamin Lefebvre, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly

4. The Blythes Are Quoted (Anne of Green Gables, #9)

By: L.M. Montgomery , Benjamin Lefebvre , Elizabeth Rollins Epperly

3.79

Format: 527 pages, Hardcover

The Blythes Are Quoted is the last work of fiction by the internationally celebrated author of Anne… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Anne of Green Gables Collection: Anne of Green Gables, Anne of the Island, and More Anne Shirley Books

By: L.M. Montgomery

5.00

Format: None pages,

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Whatever Tomorrow Brings (The Californians, #1) by Lori Wick

6. Whatever Tomorrow Brings (The Californians, #1)

By: Lori Wick

4.16

Format: 354 pages, Paperback

In the midst of fresh grief and unfamiliar surroundings, Kaitlin, the Donovans' oldest daughter, mu… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. 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
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, #3) by Marie Rutkoski

8. The Winner's Kiss (The Winner's Trilogy, #3)

By: Marie Rutkoski

4.04

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Some kisses come at a price. War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allie… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
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9. My Bible Friends Book One

By: Etta B. Degering , Robert Berran

4.08

Format: 31 pages, Hardcover

A Beautiful Pictorial Book with 4 Bible Stories This Book includes: Baby Moses Baby Jesus Joseph's … read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Love, Stargirl (Stargirl, #2) by Jerry Spinelli

10. Love, Stargirl (Stargirl, #2)

By: Jerry Spinelli

4.00

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

LOVE, STARGIRL picks up a year after Stargirl ends and reveals the new life of the beloved characte… read more

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  • fiction
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
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11. The Blue Castle

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.94

Format: 255 pages,

Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis fr… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) by James Herriot

12. All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)

By: James Herriot

3.59

Format: 251 pages,

The classic multimillion copy bestseller Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herri… read more

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  • classics
  • animals
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13. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

14. The Shepherd of the Hills

By: Harold Bell Wright

4.30

Format: 503 pages, Paperback

"Here and there among men, there are those who pause in the hurried rush to listen to the call of a… read more

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15. Sean Donovan (The Californians, #3)

By: Lori Wick

4.12

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

Lori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cov… read more

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16. Okay for Now

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boysand… read more

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17. A Life Intercepted

By: Charles Martin

3.36

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Twelve years ago Matthew "the Rocket" Rising had it all. Married to his high school sweetheart and … read more

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18. Escape Into the Night (The Riverboat Adventures, #1)

By: Lois Walfrid Johnson

5.00

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

In 1857 12-year-old Libby joins her father aboard the Christina and proves that she can be trusted … read more

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19. Water from My Heart

By: Charles Martin

3.57

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

New York Timesbestselling author Charles Martin's breathtaking novel of love and redemption. Charli… read more

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20. A Tangled Web

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.98

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

No amount of drama between the Dark and Penhallow families can prepare them for what follows when A… read more

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21. The Goose Girl (The Books of Bayern, #1)

By: Shannon Hale

3.91

Format: None pages,

Anidori-Kiladra Talianna Isilee, Crown Princess of Kildenree, spends the first years of her life un… read more

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Cover of My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) by Gerald Durrell, Helma Lapiņa

22. My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

By: Gerald Durrell , Helma Lapiņa

4.17

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do… read more

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  • classics
  • animals
"Larry was always full of ideas about things of which he had no experience."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"‎'All we need is a book,' roared Leslie; 'don't panic, hit 'em with a book."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"I can't be expected to produce deathless prose in an atmosphere of gloom and eucalyptus."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

"Gradually the magic of the island [Corfu] settled over us as gently and clingingly as pollen."

-Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)

23. My Plain Jane (The Lady Janies, #2)

By: Brodi Ashton , Cynthia Hand , Jodi Meadows

3.88

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks o… read more

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24. Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul

By: John Eldredge , Stasi Eldredge

4.01

Format: 0 pages,

Every woman was once a little girl. And every little girl holds in her heart her most precious drea… read more

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Cover of The Labors of Hercules Beal by Gary D. Schmidt

25. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

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  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

Cover of The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3) by Charles Martin

26. The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

By: Charles Martin

4.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

With gripping action and heart-wrenching emotion, Charles Martin continues to explore the true powe… read more

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  • fiction
"...man's greatest need is forgiveness while his greatest desire is power. [Bones]"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"I, as much as anyone, knew that hope is what feeds us. It's the currency of mankind. The fuel of the soul. Without it, we wither and die. [Murphy Shepherd]"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"...every man has a basement. Some lay dark. Unlit. Concealed. Others sprawl like airport runways for all the world to see. The difference is determined by whether he is hiding something or digging it…"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

"Maybe only an orphan can understand this, but we had been cut free from our anchor and the blow was crushing. We didn't know who we were, and more importantly, we didn't know whose we were -- forever…"

-Charles Martin, The Record Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #3)

Cover of The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2) by Charles Martin

27. The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2)

By: Charles Martin

4.41

Format: 301 pages, Hardcover

Combining heart-wrenching emotion with edge-of-your-seat tension, Charles Martin explores the true … read more

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  • fiction
"Stripped bare, the human soul has one real desire: to know and be known."

-Charles Martin, The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2)

"...girls need their father. Period. And I couldn’t really tell you why other than it’s the father who tells them who they are. Until he does, they’re just floating in the earth like that tooth. Burie…"

-Charles Martin, The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2)

"There's a thing that happens when we start to believe the lies about ourselves, and when we think other people believe them too. Those lies become our prison. The bars we see through. They hold us ca…"

-Charles Martin, The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2)

"While a deep need in each of us is to know and be known, there is one deeper. One that undergirds everything else. It's the stuff of us. Out of it, we breathe, or not. We wander the earth like shipwr…"

-Charles Martin, The Letter Keeper (Murphy Shepherd, #2)

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28. Wishtress

By: Nadine Brandes

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wish… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply"

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

Cover of Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home by Benjamin Hall

29. Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home

By: Benjamin Hall

4.58

Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition

AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life o… read more

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Cover of Sawdust in His Shoes by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

30. Sawdust in His Shoes

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.50

Format: 278 pages, Paperback

An outsider becomes a hero and a boy becomes a man in this classic coming-of-age tale from the heyd… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horses
  • juvenile

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Louisa May Alcott

3.86

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Marie Rutkoski

4.09

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Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, #1)

Alexandra Boiger , Betty MacDonald

4.16

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The Blythes Are Quoted (Anne of Green Gables, #9)

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Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

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Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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