11 best-selling historical fiction books like Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4) by Arleta Richardson

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Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4)

By: Arleta Richardson

4.22

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Through prayer, thirteen-year-old Ethan meets the challenges of moving with his adopted family to a…

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4) by Arleta Richardson , here is a list of 11 books like this:

Cover of Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos by Robert Lawson

1. Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

By: Robert Lawson

3.82

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Swamp Robber (Sugar Creek Gang, #1) by Paul Hutchens

2. The Swamp Robber (Sugar Creek Gang, #1)

By: Paul Hutchens

3.92

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The tales and travels of the Sugar Creek Gang have passed the test of time, delighting young reader… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Lyle and the Birthday Party (Lyle the Crocodile) by Bernard Waber

3. Lyle and the Birthday Party (Lyle the Crocodile)

By: Bernard Waber

3.98

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Primm fears Lyle the crocodile is terribly sick, when in reality he's just “green” over Joshua… read more

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  • fiction
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4. American Tall Tales

By: Mary Pope Osborne , Michael McCurdy

3.99

Format: 115 pages, Hardcover

The perfect addition to every family’s home library and just right for sharing aloud, American Tall… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. A Lantern in Her Hand

By: Bess Streeter Aldrich

4.18

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 45 minutes Part of: Bison Book (4 titles) Perfect for fans of … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"You have to dream things out. It keeps a kind of an ideal before you. You see it first in your mind and then you set about to try to make it like the ideal. If you want a garden,-why, I guess you've …"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"What makes it smell so sweet?" they wanted to know. "Because everything,--every little wild plum-blossom, every little tiny crocus and anemone and violet and every tree-bud and grass-blade is working…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"Abbie would stop in her work and utter a prayer for him,—and, sent as it were from the bow of a mother's watchful care, bound by the cord of a mother's love, the little winged arrow on its flight mus…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

"Far into the evening they sat around the old coal burner talking and laughing, with tears not far behind the laughter - the state legislator and the banker, the artist, the singer, and the college te…"

-Bess Streeter Aldrich, A Lantern in Her Hand

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6. From a Distance (Timber Ridge Reflections, #1)

By: Tamera Alexander

3.83

Format: None pages,

What happens when the realization of a dream isn't what you imagined... and the secret you've spent… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. A Grain of Rice

By: Helena Clare Pittman

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

When a humble farmer named Pong Lo asks for the hand of the Emperor's beautiful daughter, the Emper… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome

By: Susan Wise Bauer

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting his… read more

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9. Day of the Blizzard

By: Marietta D. Moskin

3.67

Format: None pages, Paperback

Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest sno… read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. The House on East 88th Street

By: Bernard Waber

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The first book in the Lyle series, this tells the story of how the Primms found Lyle the crocodile … read more

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  • fiction
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11. The Chocolate Touch

By: Margot Apple , Patrick Skene Catling

3.91

Format: 163 pages, Paperback

In this zany twist on the legend of King Midas and his golden touch, a boy acquires a magical gift … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of God's Smuggler by John Sherrill, Elizabeth Sherrill, Brother Andrew

12. God's Smuggler

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Brother Andrew

4.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

As a boy he dreamed of being a spy undercover behind enemy lines. As a man he found himself underco… read more

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13. Shame Interrupted: How God Lifts the Pain of Worthlessness and Rejection

By: Edward T. Welch

4.33

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

No more hiding. Shame controls far too many of us. Worthless, inferior, rejected, weak, humiliated,… read more

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14. Alone Yet Not Alone

By: Tracy Michele Leininger

3.82

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

Autumn of 1755 bestowed to the Leiningers' world, not only its rich beauties, but also a rewarding … read more

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15. Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books

By: Nancy Carpenter , Kay Winters

3.89

Format: 704 pages, Paperback

In a tiny log cabin a boy listened with delight to the storytelling of his ma and pa. He traced let… read more

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16. Understood Betsy

By: Dorothy Canfield Fisher

4.22

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

For all of her nine years, fragile Elizabeth Ann has heard her Aunt Frances refer in whispers to he… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What's the matter?" asked the teacher, seeing her bewildered face. "Why—why," said Elizabeth Ann, "I don't know what I am at all. If I'm second-grade arithmetic and seventh-grade reading and third-gr…"

-Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Understood Betsy

17. Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

By: Nabeel Qureshi

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

An Unexpected Journey from Islam to Christianity In Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus, Nabeel Qureshi de… read more

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18. The Reluctant Dragon

By: Kenneth Grahame , Ernest H. Shepard

5.00

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

In this beloved classic story, a young boy befriends a poetry-loving dragon living in the Downs abo… read more

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19. Kaya's Escape! (American Girls: Kaya, #2)

By: Janet Beeler Shaw

4.24

Format: 200 pages, Hardcover

Enemy raiders are invading Kaya's village. Kaya's mother tells her to run for the woods with her bl… read more

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Cover of The Princess and the Goblin  (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes

20. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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  • fiction
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

21. A Little Princess

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Nancy Bond

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary … read more

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22. Voyage with the Vikings (Imagination Station, #1)

By: Marianne Hering , Paul McCusker

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

While visiting Mr. Whittaker at Whit's Soda Shoppe, Beth and Patrick find a mysterious letter in th… read more

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23. 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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24. Black Beauty

By: Gail Carson Levine , Anna Sewell

3.99

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, h… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is good people who make good places."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"Los hombres siempre creen poder mejorar a la Naturaleza y corregir la obra de Dios."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"I have heard men say that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing;"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"he thought people did not value their animals half enough, nor make friends of them as they ought to do"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

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

25. 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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  • 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)

Cover of The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1) by Gertrude Chandler Warner, L. Kate Deal

26. The Boxcar Children (The Boxcar Children, #1)

By: Gertrude Chandler Warner , L. Kate Deal

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Aldens begin their adventure by making a home in a boxcar. Their goal is to stay together, and … read more

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  • fiction

27. Rainbow Valley (Anne of Green Gables, #7)

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Anne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous … read more

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28. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Suffering is Never for Nothing by Elisabeth Elliot

29. Suffering is Never for Nothing

By: Elisabeth Elliot

4.68

Format: 108 pages, Hardcover

Hard times come for all in life, with no real explanation. When we walk through suffering, it has t… read more

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"Faith is not a feeling. Faith is willed obedience in action."

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"The love of God is not a sentiment. It is a willed and inexorable love that will command nothing less than the very best for us. The love of God wills our joy. I think of the love of God as being syn…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"It’s He who was the Word before the foundation of the world, suffering as a lamb slain. And He has a lot up His sleeve that you and I haven’t the slightest idea about now. He’s told us enough so that…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

"We are not adrift in chaos. To me that is the most fortifying, the most stabilizing, the most peace-giving thing that I know about anything in the universe. Every time that things have seemingly fall…"

-Elisabeth Elliot, Suffering is Never for Nothing

Cover of The Christmas Table (Christmas Hope, #10) by Donna VanLiere

30. The Christmas Table (Christmas Hope, #10)

By: Donna VanLiere

4.16

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

From Donna VanLiere, the New York Times bestselling author of The Christmas Hope series comes anoth… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • fiction
Cover of Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4) by Arleta Richardson

31. Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4)

By: Arleta Richardson

4.22

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Through prayer, thirteen-year-old Ethan meets the challenges of moving with his adopted family to a… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

17 best-selling fiction books like Across the Border (Orphans' Journey, #4) by Arleta Richardson

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Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

Robert Lawson

3.82

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Paul Hutchens

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Lyle and the Birthday Party (Lyle the Crocodile)

Bernard Waber

3.98

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American Tall Tales

Mary Pope Osborne , Michael McCurdy

3.99

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek

3.91

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The Punic Wars

Adrian Goldsworthy

4.19

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SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome

Mary Beard

3.59

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3.42

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