11 must-read fiction books like Secret in the Maple Tree by Matilda Nordtvedt

Cover of Secret in the Maple Tree by Matilda Nordtvedt

Secret in the Maple Tree

By: Matilda Nordtvedt

4.14

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

Hilda's parents were immigrants from Norway who came to the United States in the late 1800s. Hilda'…

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Cover of On the Way Home by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane

1. On the Way Home

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Rose Wilder Lane

4.07

Format: 101 pages, Paperback

In 1894, Laura Ingalls Wilder, her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose, packed their belongi… read more

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  • historical
  • childrens
Cover of On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

2. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

Cover of Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ by Lew Wallace

3. Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

By: Lew Wallace

4.03

Format: 620 pages, Hardcover

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880) by Lew Wallace is one of the most popular and beloved 19th cen… read more

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  • historical
  • christian fiction
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"In warning there is strength."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"The enemy of man is man, my brother."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Knowledge leaves no room for chances."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

"Pride is never so loud as when in chains."

-Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Cover of Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

4. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, Chris Sheban

5. Because of Winn-Dixie

By: Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Kate DiCamillo's beloved, best-selling debut novel is now available in a paperback digest edition. … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

6. 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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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

7. Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #2)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

2.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Meet Laura Ingalls . . . . . . the little girl who would grow up to write the Little House books. P… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them by Liz Curtis Higgs

8. Bad Girls of the Bible: And What We Can Learn from Them

By: Liz Curtis Higgs

3.70

Format: 339 pages, Hardcover

Women everywhere marvel at those good girls in Scripture--Sarah, Mary, Esther--but on most days, th… read more

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9. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop … read more

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10. 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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11. 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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  • childrens
  • historical
  • 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)

Cover of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) by Barbara Robinson

12. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

By: Barbara Robinson

4.22

Format: 128 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Laughs abound in this bestselling Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson! The Best Christmas Pageant… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I've got the baby here," Imogene barked at the Wise Men. "Don touch him! I named him Jesus."

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

"When they got to the part about swaddling clothes and the manger, Imogene asked, “You mean they tied him up and put him in a feedbox? Where was the Child Welfare?"

-Barbara Robinson, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)

13. Henry Huggins (Henry Huggins, #1)

By: Tracy Dockray , Beverly Cleary

4.95

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

In the first novel from Newbery Award-winning author Beverly Cleary, boys and girls alike will inst… read more

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14. Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The long winter is finally over, and with spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more … read more

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15. The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5)

By: Jeff Kinney

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up… read more

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16. The First Four Years (Little House, #9)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. La… read more

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17. The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom

By: John Sherrill , Elizabeth Sherrill , Corrie ten Boom

3.81

Format: None pages,

At one time Corrie ten Boom would have laughed at the idea that there would ever be a story to tell… read more

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Cover of Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2) by Emiko Jean

18. Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)

By: Emiko Jean

3.73

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

When Japanese-American Izumi Tanaka learned her father was the Crown Prince of Japan, she became a … read more

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  • fiction
"A heart divided cannot stand."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)

"Follow your heart...You lead with your heart."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)

"You will tell me who said this to you and I will take care of it."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)

"How could I have expected to stay in your golden orbit forever? I should have known. We’ve been playing a losing game the whole time."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After, #2)

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19. Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

By: Emiko Jean

3.90

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her sma… read more

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  • fiction
"Radish, I'm so heartsick for you."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Kanji is an expression of the soul"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"...why does anybody do anything? Money?"

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

"Dear Crown Prince Toshihito, I think I'm your daughter..."

-Emiko Jean, Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After, #1)

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20. Secret in the Maple Tree

By: Matilda Nordtvedt

4.14

Format: 153 pages, Paperback

Hilda's parents were immigrants from Norway who came to the United States in the late 1800s. Hilda'… read more

Similar categories in Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree book and Matilda Nordtvedt's Secret in the Maple Tree

  • christian fiction
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young readers
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. Rosa

By: Elaine Cunningham

4.00

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

This reader focuses on the life of "Rosa," a young girl in a family of migrant workers. Children wi… read more

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  • christian fiction
  • childrens

10 Best childrens books like Secret in the Maple Tree by Matilda Nordtvedt

Transform Your Habits

On the Way Home

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Rose Wilder Lane

4.07

Transform Your Habits

On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

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14 Top fiction books like Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

Transform Your Habits

Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Transform Your Habits

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

Transform Your Habits

Little House on Rocky Ridge (Little House: The Rocky Ridge Years, #1)

Roger Lea MacBride , David Gilleece

4.00

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