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…
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1. Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)
By: Ann Nolan Clark
3.54
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and secrets of his … read more
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- classics
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- historical fiction
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
- classics
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"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)
3. Adam of the Road
By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray
3.77
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more
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- historical fiction
4. Thimble Summer
By: Elizabeth Enright
3.75
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
When Garnet finds a silver thimble in the sand by the river, she is sure it’s magical. But is it ma… read more
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- young adult
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- historical fiction
"Garnet was very happy. She was so happy, for no especial reason, that she felt as if she must move carefully so she wouldn’t jar or shake the feeling of happiness. She descended from the roof cautiou…"-Elizabeth Enright, Thimble Summer
5. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
By: Joan W. Blos
3.54
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days…do begin this book. So begins the journal… read more
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"For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?"-Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
6. 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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- childrens
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"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
7. The Adventures of Sir Lancelot the Great (Knights' Tales, #1)
By: Gerald Morris , Aaron Renier
3.93
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the hel… read more
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- middle grade
- childrens
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. Red Sails to Capri (Puffin Newberry Library)
By: Ann Weil
4.00
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The minute he saw the boat with the red sails moving into the harbor, Michele knew that something e… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
By: Avi
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mo… read more
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- historical
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- fiction
- historical fiction
10. Call It Courage
By: Armstrong Sperry
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
A boy tries to overcome his fear of the sea in this treasured classic and winner of the Newbery Med… read more
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11. Otto of the Silver Hand
By: Howard Pyle
4.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant r… read more
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- childrens
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12. 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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"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
13. The Matchlock Gun
By: Walter D. Edmonds
3.50
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the I… read more
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- historical
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- fiction
- historical fiction
14. The School Story
By: Brian Selznick , Andrew Clements
3.14
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Two middle school girls scheme to publish a book in this novel from Andrew Clements, the author of … read more
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- fiction
- middle grade
- childrens
- young adult
15. 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
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. 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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- classics
- childrens
- fiction
17. The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
By: Garth Williams , George Selden
4.04
Format: 134 pages, Paperback
One night, the sounds of New York City--the rumbling of subway trains, thrumming of automobile tire… read more
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- fiction
"Harry had been down to Washington Square to hear an open-air concert of chamber music. How you could play chamber music outdoors Chester didn't understand—but it was New York and anything could happe…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"I guess I'm just feeling Septemberish," sighed Chester. "It's getting towards autumn now. And it's so pretty up in Connecticut. All the trees change color. The days get very clear―with a little smoke…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"Just this once, in the very heart of the busiest of cities, everyone was perfectly content not to move and hardly to breathe. And for those few minutes, while the song lasted, Times Square was still …"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
"Chester's playing filled the station. Like ripples around a stone dropped into still water, the circles of silence spread out from the newsstand. And as people listened, a change came over their face…"-Garth Williams, The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends, #1)
18. Sticks Across the Chimney: A Story of Denmark
By: Nora Burglon
3.67
Format: 346 pages, Paperback
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- childrens
- fiction
- historical fiction
19. Strawberry Girl
By: Lois Lenski
4.48
Format: None pages, Paperback
The land was theirs, but so were its hardships Strawberries -- big, ripe, and juicy. Ten-year-old B… read more
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- childrens
- historical
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- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
20. Paddle-to-the-Sea
By: Holling Clancy Holling
4.28
Format: 64 pages, Library Binding
A 1942 Caldecott Honor Book A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and na… read more
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21. Miracles on Maple Hill
By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more
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22. The Minstrel in the Tower
By: Julek Heller , Gloria Skurzynski
4.01
Format: 217 pages,
In this gripping medieval page-turner, Roger and his sister Alice are kidnapped and held for ransom… read more
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23. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
24. Captain Nobody
By: Dean Pitchford
4.58
Format: 226 pages,
When Newt Newman's football-star brother, Chris, is knocked into a coma during the biggest game of … read more
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27. 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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28. Amos Fortune, Free Man
By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more
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29. 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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"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)
30. Tales of Robin Hood
By: Felicity Brooks , Tony Allan
4.10
Format: 338 pages, Paperback
-- Filled with adventure, excitement and suspense-- Action-packed illustrations help bring the stor… read more
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31. Johnny Tremain
By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more
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