Jacob Have I Loved
By: Katherine Paterson
3.69
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever…
Want to Read $ 7.99"Thinking about myself as a crazy, independent old woman made me feel almost happy."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Thinking about myself as a crazy, independent old woman made me feel almost happy."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied"-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied"-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
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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
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
2. 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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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
"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
3. Onion John
By: Joseph Krumgold , Symeon Shimin
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by th… read more
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- childrens
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
4. Dear Mr. Henshaw (Leigh Botts, #1)
By: Paul O. Zelinsky , Beverly Cleary
4.39
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Beverly Cleary's timeless Newbery Medal-winning book explores difficult topics like divorce, insecu… read more
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- realistic fiction
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- young adult
- fiction
- juvenile
5. The Midwife's Apprentice
By: Karen Cushman
5.00
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
From the author of Catherine, Called Birdy comes another spellbinding novel set in medieval England… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
6. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
By: Sara Pascoe
4.30
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
"What’s “ague?"-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
7. A Year Down Yonder (A Long Way from Chicago, #2)
By: Richard Peck
3.71
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Mary Alice remembers childhood summers packed with drama. At fifteen, she faces a whole long year w… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
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- historical fiction
8. 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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- classics
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- historical
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- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. Lincoln: A Photobiography
By: Russell Freedman
3.90
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
Abraham Lincoln stood out in a crowd as much for his wit and rollicking humor as for his height. Th… read more
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- historical
- middle grade
- childrens
"I have mo prejudice against the Southern people... They are just what we would ben in their situation. If slavery did not now exits amongst them, they wld not inrtoduce it. If it did now exist amongs…"-Russell Freedman, Lincoln: A Photobiography
10. Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
By: Paul Fleischman , Eric Beddows
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noiseis a collection of… read more
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11. A Visit to William Blake's Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers
By: Nancy Willard , Alice Provensen , Martin Provensen
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by William Blake'sSongs of Innocenceand Songs of Experience, this delightful collection of… read more
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12. Missing May
By: Cynthia Rylant
3.79
Format: 704 pages, Paperback
This critically acclaimed winner of the Newbery Medal and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award joins Sc… read more
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13. The Summer of the Swans
By: Betsy Byars
3.60
Format: 212 pages, Paperback
Sometimes you don't know what you love--until you almost lose it. Sara's fourteenth summer was turn… read more
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14. Jacob Have I Loved
By: Katherine Paterson
3.69
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Esau have I hated . . . Sara Louise Bradshaw is sick and tired of her beautiful twin Caroline. Ever… read more
Want to Read $ 7.99Similar categories in Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved book and Katherine Paterson's Jacob Have I Loved
- classics
- childrens
- coming of age
- historical
- realistic fiction
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
- juvenile
"Thinking about myself as a crazy, independent old woman made me feel almost happy."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Crazy people who are judged to be harmless are allowed an enormous amount of freedom ordinary people are denied"-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"In February the weather sometimes gave us a vacation, in August, never. We just got up earlier every morning until finally we met ourselves going to bed."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
"Don't tell me no one ever gave you a chance. You don't need anything given to you. You can make your own chances. But first you have to know what you're after, my dear."-Katherine Paterson, Jacob Have I Loved
15. M.C. Higgins, the Great
By: Virginia Hamilton
4.21
Format: None pages, Paperback
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah… read more
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16. Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
By: Jean Craighead George , John Schoenherr
3.92
Format: 381 pages, Paperback
Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives… read more
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17. Baby
By: Patricia MacLachlan
3.87
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Larkin's family welcomes Sophie into their home, caring for her and teaching her games and new word… read more
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18. Dicey's Song (Tillerman Cycle, #2)
By: Cynthia Voigt
3.22
Format: 111 pages, Paperback
Now that the four abandoned Tillerman children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey finds t… read more
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19. The Whipping Boy
By: Peter Sís , Sid Fleischman
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
A shout comes echoing up the stairway "Fetch the whipping boy!" A young orphan named Jemmy rouses … read more
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20. The View from Saturday
By: E.L. Konigsburg
4.28
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
How has Mrs. Olinski chosen her sixth-grade Academic Bowl team? She had a number of answers. But we… read more
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21. Shadow Of A Bull
By: Maia Wojciechowska
3.92
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in M… read more
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