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The Midwife's Apprentice
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Karen Cushman likes to write with her tongue firmly planted in her cheek, and her feisty female characters firmly planted in history. In The Midwife's Apprentice, which earned the 1996 Newbery Medal, this makes a winning combination for children and adult readers alike. Like her award-winning book Catherine, Called Birdy, the story take... »
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West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915
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I found this collection of letters written by Laura Ingalls Wilder (author of the "Little House" series) to be fascinating. The letters were written to her husband when Mrs. Wilder went to San Francisco to visit her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, in 1915.
The reader gets Mrs. Wilder's description of a San Francisco that is recovering from th... »
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When My Name Was Keoko
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Inspired by her own family's stories of living in South Korea during the Japanese occupation in the years preceding World War II, Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park chronicles the compelling story of two siblings, 10-year-old Sun-hee and 13-year-old Tae-yul, and their battle to maintain their identity and dignity during one of Korea's most... »
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Edenville Owls
I started to read this book not realizing it was suggested for young readers. I am in my 80's.
Since I remember well the 1940's, and was just a yea... »
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Song Of The Sparrow
A lovely book and one of my favorites! This book is based on Camelot and has a great overview of the same characters. Although it has a more modern take o... »
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The Eagle of the Ninth
This book is skillfully done in many ways. The story is smooth and the pacing good. There are several exciting and suspenseful parts. If you are an adu... »
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A Lantern in Her Hand
This book turned out to be a waste of money and time. I was very disappointed. I suffered about 1/3 through, skimmed the rest, then put it in a Goodwill... »
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Red Queen's Daughter, The
The daughter of dowager queen Katherine Parr (the sixth and last wife of Henry VIII) and the traitor Thomas Seymour, sixteen-year-old Mary Seymour is a wh... »
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