Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift

Submitted by Bill W. on Fri, 2016-09-16 09:25

In her fictionalized journal, 11-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.

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Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift
Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift

Kathryn Lasky
(Juvenile Fiction - J Dear Las)
Series: Dear America

In her fictionalized journal, 11-year-old Minnie Swift recounts how her family dealt with the difficult times during the Depression and how the arrival of an orphan from Texas changed their lives in Indianapolis just before Christmas 1932.

 

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  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


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Running Out of Time

Submitted by Bill W. on Thu, 2016-09-15 12:45

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

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Running Out of Time
Running Out of Time

Margaret Peterson Haddix
(Juvenile Fiction - J Haddix)

When a diphtheria epidemic hits her 1840 village, 13-year-old Jessie discovers it is actually a 1995 tourist site under unseen observation by heartless scientists, and it's up to Jessie to escape the village and save the lives of the dying children.

 

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  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • 13: A Novel


  • The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Finding Home


  • Running Out of Time


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • Rosetown


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • The Best At It


  • Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Tracking Daddy Down


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Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War

Submitted by Bill W. on Thu, 2016-09-15 12:42

12-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.

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Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War
Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War

Helen Frost
(Juvenile Fiction - J Frost)

12-year-olds Anikwa, of the Miami village of Kekionga, and James, of the trading post outside Fort Wayne, find their friendship threatened by the rising fear and tension brought by the War of 1812.

 

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  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Honey


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The Best At It


  • Running Out of Time


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • 13: A Novel


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War


  • Rosetown


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Finding Home


  • Good night, Indiana University


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Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1

Submitted by Bill W. on Thu, 2016-09-15 12:40

When fifth-grader Timmy McAllister decides to order a ninja through the mail, his town of Cherry Creek, Indiana may never be the same again.

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Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1
Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1

Joshua Elder
(Juvenile Manga - J-MANGA Mailord v. 1 Elder)

When fifth-grader Timmy McAllister decides to order a ninja through the mail, his town of Cherry Creek, Indiana may never be the same again.

 

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  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Running Out of Time


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • 13: A Novel


  • Rosetown


  • The Best At It


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Finding Home


  • Honey


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts


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Ruthie’s Gift

Submitted by Bill W. on Thu, 2016-09-15 12:23

Just before the beginning of World War I, 8-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.

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Ruthie’s Gift
Ruthie’s Gift

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
(Juvenile Fiction - J Br)

Just before the beginning of World War I, 8-year-old Ruthie, who lives with her parents and six brothers on a farm in Indiana, wishes for a sister and tries to behave like the lady her mother wants her to be.

 

Indiana Connections

  • Salt: A Story of a Friendship in a Time of War


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • The Best At It


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Rosetown


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • 13: A Novel


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • The Teacher’s Funeral: A Comedy in Three Parts


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Running Out of Time


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Honey


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Finding Home


more >

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