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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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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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


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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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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.

 

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  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Rosetown


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


  • 13: A Novel


  • Running Out of Time


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The Best At It


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Honey


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Finding Home


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