Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift

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.

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.


Indiana Connections

  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Running Out of Time


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Honey


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Rosetown


  • 13: A Novel


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


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


  • Finding Home


  • The Best At It


Running Out of Time

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.

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.


Indiana Connections

  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Rosetown


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


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


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Honey


  • Running Out of Time


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


  • 13: A Novel


  • The Best At It


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Finding Home


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • Tracking Daddy Down


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

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.

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.


Indiana Connections

  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Rosetown


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


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


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Honey


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • 13: A Novel


  • Running Out of Time


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Finding Home


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • The Best At It


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • A Place Called Freedom


Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1

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.

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.


Indiana Connections

  • 13: A Novel


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


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


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Running Out of Time


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Rosetown


  • Honey


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • The Best At It


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Finding Home


Ruthie’s Gift

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.

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

  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


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


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • 13: A Novel


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Tracking Daddy Down


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


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Finding Home


  • Honey


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Rosetown


  • The Best At It


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • Running Out of Time


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