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 Beef Princess of Practical County


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


  • Honey


  • The Best At It


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Finding Home


  • Running Out of Time


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


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Rosetown


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • 13: A Novel


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Good night, Indiana University


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

  • The Best At It


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Honey


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • Rosetown


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • 13: A Novel


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


  • Finding Home


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


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Running Out of Time


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

  • Running Out of Time


  • The Best At It


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


  • Rosetown


  • Honey


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • A Place Called Freedom


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


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • 13: A Novel


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Finding Home


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

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


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Rosetown


  • Honey


  • A Place Called Freedom


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Running Out of Time


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • The Best At It


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • 13: A Novel


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Finding Home


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


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

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


  • Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1


  • Tracking Daddy Down


  • Running Out of Time


  • Good night, Indiana University


  • Christmas After All: The Diary of Minnie Swift


  • Rosetown


  • The Season of Styx Malone


  • Honey


  • The Dark Didn’t Catch Me


  • Here Lies the Librarian


  • The Best At It


  • The Beef Princess of Practical County


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


  • Finding Home


  • 13: A Novel


  • Ruthie’s Gift


  • The School at Crooked Creek


  • A Place Called Freedom


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