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3.8 stars
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Each succeeding spring brings a young Illinois boy closer to manhood as he faces the harsh realities of the American Civil War.
Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.
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4 stars
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The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy in 13th century England as he searches for his father and his dog.
In thirteenth-century England an eleven-year-old boy roams the countryside as he searches for his father and his stolen dog
3. The Alley
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Ten-year-old Connie, who lives in the Brooklyn neigborhood called The Alley, investigates a burglary with her friend Billy Maloon.
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All-of-a-kind family volume 1.
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4.8 stars
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Portrays the joys and troubles of five high-spirited Jewish sisters as they grow up in New York City.
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All-of-a-kind family volume 4.
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5 stars
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The further adventures of five sisters and their brother growing up on New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.
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All-of-a-kind family volume 3.
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5 stars
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The continuing adventures of five sisters growing up in a Jewish family in New York in the early twentieth century. Ella finds a boyfriend and Henny disagrees with Papa over her curfew; a single uncle finds romance; World War I approaches and the family heads to Rockaway Beach to avoid infection during an outbreak of infantile paralysis.
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4.3 stars
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The life of the eighteenth-century African prince who, after being captured by slave traders, was brought to Massachusetts where he was a slave until he was able to buy his freedom at the age of sixty.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 2.
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4.7 stars
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In this sequel to Anne of Green Gables, teenage Anne Shirley becomes a schoolteacher in a small village on Prince Edward Island.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
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Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm and proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 6.
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4.3 stars
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Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. She now has a new baby on the way and ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 3.
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4.4 stars
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Anne moves from Prince Edward Island, and goes off to Redmond College and finds new friends, new romances, and new insights into life and the people around her.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 4.
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4.2 stars
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Anne Shirley settles into the cozy tower room at Windy Poplars and begins a new chapter of her life away from Green Gables as the principal of Summerside High School. Written as a series of letters to her fiance Gilbert Blythe.
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Anne of Green Gables volume 5.
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4.5 stars
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Anne, now married to a doctor, lives in her dream house, meets new neighbors, makes new friends, and solves new problems.
Anne of Green Gables, the orphan girl who lives on Prince Edward Island, experiences romance as she begins her years of young adulthood.
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3.7 stars
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Benjamin Franklin's companion, Amos the mouse, recounts how he was responsible for Franklin's inventions and discoveries.
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5 stars
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With his beloved black cat Grimalkin as his constant companion, the young Quaker boy Benjamin West discovers and develops his talent as an artist.
17. Betsy-Tacy
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Betsy-Tacy stories volume 1.
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4.2 stars
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After Tacy Kelly moves into the house across the street from Betsy Ray, the five-year-olds become inseparable friends.
18. Black gold
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5 stars
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A heroic small-boned horse with a will to win is finally ridden to glory by his devoted jockey.
19. The Blue Castle
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5 stars
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In early 1920s Canada, drastic circumstances give Valancy, a twenty-nine-year-old unmarried woman resigned to being an "old maid," the courage to defy her controlling family and escape to a life of her own choosing.
20. Blue willow
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3 stars
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A little girl, who wants most of all to have a real home and to go to a regular school, hopes that the valley her family has come to, which so resembles the pattern on her treasured blue willow plate, will be their permanent home.