Up a Road Slowly
by Irene Hunt
Age: 10+
Interests: strong female characters, coming of age, adolescence, family, romance
Up a Road Slowly
17 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adolescence, coming of age, family, romance, strong girls
The Lark on the Wing
01 Oct 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 11+ Tags: careers, coming of age, independence, music, religion, romance, siblings, singing
The Lark on the Wing
by Elfrida Vipont
Age: 11+
Interests: music, religion, romance, coming of age stories More
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
05 Sep 2014 1 Comment
in Books, books 10+ Tags: adventure, American history, boats, history, intolerance, orphans, religion, romance, strong girls, superstition, travel, witches
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
by Elizabeth George Speare
Age: 10+
Interests: history, American history, politics, religion, intolerance, adventure, romance, strong girls, orphans, witches, superstition More
The Owl Service
25 Jun 2014 2 Comments
in Books, books 12+ Tags: folktales, horror, Magic, mystery, romance, step-parents, Wales
Tamar
30 Apr 2014 Leave a comment
in Books, books 13+ Tags: family history, grandparents, Holland, mystery, occupation, romance, spies, suicide, violence, war, WWII
Tamar
by Mal Peet
Age: 13+
Interests: war, WWII, violence, Holland, spies, occupation, romance, grandparents, family history, mystery
The Little Bookroom
06 Sep 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+, books 9+ Tags: fairies, Fairy Tale, fairy tale updated, helping others, Magic, morality, prince, Princess, romance, satire, short stories
The Little Bookroom
by Eleanor Farjeon
Age: 6 (read to); 9 (independent reading)
Interests: short stories, updated fairy tales, satire, magic, romance, princesses and princes, helping others, morality
Collected Stories for Children
18 Jun 2013 2 Comments
in Books, books 11+, books 8+ Tags: adventure, animals, cats, fairies, Fairy Tale, folktales, horror, Magic, monkeys, romance, travel
Collected Stories for Children
by Walter de la Mare
Age: 8+ (read to); 11+ (independent reading)
Interests: folk tales, fairy tales, animals, magic, romance, fairies, spooky stories, adventure, travel, cats, monkeys
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
25 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: adventure, family, illness, little people, romance, strong girls
Released: 2010
Rated: G
Length: 94 min.
Age: 6 and up. commonsense media sez: 7 +
Interests: little people, romance, family, illness, adventure, strong girls
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
07 Apr 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 6+ Tags: American history, boats, cities, history, immigration, New York, orphans, romance, sewing, strong girls, travel
When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Amy Hest, text
P. J. Lynch, illustrations
Age: 6+
Interests: history, ship, travel, immigration, American history, New York City, sewing, romance
Black Ships Before Troy
12 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Books, books 10+, books 8+ Tags: action, adventure, boats, gods, Greece, history, Magic, morality, myths, romance, war
GREENAWAY MEDAL WINNER -1993
Rosemary Sutcliff, text
Alan Lee, illustrations
Frances Lincoln Limited: 1993
125 pages, 19 chapters
Age: 8+ (read to) ; 10+ (independent reading)
Interests: Greek history and mythology, war, romance, ethical dilemmas
Next: Sutcliffe’s The Wanderings of Odysseus, D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths
Also by this author: many historical fiction novels for young people, including The Eagle of the Ninth Chronicles (3 books about the Romans in Britain, including Carnegie winner The Lantern Bearers), Warrior Scarlet (about life in the Bronze Age), Tristan and Iseult, The Shining Company (medieval Britain)
Rarest Kind of Best 