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A Gathering of Days is Joan W. Blos' novel that serves as a fictional version of a New England girl's journal.The journal of a 14-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father's remarriage, and the death of her best f... Read More about A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-1832

Before the new movie adaptation starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, and Timothée Chalamet arrives in theaters, discover Louisa May Alcott's enchanting tale of the March sisters for yourself.The quintessential American family story, Little Women captured readers' hearts right from the start. A bests... Read More about Little Women (Aladdin Classics)

The neighbors aren't too happy about Henry and his beat-up old house. Why doesn't he clean it up, and weed his garden and sweep his walk? Henry's got better things to do. Tired of being bothered, he finally gets fed up and moves away. The funny thing is, nobody's really happy when he does--not the n... Read More about Old Henry

This novel, written in diary form, tells of a pivotal year for 19th-century New Englander Catherine Cabot Hill--one of change, loss, and leave taking . . . a low-key, intense and reflective book.--School Library Journal, starred review. 1980 Newbery Award book.... Read More about Gathering of Days

The neighbors aren't too happy about Henry and his beat-up old house. Why doesn't he clean it up, and weed his garden and sweep his walk? Henry's got better things to do. Tired of being bothered, he finally gets fed up and moves away. The funny thing is, nobody's really happy when he does--not the n... Read More about Old Henry

Dear Cousin Sallie, I begin with words I never thought to write: I am not an orphan! Thirteen-year-old Eldora has always believed that her mother died when she was very little, and for nine years she has lived with people that she calls Aunt and Uncle. The year is 1850, and all three have exchan... Read More about Letters from the Corrugated Castle: A Novel of Gold Rush California, 1850-1852