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Book List Part Two

Book list part two:

Links to my article about each book:

The Rivers of Judah
Snow
Out of Hiding
The Way of Escape
Evergreen Secrets
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
A Journey of Faith (Prairie River Book One)
A Grateful Harvest (Prairie River Book Two)
Cameron Townsend
A Father's Promise
Medallion
Sound Friendships
Explorers for God
The Breadwinner
The Journeyman
Hue & Cry

Book List Part One

Here is part one of the actual list. Sorry. I think I had way to many link or something.

Links to another website about each book:

The Rivers of Judah
Snow
Out of Hiding
The Way of Escape
Evergreen Secrets
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
A Journey of Faith (Prairie River Book One)
A Grateful Harvest (Prairie River Book Two)
Cameron Townsend
A Father's Promise
Medallion
Sound Friendships
Explorers for God
The Breadwinner
The Journeyman
Hue & Cry

List of Books That I Have Posted About

I have decided that periodically I will make a list of all the books I have reviewed so far. You may notice at the bottom of the list that there are two books I haven't written on yet. I plan to do those in the near future.

Also, for each book, there will be a link to my article on it and another website about the book. In most cases this will be from the publishing website. Other times it won't be.

I hope you will enjoy this, because now it should be easier for you to find a article on any given book on my list.

Reading Spree

Sorry it has taken me totally forever to post again. Okay, not really. Only 12 days, but, hey, it is almost two weeks. I think I had reading spree. I don't usually read that may books that quickly. Well.........maybe I do. I had just gotten a TON of new books, so I read most, if not all, of them. Around then was when I decided to start this blog. I still have a bunch of books that I want to post on, but I am posting this to let people know not to expect so many posts all the time. I plan to start posting about once or twice a week. Maybe more.

Again, if you are reading this blog, please, please, please leave a comment so I know who you are and that you DO read this unimportant, maybe slightly entertaining, blog.

Remembering Laura

Today marks the 140th anniversary of Laura Ingalls Wilder's birth. She was born on February 7, 1867 near Pepin, Wisconsin. Laura married Almanzo James Wilder in 1885. In December of 1886 their first child, a girl, was born. They named her Rose. Over the next years Laura and Almanzo moved many times. In 1894 they finally settled near Mansfield, Missouri on a farm they called Rocky Ridge. On February 10, 1957, three days after her ninetieth birthday, Laura died at Rocky Ridge farm. She is probably most remembered for the nine books she wrote for children.

The books Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote are:

* Little House in the Big Woods
* Little House on the Prairie
* Farmer Boy
* On the Banks of Plum Creek
* By the Shores of Silver Lake
* The Long Winter
* Little Town on the Prairie
* These Happy Golden Years
* The First Four Years

See also this book by Carolyn Strom Collins and Christina Wyss Erikson :

* The World of Little House

Click on this link to visit the official website for the Little House books.

Click on this link for a list of the Little House books from Wikipedia.

The Breadwinner

Picture this:

You are and 11-year old girl living in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. You can't leave the house unless you have a male relative with. You are considered to be worthless. No one cares about you, except for your own family and a very few close friends.

That is life for Parvana. She lives with her brother, two sisters, mother, and father. Her father is crippled. It happened one day while he was teaching in a school. The building was bombed, and he lost part of one of his legs. Parvana has to go with him every day to the market and sit while he writes letter and sells things to make money for his family to live off of.

But then one day several men from the Taliban arrive at Parvana's house. They ransack it and drag her father off to the prison. Her mother and one of their friends, Mrs. Weera, decide to dress Parvana as a boy and send her off to earn money. Will Parvana's disguise work or will the Talib men see right though her?

This book was written by Deborah Ellis.

It was published in Canada in 2000 by Groundwood Books. It was published in the US in 2001.

Visit www.groundwoodbooks.com for more information.

Prairie River (Book 2)

Okay, I finally got around to doing the review for A Grateful Harvest the second book in the Prairie River series. Sorry for the delay. I had so many other books I wanted to do. I still have a ton on my bookshelf waiting to be blogged about.

The beginning of A Grateful Harvest starts shortly after the end of A Journey of Faith. Nessa Clemens has been given the position of schoolteacher for Prairie River for another term. The head of the school board has told her that this is only a temporary position. It is only until they can find a more suitable candidate. The school board hadn't even wanted to give Nessa the position in the first place. The had all voted for another woman, Miss Laura Sears. But after Laura proved incapable of teaching in a prairie school the school board only had one choice--to accept Nessa as their schoolteacher. But now one of Nessa favorite pupils has died, and no one seems to trust her. To make matters worse, Fanny Jo, a woman who came out west on the stagecoach with Nessa, has entrusted her with a secret. When Nessa lets her mouth run, and ends up telling Fanny Jo's secret to Ivy, one of her new friends, Nessa risks losing some of the most important friendships she has made in Prairie River. When a time of trial comes, will Nessa be able to stand? Can she prove to Mr. Applewood, the head of the school board, that she isn't totally incapable of keeping the schoolchildren safe and that she isn't as completely worthless as everyone seems to think?