Little Teddy Platt treasures a button from the uniform of his soldier father who died in battle, and longs to be a soldier himself one day—but with the help of the minister Mr. Upton, he also learns to enlist under the banner of the Lord and fight the battle of spiritual warfare against his own worst enemies within.
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Teddy's Button by Amy Le Feuvre
Little Teddy Platt treasures a button from the uniform of his soldier father who died in battle, and longs to be a soldier himself one day—but with the help of the minister Mr. Upton, he also learns to enlist under the banner of the Lord and fight the battle of spiritual warfare against his own worst enemies within.
Monday, October 26, 2015
Her Prairie Knight by B.M. Bower
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In this charming Western romance, Eastern society girl Beatrice Lansing finds herself caught between the English nobleman suitor her mother is anxious for her to marry and an aggravatingly attractive cowboy neighbor while on a visit to her brother's Montana ranch.
My review of this book.
Thursday, October 22, 2015
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
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While vacationing in Italy, young English girl Lucy Honeychurch is introduced to the Emersons, father and son, whom her traveling companion Miss Bartlett views as beneath them. Once back in England, their paths cross again, and Lucy finds herself torn between an eligible suitor and unsettling feelings for young George Emerson.
Monday, October 19, 2015
The Sheriff's Son by William MacLeod Raine
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Traumatized as a child by outlaws' murder of his sheriff father, young Roy Beaudry must finally face his worst fears when summoned back to help an old friend of his father's who has tangled with the same old enemies—a task complicated by Roy's feelings for a daughter of the outlaw family.
My review of this book.
Thursday, October 15, 2015
Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling
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Fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne, the spoiled, obnoxious son of a millionaire, falls overboard from an ocean liner and is picked up by a fishing schooner—and for the first time in his life, stranded far from everything he knows, is forced to work for his living and learn to get along with his companions. A classic sea adventure tale, full of humor and vivid, memorable characters.
Monday, October 12, 2015
That Affair Next Door by Anna Katharine Green
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In this Victorian-era mystery by an author known as the "Mother of Detective Fiction," inquisitive Miss Amelia Butterworth, a forerunner of other lady detectives of literature such as Miss Marple, takes it upon herself to investigate a murder after observing strange goings-on at the house next door.
Thursday, October 8, 2015
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin
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A classic and beloved girls' novel, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm follows the memorable character of Rebecca Rowena Randall, a spirited, curious young girl sent to live with two spinster aunts, through mishaps, adventures and friendships at school and at home as she grows to young womanhood.
Monday, October 5, 2015
Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes by Ella Cheever Thayer
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In this light, charming little Edwardian-era romance, telegraph operator Natalie Rogers strikes up a conversation with another operator over the wire, and soon develops a long-distance friendship with the young man she knows only as "C." When they are finally brought together in real life, will the friendship lead to something more...?
Thursday, October 1, 2015
The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
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Perhaps the first tale of a dual-identity hero, The Scarlet Pimpernel tells the story of Sir Percival Blakeney, whose frivolous, dandified persona masks his secret life rescuing French aristocrats from the guillotine under the name of the Scarlet Pimpernel; and the beautiful Lady Marguerite Blakeny, who is blackmailed by an enemy into uncovering the Pimpernel's identity—unaware that it is her husband.
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