The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
The Misadventures of Maude March
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair
Riding Freedom
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Fast Five: Books I Wish I’d Read as a Kid
award-winning picture book and middle-grade author
award-winning picture book and middle-grade author
Irene Latham says
January 31, 2011 at 12:44 pmThese are all new to me, Caroline — thanks! Good timing too, as I am going to the library today. 🙂
Shelli (srjohannes) says
January 31, 2011 at 3:10 pmthese are new to me too – off to library….again!
Caroline Starr Rose says
January 31, 2011 at 4:52 pmIt was fun thinking through this list. My choices reinforce my interest in mid-grade historical fiction with strong female leads, don’t they?
Riding Freedom was a huge classroom/book club hit, by the way.
Joanne Fritz says
January 31, 2011 at 6:57 pmOh, Caroline, I ADORE The Ballad of Lucy Whipple. One of my all-time favorites. Nobody ever mentions it anymore, so thank you.
I would add Moon Over Manifest to your list. It’s definitely MG and historical (with parallel stories from 1936 and 1918) and has a female lead. My favorite MG from 2010 (even before it won the Newbery!).
Catherine Ensley says
January 31, 2011 at 9:44 pmGreat choice of books! I just left you something on my blog.
Lynda Young says
January 31, 2011 at 11:22 pmI’m not familiar with any of those… That’s probably a bad thing. lol.
Lyn
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A.L. Sonnichsen says
February 2, 2011 at 9:05 pmI think I’m going to reserve all these from our library for my daughter. She’s reading me out of house and home. Thanks for the tips!
Amy
Ann Bedichek Braden says
February 3, 2011 at 1:37 amOh, I loved Riding Freedom. Pam Munoz Ryan is one of my favorite authors. Her writing appears simple, but the sense of place is so strong. And what a fabulous character – she was one tough cookie!
Connie Barnett says
February 3, 2011 at 2:26 pmMaude March is wonderful! So is the sequel–Maude March on the Run. I wish there were a third! So, I suppose I wish I’d read these when I was a kid. But really, who says adults can’t enjoy kid’s books. If it’s a really good book, shouldn’t it stand the test of aging?
Caroline Starr Rose says
February 3, 2011 at 2:58 pmConnie, agreed! If I’d found these books as a girl, though (and it would have been impossible with all but one — four were written when I was an adult), it would have made those early reading days that much richer.
As I read a whole lot of mid-grade now, I agree that a great book is a great book, no matter the reader’s age.
Demitria says
February 3, 2011 at 7:41 pmI haven’t read any of these! I should check them out. Thanks!
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Kimberley Griffiths Little says
February 11, 2011 at 11:20 pmI’m familiar with all these books, although I haven’t read them all yet: but I ADORED Drowned Maiden’s Hair!