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Fast Five: Books I Wish I’d Read as a Kid

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The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (The Wolves Chronicles)
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase

The Misadventures of Maude March

The Misadventures of Maude March


A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama
A Drowned Maiden’s Hair

Riding Freedom
Riding Freedom

The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple




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  1. Irene Latham says

    January 31, 2011 at 12:44 pm

    These are all new to me, Caroline — thanks! Good timing too, as I am going to the library today. 🙂

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  2. Shelli (srjohannes) says

    January 31, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    these are new to me too – off to library….again!

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  3. Caroline Starr Rose says

    January 31, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    It 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.

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  4. Joanne Fritz says

    January 31, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Oh, 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!).

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  5. Catherine Ensley says

    January 31, 2011 at 9:44 pm

    Great choice of books! I just left you something on my blog.

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  6. Lynda Young says

    January 31, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    I’m not familiar with any of those… That’s probably a bad thing. lol.

    Lyn
    W.I.P. It: A Writer’s Journey

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  7. A.L. Sonnichsen says

    February 2, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    I 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

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  8. Ann Bedichek Braden says

    February 3, 2011 at 1:37 am

    Oh, 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!

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  9. Connie Barnett says

    February 3, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    Maude 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?

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  10. Caroline Starr Rose says

    February 3, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    Connie, 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.

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  11. Demitria says

    February 3, 2011 at 7:41 pm

    I haven’t read any of these! I should check them out. Thanks!

    New follower…

    demitrialunetta.blogspot.com

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  12. Kimberley Griffiths Little says

    February 11, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    I’m familiar with all these books, although I haven’t read them all yet: but I ADORED Drowned Maiden’s Hair!

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