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The Complete Anne of Green Gables 8-Book Box Set by L.M. Montgomery
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 81 ratingsFavorites for nearly 100 years, these classic novels follow the adventures of the spirited redhead Anne Shirley, who comes to stay at Green Gables and wins the hearts of everyone she meets. Includes Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne's House of Dreams, Anne of Ingleside, Rainbow Valley and Rilla of Ingleside - the whole collection... -
![Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene]()
Prague Counterpoint by Bodie Thoene
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn Vienna Prelude, Elisa Lindheim risked her life helping others escape pre-World War II Austria. The climactic ending finds her safely in Czechoslovakia, but not for long. A million other lives are endangered, and she cannot still their silent cry for help... -
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![Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene]()
Jerusalem Interlude by Bodie Thoene, Brock Thoene
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFor Jews in prewar Europe, the terrifying truth is uncovered: Truly they have no place to go. Escape or perish, but escape to where? As Central Europe is taken over by the Nazis under celebrated headlines of Peace in Our Times, hundreds of thousands pay the price for Hitler's international deception. In Jerusalem Interlude, Leah and Shimon Feldstein finally reach the Promised Land... -
![The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris]()
The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
A tale based on interviews that were conducted with Holocaust survivor and Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov. In April 1942, Lale Sokolov, a Slovakian Jew, is forcibly transported to the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau... -
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![Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham]()
Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible...Categorized as:
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![Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset]()
Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 38 ratingsIn her great historical epic Kristin Lavransdatter, set in fourteenth-century Norway, Nobel laureate Sigrid Undset tells the life story of one passionate and headstrong woman. Painting a richly detailed backdrop, Undset immerses readers in the day-to-day life, social conventions, and political and religious undercurrents of the period... -
![The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes]()
The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 33 ratings"And still on a winter's night, they say, when the wind is in the trees,. When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas,. When the road is a gypsy's ribbon looping the purple moor,. The highwayman comes riding. .. "... -
![The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor]()
The Lost Letter by Jillian Cantor
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsA heart-breaking, heart-warming historical novel of love and survival inspired by real resistance workers during World War II Austria, and the mysterious love letter that connects generations of Jewish families. For readers of The Nightingale, Lilac Girls, and Sarah's Key. Austria, 1938. Kristoff is a young apprentice to a master Jewish stamp engraver... -
![Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey]()
Beneath the Wide Silk Sky by Emily Inouye Huey
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsStunning, devastating, Debut author Emily Inouye Huey paints an intimate portrait of the racism faced by America's Japanese population during WWII. Perfect for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Sharon Cameron. Sam Sakamoto doesn't have space in her life for dreams. With the recent death of her mother, Sam's focus is the farm, which her family will lose if they can't make one last payment... -
![The Peach Rebellion by Wendelin Van Draanen]()
The Peach Rebellion by Wendelin Van Draanen
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA historical tale of friendship, family, and the power of sisterhood to help heal the wounds of the past and step boldly into the future of post-WWII America. Ginny Rose and Peggy were best friends at seven, picking peaches on hot summer days. Peggy’s family owned the farm, and Ginny Rose’s were pickers, escaping the Oklahoma dust storms... -
![Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery]()
Emily Climbs by L.M. Montgomery
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"Emily Climbs" by Lucy Maud Montgomery is the second book in the Emily of New Moon series. It follows the story of Emily Byrd Starr as she grows into her teenage years and faces new challenges while attending high school in Shrewsbury... -
![A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
A Girl of the Limberlost by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 38 ratings"A Girl of the Limberlost" is a book written by Gene Stratton-Porter, an American author. The Limberlost Swamp, a real wetland area in Indiana, USA, serves as the setting for the book, which was first published in 1909. The following is a synopsis of the Comstock, a young child raised in near-poverty on the edge of the Limberlost Swamp, is the main character of the narrative... -
![The Boy in the Woods by Katherine A. Ganzel]()
The Boy in the Woods by Katherine A. Ganzel
Rated: 4.56 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsA mysterious and poignant coming of age novel set in the late 1950’s, with the same classic feel as A Little Princess and The Secret Garden. After a devastating accident takes Jess's parents, a cold and controlling uncle is the only family she has left. Ripping away everything she’s ever known, he takes her far from her home in the big city to live on the rural family estate...Categorized as:
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![Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith]()
Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit by Colby Cedar Smith
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThis book won the 2023 Michigan Notable Books Award! This enchanting novel in verse captures one young woman’s struggle for independence, equality, and identity as the daughter of Greek and French immigrants in tumultuous 1930s Detroit. Call Me Athena: Girl from Detroit is a beautifully written novel in verse loosely based on author Colby Cedar Smith’s paternal grandmother... -
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![A Girl of the Limberlost Illustrated by Gene Stratton Porter]()
A Girl of the Limberlost Illustrated by Gene Stratton Porter
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsThis book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. -
![Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent]()
Cottonwood Whispers by Jennifer Erin Valent
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn this sequel to Jennifer’s award-winning debut novel Fireflies in December, Jessilyn Lassiter and her best friend Gemma Teague have survived prejudice and heartache in their lifelong friendship, but the summer of 1936 threatens to tear them apart yet again. Gemma’s job with the wealthy Hadley family leads to a crush on their youngest son... -
![Candy Candy, Vol. 9 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 9 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter]()
The Harvester by Gene Stratton-Porter
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDavid Langston is the harvester – a recluse, twenty-six year old man whose best friend is his dog. He lives alone in the Medicine Woods, where he cultivates and harvests plants, wild barks, roots, leaves, herbs, edible and medicinal fungi which are used for medicines. David's life changes when he meets a woman of his dreams... -
![Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman]()
Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 37 ratingsSPANNING THREE GENERATIONS AND HALF THE WORLD, WILDFLOWER HILL IS A SWEEPING, ROMANTIC, AND COMPELLING STORY OF TWO WOMEN WHO SHARE A LEGACY OF SECRETS, HEARTBREAK, COURAGE, AND LOVE. Emma, a prima ballerina in London, is at a crossroads after an injured knee ruins her career. Forced to rest and take stock of her life, she finds that she’s mistaken fame and achievement for love and fulfillment... -
![Candy Candy, Vol. 7 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 7 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris]()
The Paris Notebook by Tessa Harris
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 24 ratings‘Gripping, compelling and beautiful. ’ Emma Cowell, author of The House in the Olive Grove A secret big enough to destroy the Führer’s reputation. . . January 1939: When Katja Heinz secures a job as a typist at Doctor Viktor’s clinic, she doesn’t expect to be copying top secret medical records from a notebook... -
![Candy Candy, Vol. 2 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 2 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![No Less Than Any Other: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by M.J. Stratton]()
No Less Than Any Other: A Pride and Prejudice Variation by M.J. Stratton
Rated: 4.34 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsElizabeth Bennet is not the son and heir her mother wished, much to Mrs. Bennet’s despair. But all was not lost, for soon after her second daughter’s birth, Mrs. Bennet delivered a son. Tom Bennet, born just minutes after his sister, was their family’s savior from the moment he took his first breath. Tom Bennet's peculiar nature soon sets him apart from others around him... -
![Surprised by Love by Julie Lessman]()
Surprised by Love by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsShy and unattractive as a child, Megan McClare has always been teased by her classmates. But when she returns home from her senior year in Paris, the wallflower has suddenly blossomed into a beauty... -
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![As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson]()
As Time Goes By by Melody Carlson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn 1942 San Francisco, war has touched every part of the Mulligans’ lives. With their brother killed at Pearl Harbor, their father recovering from tuberculosis, and their eldest sister a nurse in the Army, those at home are left to keep on, wondering if it’s possible to thrive…or only to survive... -
![El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #7) by Emmuska Orczy]()
El Dorado: Further Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (The Scarlet Pimpernel (chronological order) #7) by Emmuska Orczy
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe elusive Pimpernel returns for another swashbuckling adventure in El Dorado. The still-raging French Revolution continues to claim lives, and the shadow of the guillotine draws ever nearer to the young Dauphin, son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette... -
![Daddy-Long-Legs: Including "Dear Enemy" by Jean Webster]()
Daddy-Long-Legs: Including "Dear Enemy" by Jean Webster
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsOne of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Webster's Daddy-Long- Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer... -
![A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse]()
A Damsel in Distress by P.G. Wodehouse
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn P. G. Wodehouse's novel 'A Damsel in Distress,' the reader is transported into a whimsical world of romantic misadventures and comedic escapades. Set in early 20th-century England, the novel follows the story of a young American composer who becomes entangled in the lives of an eccentric aristocratic family... -
![Candy Candy, Vol. 8 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 8 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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Candy Candy, Vol. 6 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![Candy Candy, Vol. 4 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 4 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![Candy Candy, Vol. 5 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi]()
Candy Candy, Vol. 5 by Kyoko Mizuki, Yumiko Igarashi
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![Georgiana Darcy's Magical Meddling by Leah Page]()
Georgiana Darcy's Magical Meddling by Leah Page
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSixteen-year-old Georgiana Darcy harbors a secret—she's recently discovered she is a witch! Under the tutelage of a wise and witchy companion, she spends her days casting spells and plotting the occasional hex against the irksome Miss Bingley. When the tea leaves reveal that her brother, Mr... -
![Prelude To A Promise by Jean Hackensmith, Ingrid Jones]()
Prelude To A Promise by Jean Hackensmith, Ingrid Jones
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRebecca Sutherland fell in love with her best friend, Jacob Walker in “The Promise”. But before Jacob, there was Henry Olsen, a kind, gentle man who was twenty years her senior. She was only fourteen when she met Henry and much too young to even consider him as a mate...Categorized as:
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![Artifice by Sharon Cameron]()
Artifice by Sharon Cameron
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsA dramatic story of duplicity and resistance, betrayal and loyalty, set against the backdrop of World War II, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Light in Hidden Places. Isa de Smit grew up in the glittering, color-filled world of art in her eccentric father’s small gallery, mingling with artists and collectors, until the Nazis invaded her city of Amsterdam... -
![All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham, D.R. Graham]()
All We Left Behind by Danielle R. Graham, D.R. Graham
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsThe Secret Orphan meets The Tattooist of Auschwitz with a dash of Wild Swans A powerful and incredibly moving historical novel inspired by an untold story of the Second World War. Vancouver 1941. As the war rages around the world, Hitler’s fury is yet to be felt on the peaceful shores of Mayne Island. Sweethearts Hayden and Chidori are in love. But everything changes after Pearl Harbor... -
![Doctors by Erich Segal]()
Doctors by Erich Segal
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 35 ratingsWriting with all the passion of Love Story and power of The Class, Erich Segal sweeps us into the lives of the Harvard Medical School's class of 1962. His stunning novel reveals the making of doctors--what makes them tick, scheme, hurt . . . and love... -
![For the Summer by Camille Harte]()
For the Summer by Camille Harte
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsIt's 1983 and eleven-year-old Cat Rossi watches the launch ramp at her dad's marina in Arizona. She's used to the carousel of single summer friends who visit until she meets Will Henderson, the only son of a wealthy doctor. They bond over ice cream, boat rides, and pinky promises, and when August ends, Will vows to come back next year...Categorized as:
20th century historical young adult friends to lovers contemporary length-medium audiobook -
![Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz]()
Rosa by Any Other Name by Hailey Alcaraz
In this Romeo and Juliet-inspired retelling set during the civil rights era, a Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend from the barrio are tragically murdered. Rosa Capistrano has been attending posh North Phoenix High School to boost her chances of a college education and a career in journalism, thanks to the groundbreaking Brown v... -
![Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George]()
Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSix teenagers’ lives intertwine during one thrilling summer full of romantic misunderstandings and dangerous deals in this sparkling retelling of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. After she gets kicked out of boarding school, seventeen-year-old Beatrice goes to her uncle’s estate on Long Island. But Hey Nonny Nonny is more than just a rundown old mansion...Categorized as:
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![The Substitute Bride by SweetBlunch]()
The Substitute Bride by SweetBlunch
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsHe’d just have one problem in life…. Nikos Pallis doesn't want a wife. The gorgeous Greek billionaire was notoriously known for having torrid but short affairs. Now his father had just announced that his bride will arrive soon to honor their wedding! His father had arranged his marriage without him knowing it... -
![Daddy-Long-Legs & Dear Enemy: Romance Novels by Jean Webster]()
Daddy-Long-Legs & Dear Enemy: Romance Novels by Jean Webster
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOne of the great novels of American girlhood, Jean Webster's Daddy-Long- Legs (1912) follows the adventures of an orphan named Judy Abbott, whose letters to her anonymous male benefactor trace her development as an independent thinker and writer... -
![A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill]()
A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Celia Murray comes across an unexpected inheritance, she and her lovely aunt, Aunt Hannah start a new boarding house in Philadelphia. Little does she know but her heart soon starts fluttering for a new boarder who shares the same kind of spiritual fervour as her. Will Celia ever confess her love for him? Or will she lose her only chance at love and happiness? -
![A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill]()
A Daily Rate by Grace Livingston Hill
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsWhen Celia Murray comes across an unexpected inheritance, she and her lovely aunt, Aunt Hannah start a new boarding house in Philadelphia. Little does she know but her heart soon starts fluttering for a new boarder who shares the same kind of spiritual fervour as her. Will Celia ever confess her love for him? Or will she lose her only chance at love and happiness? -
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![Two Necklaces by Paulette Mahurin]()
Two Necklaces by Paulette Mahurin
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the beginning of 1933 after Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor of Germany, fourteen-year-old Christa Becker of Ravensburg, Germany, attends meetings of the League of German Girls, an organization established to create dedicated wives whose role was to give birth to superior Aryan children... -
![Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger]()
Shadow of a Century by Jean Grainger
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsA journalist in modern New York stumbles across a story from a century earlier when the streets of Dublin were ablaze as men and women fought valiantly for liberation from the British Empire. This is the story of three women. Mary Doyle was reared by nuns and knows nothing of her parents, except that they were a source of shame... -
![The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson]()
The Girls of Gullwing Farm: A Land Girl at war by Kate Peterson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe much loved writer Kate Peterson brings us a charming story about the entangled lives of three Land Girls in a Yorkshire village. 1939 is Britain’s darkest hour; men have been conscripted and the country calls upon its women to put their shoulders to the wheel and assist with the war effort. Eva Cartwright hears the call and leaves her hometown of Hull to enlist in the Women’s Land Army... -
![The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio]()
The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe setting: a boys boarding school in Germany, sometime in the latter 20th Century. Fourteen year-old Thomas Werner falls from a lonely pedestrian overpass to his death immediately after sending a single, brief letter to a schoolmate:. To Juli, one last time. This is my love. This is the sound of my heart. Surely you must understand... -
![Rainbow Valley - Anne Shirley Series #7 by Lucy Maud Montgomery]()
Rainbow Valley - Anne Shirley Series #7 by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Rated: 4.01 of 5 stars · 39 ratingsAnne Shirley is grown up, has married her beloved Gilbert and now is the mother of six mischievous children. These boys and girls discover a special place all their own, but they never dream of what will happen when the strangest family moves into an old nearby mansion. The Meredith clan is two boys and two girls, with a minister father but no mother-and a runaway girl named Mary Vance... -
![The Children of Freedom by Marc Levy]()
The Children of Freedom by Marc Levy
Rated: 4.03 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA remarkable story of struggle and survival in World War II by France's No. 1 bestselling novelist Early in 1942, two young brothers join a Resistance group. All the members of the group are young, most of their families came from elsewhere in Europe or North Africa and all of them are passionately committed to the freedom of France and Europe...
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