Family & Relationships
Palmetto Leaves
After the Civil War, Harriet and her husband Charles bought an Orange Plantation in Mandarin, on the upper east coast of Florida, where they…
The Haunted Room
Mr. Trevor inherits a piece of land in the country called Myst Court, and plans to move there with his three children: Emmie, Bruce, and Vib…
Miss Lochinvar
At breakfast, Mr. Graham drops the bombshell that his niece -- Joan, Jane or Janet, he's not sure which, will be arriving from the west to l…
Petticoat Government
The further adventures of young Judith Maitland in the clerical close of Westhampton. - Summary by Mark Leder
The Mexican Twins
Join Tonio (short for Antonio), and Tita (short for Margarita) as they celebrate Mexican Fiestas, play bullfight, and get lost! (Summary by …
Steve and the Steam Engine
Young Stephen Tolman disobeys his father and takes the family car out for a ride with a group of classmates, resulting in scratches and ding…
The Home-Maker
Married couple Lester and Evangeline must learn to cope when, after Lester suffers an accident that leaves him confined to the house, Evange…
The Heel of Achilles
After a difficult childhood, Lydia Raymond, a lower middle class girl, decides to explore her own individuality and climbs the social ladder…
The Spartan Twins
Follow the Spartan Twins: Dion, and Daphne, as they journey to Athens with their father! They run across eels, scheming priests, and a ram w…
This Path We Share
Why did a shy farm boy from North Dakota and an obstreperous 17 year old from South Dakota meet in Colorado?
How did they forge a relations…
The Fairy Latchkey
Philomene Isolde is a good little girl, but has been very lonely since the death of her mother. Playing make-believe in the garden, Philomen…
The Japanese Twins
In a little town near a large city on one of the Happy Islands, there is a garden. In the garden stands a house, and in that House there liv…
In the Garden of Delight
This novel is narrated in the first person and revolves around a character named Lil (somewhat autobiographical of the author) and the dynam…
New Faces and Old
A small collection of short stories for children, written by the Catholic Jesuit priest, Fr. Finn. Some of his most well known characters ma…
The Corner House Girls at School
The adventures of the Corner House girls continue as they head off to school. - Summary by Lia LalloGrace Brooks Hill was a house pseudonym…
The Pivot of Civilization
Margaret Sanger's most important and well known work, Sanger argues through her background in medicine the relation between disease and suff…
The Story of a Plush Bear
Tenth in a series of 12 Make Believe Stories, this charming tale of a Christmas toy bear and its adventures is an old fashioned delight. - …
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Toby Tyler tells the story of a ten year-old orphan who runs away from a foster home to join the traveling circus only to discover his new e…
A Dear Little Girl's Thanksgiving Holidays
This book follows the story of Edna as she visits her grandparents' house for Thanksgiving. Edna has pleasant times, and not so pleasant tim…
Sowing and Reaping
This novel is subtitled A Temperance Story, which identifies explicitly the focus of the work. Frances Harper is a Christian moralist and us…