A full-length young-adult biography of America's first published poet, who raised eight children in the wilderness of Massachusetts, fought frequent illness, and wrote at a time when women's scholarship was thought to threaten their sanity. Yet she produced more ground-breaking poetry than any Englishwoman before her, and held first place among American women poets before the time of Emily Dickinson. Illustrated with photos, many by the author.

It's 1855, and after a farm failure in her native Germany, Emilie's family immigrates to Wisconsin. But why does her best friend Louise have to stay behind, and her "best enemy" Rosamund have to go along? And what happens when her brother Karl insists on staying in Germany? And her mama?

 

 

Caroline Grade Mysteries (Chariot Victor/Cook, 1994)

(1) The Music Box Test, (2) The Paper Route Treasure

Caroline and her friend Chad, classmates in the gifted and talented program at their middle school, feel weird sometimes. But when it comes to solving a series of thefts or finding a treasure, their penchant for logic and puzzles makes them a great team!

 

 

The Adventures of Jenna V. (Crossway Books, 1993, 1994, 1994, 1995)

(1) A Place of My Own, (2) A Pocket in My Heart

(3) The Fairy Tale Friend, (4) Sunflower Girl

Jenna likes time alone to read and think and pray. Trouble is, she has seven noisy brothers and sisters, and when she asks God to fix things he sends her an eighth! What does a girl have to do to get some peace in her own home?

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