Literature at its finest, The Witch of Blackbird Pond is an unsurpassed coming of age tale that has survived the test of time, and will undoubtedly be found in the hands of readers for generations to …
Like many girls, I "grew up" with L. M. Montgomery's books about Anne Shirley, and they remain some of my very favorites! Anne of Green Gables, the first in the series, is the story of intrepid orpha…
After finishing Emma, Jane Austen said that she had created in Emma a protagonist that "no one but myself will much like." True, Emma is often selfish, short-sighted, and sometimes even arrogant—but …
If you would like to taste the dust and despair of the Depression, this book delivers. The format of the book alternates chapters detailing the travels of the Joad family from Oklahoma to Califo…
What would life be like as an 11 year-old in the late 1800’s? In Wasatch Summer, we are given a glimpse of a somewhat typical summer for a young LDS person in the Cache Valley. The Turner’s have two…
Stunning! This is the second novel written by Kate Morton, but I read it first, before reading her debut novel, The House at Riverton. Of Morton’s three novels, this is my favorite. Time jumping, c…
Romance, political unrest, war, and love that stands the test of time are the main themes in The Last Waltz by G.G. Vandagriff. The main character, Amalia, is thwarted by love many times throughout th…
There was so much packed into this little journal of nine year old Debbie Bass. It takes place in the early 1960’s and it was fascinating to view some of the politics of the time through th…
What a fun, happy, hilarious, enchanting little book! It made me want to go out and adopt an orphan and send them to college and make them write me letters every month, just to see what they’d say! …
‘The Tomb Builder’ is a beautiful and moving historical fiction about a man who played a great part in the final days of the Savior, but is barely even mentioned in the Bible: Joseph of Arimathea. T…
Be transported back in time to the height of the Mongolian Empire, and a time where women are seen and not heard. This fictional story follows the lives of the imperial family of Khan at the time Marc…
Set on the brink of the United States' entry into WWII, Flygirl is a rare and intriguing look into both the life of a young, black woman in the south, and the WASP (Women Air Service Pilots). Ida Mae…
