This is a list of books that I recommend! I
Adventures in the Northwoods by Lois W. Johnson
* One of my absolute favorite series growing up.
When her Irish father dies in a construction accident, Kate O'Connell
and her mother are left to struggle alone in the Minneapolis of 1906.
Deciding that Mama needs help, Kate asks their pastor to pray about a
new husband. But Kate's plan backfires. Forced to give up her own
dreams, she becomes part of a Swedish family living on a northwest
Wisconsin farm. As Kate's new stepbrother Anders does his best to make
her life miserable, strange occurrences become a mystery. Was it just
the wind that moved the bushes? What happens on a scary all-alone
ride into town? And what does Papa Nordstrom mean when he tells Kate,
"You'll earn your way with Anders"?
1. The Disappearing Stranger
2. The Hidden Message
3. The Creeping Shadow
4. The Vanishing Footprints
5. Trouble at Wild River
6. The Mysterious Hideaway
7. Grandpa’s Stolen Treasure
8. The Runaway Clown
9. Mystery of the Missing Map
10. Disaster on Windy Hill
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The Riverboat Adventures By Lois W. Johnson
Libby Norstad, 12, has been pampered while living with her aunt in a
Chicago mansion since the death of her mother. Now her father, a
riverboat captain traveling the Mississippi in 1857, takes her to live
on the boat with him, where she meets Caleb, a 13-year-old cabin boy
who both annoys and intrigues her. Libby soon discovers that he is a
conductor on the Underground Railroad. Her curiosity lands her in the
midst of adventure, as she and Caleb desperately search for a way to
elude the slave catchers in pursuit of the three people the children
are trying to help escape
1. Escape into the Night
2. Race to Freedom
3. Midnight Secret
4. The Swindler’s Treasure
5. Mysterious Signal
6. The Fiddler’s Secret
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The Young Underground by Robert Elmer
For eleven-year-old Peter Andersen and his twin sister Elise, living
in the city of Helsingor, Denmark during World War II means German
soldiers in the streets, German patrol boats in the harbor, and German
fighter planes in the sky. Everyone is nervous, especially their
Jewish friend Henrik and his parents.
1. A Way Through the Sea
2. Beyond the River
3. Into the Flames
4. Far From the Storm
5. Chasing the Wind
6. A Light in the Castle
7. Follow the Star
8. Touch the Sky
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Adventures Down Under by Robert Elmer
Twelve-year-old Patrick McWaid's world is turned upside down when his
father is framed for a crime and sent on a prison ship to Australia in
1867. The family follows on another ship, leaving the only home
they've known. What will life hold for them?.
1. Escape to Murray River
2. Captive at Kangaroo Springs
3. Rescure at Boomerang Bend
4. Dingo Creek Challenge
5. Race to Wallaby Bay
6. Firestorm at Kookaburra Station
7. Kola Beach Outbreak
8, Panic at Emu Flat
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Addie McCormick by Leanne Lucas * It’s similar to the Mandie books
Strange enough, I discovered this series in the book section at winco
Addie learns new lessons about Christian life when she and Nick find
mysteries at every turn!
1. The Stranger in the attic
2. The Missing Scrapbook
3. The Stolen Statue
4. The Chicago Surprise
5. The Mystery of the Skeleton Key
6. The Computer Pirate
7. The Secret of the Scarlet Box
8. The Movie Mystery
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Seven Sleepers series by Gilbert Morris. * Both Jeff and I loved this series!
Josh learns that like him, there are 6 other sleepers, who are to be
awakened, and join with a mysterious man named Goel to bring Nuworld
from out of the shadow and people into "Goel's House". It's kindof an
allegory but science fictionish
1. Flight of the Eagles, 1994
2. The Gates of Neptune, 1994
3. The Sword of Camelot, 1995
4. The Caves that Time Forgot, 1995
5. Winged Raiders of the Desert, 1995
6. Empress of the Underworld, 1996
7. Voyage of the Dolphin, 1996
8. Attack of the Amazons, 1997
9. Escape with the Dream Maker, 1997
10. The Final Kingdom, 1997
Seven Sleepers Lost Chronicles: A follow up series to the Seven Sleepers Series.
1. The Spell of the Crystal Chair, 2000
2. The Savage Game of Lord Zarak, 2000
3. The Strange Creatures of Dr. Korbo, 2000
4. City of the Cyborgs, 2000
5. The Temptation of Pleasure Island, 2000
6. The Victims of Nimbo, 2000
7. The Terrible Beast of Zor, 2000
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Magic Series-Books by Edward Eager * Such a fun series! I just
randomly found this series at the library.
It's not a Christian book but it's such a good read. There is magic in
it but it lighthearted and
fun,
* Magic abounds in Edward Eager's world. Whether his young heroes and
heroines are awash in a lake full of magic, making double wishes on a
half-magic coin, cavorting with Robin Hood and Ivanhoe, or "thyme"
traveling, the adventures simply never stop.
1. Half Magic (1954)
2. Knight's Castle (1956)
3. Magic By the Lake (1957)
4. The Time Garden (1958)
5. Magic Or Not? (1959)
6. The Well-Wishers (1960)
7. Seven-Day Magic (1962)
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Bonnets And Bugles Series by Gilbert Morris
* To Jeff Majors and Leah Carter, the Civil War means a heartbreaking
separation of fast friends. Jeff and Leah determine to keep their
friendship strong, in spite of joining opposite sides
1. Drummer Boy At Bull Bun, 1995
2. Yankee Belles in Dixie, 1995
3. The Secret of Richmond Manor, 1995
4. The Soldier Boy's Discovery, 1995
5. Blockade Runner, 1996 *
6. The Gallant Boys of Gettysburg, 1996
7. The Battle of Lookout Mountain, 1996
8. Encounter At Cold Harbor, 1997
9. Fire Over Atlanta, 1997
10. Bring the Boys Home, 1997
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Mandie series * Another one of my favorites! They have 2 movies too
out. I have the first one. Mandie finds a mystery at every turn.
Mandie and the Secret Tunnel
Mandie and the Cherokee Legend
Mandie and the Ghost Bandits
Mandie and the Forbidden Attic
Mandie and the Trunk's Secret
Mandie and the Medicine Man
Mandie and the Charleston Phantom
Mandie and the Abandoned Mine
Mandie and the Hidden Treasure
Mandie and the Mysterious Bells
Mandie and the Holiday Surprise
Mandie and the Washington Nightmare
Mandie and the Midnight Journey
Mandie and the Shipboard Mystery
Mandie and the Foreign Spies
Mandie and the Silent Catacombs
Mandie and the Singing Chalet
Mandie and the Jumping Juniper
Mandie and the Mysterious Fisherman
Mandie and the Windmill's Message
Mandie and the Fiery Rescue
Mandie and the Angel's Secret
Mandie and the Dangerous Impostors
Mandie and the Invisible Troublemaker
Mandie and Her Missing Kin
Mandie and the Schoolhouse's Secret
Mandie and the Courtroom Battle
Mandie and Jonathan's Predicament
Mandie and the Unwanted Gift
Mandie and the Long Goodbye
Mandie and the Buried Stranger
Mandie and the Seaside Rendezvous
Mandie and the Dark Alley
Mandie and the Tornado
Mandie and the Quilt Mystery
Mandie and the New York Secret
Mandie and the Night Thief
Mandie and the Hidden Past
Mandie and the Missing Schoolmarm
Mandie and the Graduation Mystery
Young Mandie series:
1. Who's Mandie
2. The New Girl
The Mystery at Miss Abigail's
Merry Christmas From Mandie
The Talking Snowman
The Secret in the Woods
The Missing Book
The Haunted Shop
*****Special Mandie books:
Mandie and Mollie & The Angel's Visit
Mandie and Joe’s Christmas Surprise * I have this one somewhere...
Mandie's College Years: After the Mandie series, we follow 16-year-old
Mandie and Celia to college at Charleston Ladies' College in the book
New Horizons, taken place in 1904.
New Horizons
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American Adventures by Lee Roddy
This series was one of my favorite series. Lee Roddy was one of the
first authors I wrote when I was young
Hildy Corrigan, and her cousin Ruby find adventures around the United
states during the depression
1. The Overland Escape
2. The Desperate Search
3. Danger on Thunder Mountain
4. Secret of the Howling Cave
5. The Flaming Trap
6. The Gold Train Bandits
7. Terror in the Sky
8. Mystery of the Phantom Gold
9. High Country Ambush
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The tintin books. I had to add this to the list!!! My entire family
has enjoyed reading these comic strip books. I would check them out of
the library and we’d all sit around and read tintin books. :-)
Tintin By Herge
Follow news reporter Tintin as he travels around the world.
1. Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (1929–1930)
2. Tintin in the Congo (1930–1931; 1946, 1975)
3. Tintin in America (1931–1932; 1945)
4. Cigars of the Pharaoh (1932–1934; 1955)
5. The Blue Lotus (1934–1935; 1946)
6. The Broken Ear (1935–1937; 1943)
7. The Black Island (1937–1938; 1943, 1966)
8. King Ottokar's Sceptre (1938–1939; 1947)
9. The Crab with the Golden Claws (1940–1941)
10. The Shooting Star (1941; 1942)
11. The Secret of the Unicorn (1942–1943)
12. Red Rackham's Treasure (1943–1944)
13. The Seven Crystal Balls (1943–1948)
14. Prisoners of the Sun (1946–1949)
15. Land of Black Gold (1948–1950; 1972)
16. Destination Moon (1950–1953)
17. Explorers on the Moon (1950–1954)
18. The Calculus Affair (1954–1956)
19. The Red Sea Sharks (1958)
20. Tintin in Tibet (1960)
21. The Castafiore Emerald (1963)
22. Flight 714 (1968)
23. Tintin and the Picaros (1976)
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Hank the Cowdog, John Erickson
Another series that just had to make it on my list. We would all sit
around the living room and listen to my mom read these books. They are
hilarious!
Being Head of Ranch Security is a tough job. And there's only one
cowdog who can do it. Patrolling the perimeter, checking out
trespassing vehicles, barking at the mailman and fighting coyotes.
It's all in a day's work for Hank the Cowdog. He's tough, loyal,
handsome, and he never takes trash off the cat! He's Hank the Cowdog.
#1 Hank The Cowdog
#2 The Further Adventures of Hank the Cowdog
#3 It's A Dog's Life
#4 Murder in the Middle Pasture
#5 Faded Love
#6 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
#7 The Curse of the Incredible Priceless Corncob
#8 The Case of the One-Eyed Stud Horse
#9 The Case of the Halloween Ghost
#10 Every Dog Has His Day
#11 Lost in the Dark Unchanted Forest
#12 The Fiddle-Playing Fox
#13 The Case of the Wounded Buzzard on Christmas Eve
#14 Monkey Business
#15 The Case of the Missing Cat
#16 The Case of the Blinded Blizzard
#17 The Case of the Car-Barkaholic Dog
#18 The Case of the Hooking Bull
#19 The Case of the Midnight Rustler
#20 The Phantom in the Mirror
#21 The Case of the Vampire Cat
#22 The Case of the Double Bumblebee Sting
#23 Moonlight Madness
#24 The Case of the Black-Hooded Hangman
#25 The Case of the Swirling Killer Tornado
#26 The Case of the Kidnapped Collie
#27 The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster
#28 The Case of the Mopwater Files
#29 The Vampire Vacuum Sweeper
#30 The Case of the Haystack Kitties
#31 The Case of the Vanishing Fishhook
#32 The Garbage Monster from Outer Space
#33 The Case of the Measled Cowboy
#34 Slim's Good-Bye
#35 The Case of the Saddle House Robbery
#36 The Case of the Raging Rottweiler
#37 The Case of the Deadly Ha-Ha Game
#38 The Fling
#39 The Secret Laundry Monster Files
#40 The Case of the Missing Bird Dog
#41 The Case of the Shipwrecked Tree
#42 The Case of the Burrowing Robot
#43 The Case of the Twisted Kitty
#44 The Dungeon of Doom
#45 The Case of the Falling Sky
#46 The Case of the Tricky Trap
#47 The Case of the Tender Cheeping Chickies
#48 The Case of the Monkey Burglar
#49 The Case of the Booby-Trapped Pickup
#50 The Case of the Most Ancient Bone
#51 The Case of the Blazing Sky
#52 The Quest for the Great White Quail
#53 Drover's Secret Life
#54 The Case of the Dinosaur Birds
#55 The Case of the Secret Weapon
#56 The Case of the Coyote Invasion
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