Elizabeth George Speare
Cherry Ames Army nurse
Helen Wells
North and South
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Elizabeth Gaskell
Pollyanna of the orange blossoms
Harriet Lummis Smith
The Boxcar Children
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Gertrude Chandler Warner
The vile village
Lemony Snicket
Cress
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Marissa Meyer
The water babies
Charles Kingsley
The Son of Neptune
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Rick Riordan
Heidi's children
Charles Tritten
The Secret Garden
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Daughter of Billabong
Mary Grant Bruce, I presume. (The exact title isn't coming up, but it looks pretty close.)
The Ides of April (1974)
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
Lindsey Davis
All aboard for freedom
*
Mary Grant Bruce, I presume. (The exact title isn't coming up, but it looks pretty close.)
*Yes, you are right. It should have been Billabong's Daughter. I was going to put in Son of Billabong i.e. Son of above daughter but changed it quickly then was called away. I didn't know there was such a fancy site commemorating those Billabong books we used to love and cherish.
Marie McSwigan
The Island of Sheep
It's okay, wagga; I did notice the site! Also, I was looking for Mary Ray, but Lindsey Davis did also write a book by that title.
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
John Buchan
The singing tree
It's okay, wagga; I did notice the site! Also, I was looking for Mary Ray, but Lindsey Davis did also write a book by that title.
To be honest, both books look just my cup of tea.