by Gerald-Knittel | Oct 17, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Dan Gemeinhart Some Kind of Courage This gripping tale of a 12-year-old boy in the Wild West moves you from the first page to the last. Joseph has lost his mother, his father and his sister. The only thing he has left to his name is his Indian pony named Sarah, who is...
by Gerald-Knittel | Oct 17, 2021 | books-for-both-old-and-young, Books for the young
Forrest Carter The Education of Little Tree A five-year-old Native American boy is brought up by his grandparents after the death of his parents. He not only learns to read and write, but above all he learns to love nature and the things of real value. Simply written,...
by Gerald-Knittel | Oct 17, 2021 | Books for the young
Frances Hodgson Burnett A Little Princess In an English boarding school for girls, Sara is treated like a princess because of her wealthy father. But when her father loses his fortune and dies, suddenly everything changes: the orphan is then treated like a slave. The...
by Gerald-Knittel | Oct 17, 2021 | Books for the young
Katherine Scholes The Boy and the Whale This book tells the story of a boy named Sam who spots a whale on the beach, which he initially believes to be dead. But then he discovers that the whale is alive and he attempts to help it. Sam becomes more and more familiar...
by Gerald-Knittel | Oct 17, 2021 | Books for the young
Jakob Streit Milon and the Lion The Greek adolescent Milon is sold as a slave and resold, and has to work for various Roman owners as a porter, a sailor on ships, a shepherd, a house servant. The reader experiences the Acropolis in Athens, the volcanic eruption with...
