Kate Seredy
6) Philomena
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1955.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Philomena doesn't readily find Aunt Liska in Prague, she is forced to seek out household jobs until an unexpected surprise marks the end of her search.
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century. At age 11, Caddie Woodlawn is the despair of her mother and the pride of her father: a clock-fixing tomboy running wild in the woods of Wisconsin. In 1864, this is a bit much for her Boston-bred mother to bear, but Caddie and her brothers are happy with the status quo. Written in 1935 about Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother's childhood, the...