Best Selling Books by Irene Hunt

The Newbery Award-winning author of Up a Road Slowly presents the unforgettable story of Jethro Creighton—a brave boy who comes of age during the turbulent years of the Civil War. In 1861, America is on the cusp of war, and young Jethro Creighton is just nine-years-old. His brother, Tom, and his cousin, Eb, are both of fighting age. As Jethro''s family is pulled into the conflict between the North and the South, loyalties are divided, dreams are threatened, and their bonds are put to the test in this heart-wrenching, coming of age story. “Drawing from family records and from stories told by her grandfather, the author has, in an uncommonly fine narrative, created living characters and vividly reconstructed a crucial period of history.”—Booklist

The beloved author of Across Five Aprils and No Promises in the Wind presents one of her most cherished novels, the Newbery Award-winning story of a young girl’s coming of age… Julie would remember her happy days at Aunt Cordelia’s forever. Running through the spacious rooms, singing on rainy nights in front of the fireplace. There were the rides in the woods on Peter the Great, and the races with Danny Trevort. There were the precious moments alone in her room at night, gazing at the sea of stars. But there were sad times too—the painful jealousy Julie felt after her sister married, the tragic death of a schoolmate and the bitter disappointment of her first love. Julie was having a hard time believing life was fair. But Julie would have to be fair to herself before she could even think about new beginnings... “Hunt demonstrates that she is a writer of the first rank...Those who follow Julie''s growth—from a tantrum-throwing seven-year-old to a gracious young woman of seventeen—will find this book has added a new dimension to their lives.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression. “A powerfully moving story.”—Chicago Daily News In 1932, American''s dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At fifteen years of age, Josh has to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the most turbulent of times.

A young victim of child abuse gradually overcomes his fears and suspicions when placed in a home with other boys.

Johnny Appleseed''s good will and humanity towards all living things is felt by a family settling in the Ohio wilderness.

A fifteen-year-old boy struggles to survive and come to terms with inner conflicts in the desperate world of the Depression.

Fifteen-year-old Josh struggles to survive and come to terms with inner conflicts in the desperate world of the 1932 Depression. By the author of the Newbery Award-winner, Up a Road Slowly. Reissue.

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When a bitter mountain man cannot accept his twelve-year-old son''s mental retardation, the boy wanders into the wilderness and finds in a stranger the father he has never had.

A fifteen-year-old boy struggles to survive and come to terms with inner conflicts in the desperate world of the Depression.

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Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.

"Designed to accommodate a variety of teaching styles and goals. Students will learn how to interpret character and how to analyze and discuss a literary work." They learn key terms, learn details of the conflict and asked to write a personal narrative of the war.

A young woman recalls her experiences, feelings, and growth to maturity from the death of her mother, when as a hysterical seven-year-old she went to live with her spinster schoolteacher aunt, to her graduation from high school.

The historical novel, Across five Aprils, set at the time of the Civil War, chronicles the war as well as the story of a young boy''s growing up.

After her mother''s death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.