18 books like The Long Winter

What to read after The Long Winter — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Anne of Avonlea Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1909 · ★ 4.2 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The second story in the ever-popular Anne of Green Gables series.Now Anne is half past sixteen and she's ready to begin a new life teaching in her old school. She's as feisty as ever and is fiercely determined to inspire young hearts with her own ambitions. But some of her pupils are as boisterous and high-spirited as Anne, and so life in her Avonlea classroom becomes a lesson in discovery and… Shares: History

On the Banks of Plum Creek Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937 · ★ 4.2 · 345p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers. Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Family, Families

Little Town on the Prairie Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1941 · ★ 4.2 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Pa's homestead thrives, Laura gets her first job in town, blackbirds eat the corn and oats crops, Mary goes to college, and Laura gets into trouble at school, but becomes a certified school teacher. Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Family, Families

Sami and the time of the troubles Florence Parry Heide · 1992 · 40p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A ten-year-old Lebanese boy goes to school, helps his mother with chores, plays with his friends, and lives with his family in a basement shelter when bombings occur and fighting begins on his street. Shares: Family life, Families, History, Children's fiction

Farmer Boy Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1933 · ★ 4.1 · 386p · ≈ 12h · Challenging The first in the 'Little House' books. Describes Almanzo Wilder as a child growing up on a farm in rural New York from the time he is around 8 years old. Introduces all of Almanzo's family - parents, brothers and sisters. Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Spanish language materials, Family life, Family

Little House in the Big Woods Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1932 · ★ 4.2 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging The first in a series of truly charming tales of life on the early American frontier, Little House in the Big Woods introduces us to Laura Ingalls, her Ma and Pa, big sister Mary and Baby Carrie. She lives in an isolated cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin and spends her days helping Ma with household chores, learning how to care for a house, farm and family. The descriptions of typical… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Family life, Family, Families

The Book of the Banshee Anne Fine · 1991 · ★ 3.5 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Will Flowers doesn't understand what could have happened. His sister, Estelle, used to be really cool. She was quiet, responsible, and most times you'd never even know she was around(which was the cool part). But lately, Estelle has been acting totally weird - to everyone. All she does is get mad and yell. She yells at Mom. She yells at Dad. She even yells at little Muffy. But mostly she yells at… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Alice in April Phyllis Reynolds Naylor · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate While trying to survive seventh grade, Alice discovers that turning thirteen will make her the Woman of the House at home, so she starts a campaign to get more appreciated for taking care of her father and older brother. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Perfect Girl Mary Hogan · 2007 · ★ 3.4 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Out of the blue, Ruthie has fallen in love with the boy next door, Perry. He's suddenly grown up and made her heart go thwang, and Ruthie has no idea what to do about it.Then a new girl shows up at school, and Ruthie realizes she has to do something, and fast. Jenna is perfect, from her perfectly straight hair to her perfectly manicured toes. Perry's noticed her, too, and worse, Jenna has noticed… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

How I Live Now Meg Rosoff · 2004 · ★ 3.6 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Every war has turning points and every person too."Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she's never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

What I saw and how I lied Judy Blundell · 2008 · ★ 3.5 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Moderate In 1947, with her jovial stepfather Joe back from the war and family life returning to normal, teenage Evie, smitten by the handsome young ex-GI who seems to have a secret hold on Joe, finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies whose devastating outcome change her life and that of her family forever. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, History

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen · 1813 · ★ 4.3 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Challenging The first edition of the novel (1813). Introductory materials and revised and expanded footnotes by Donald Gray and Mary A. Favret. Biographical portraits of Austen by family members and— new to this edition— by Jon Spence (from Becoming Jane Austen) and Paula Byrne (from The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things). Fourteen critical essays—eleven of them new to this edition. "Writers on… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, History

Novels (Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility) Jane Austen · 1949 · ★ 4.2 · 632p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Shares: Family life, Family, Families, History Shares: Family life, Family, Families, History

Loser Jerry Spinelli · 2002 · ★ 3.8 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate From renowned Newbery-winning author Jerry Spinelli comes a powerful story about how not fitting in just might lead to an incredible life. This classic book is perfect for fans of Gordon Korman and Carl Hiaasen. Just like other kids, Zinkoff rides his bike, hopes for snow days, and wants to be like his dad when he grows up. But Zinkoff also raises his hand with all the wrong answers, trips over… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Alice, I Think Susan Juby · 2000 · ★ 3.8 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Alice keeps a diary as she struggles to cope with the embarrassments and trials of family, dating, school, work, small town life, and a serious case of "outcastitis." Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

Maura's angel Lynne Reid Banks · 1984 · ★ 4.0 · 150p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Just when her home life and the circumstances in violence-plagued Belfast seem more than she can bear, eleven-year-old Maura encounters an unusual person whose name, Angela, gives a clue to her real identity. Shares: Family life, Family, Children's fiction

House of Robots James Patterson · 2014 · ★ 4.5 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Fifth-grader Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez struggles to fit in when his inventor mother requires him to take her latest creation, a robotic 'brother,' to school with him to learn to become a student. Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

The meaning of Maggie Megan Jean Sovern · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment she is also facing a lot of problems--like starting middle school and figuring out how to help her father who is out of work and in a wheelchair. Eleven-year-old Maggie Mayfield is an A-plus student with big plans for herself, but at this moment, she is also facing a lot of problems, such as… Shares: Family life, Family, Families, Children's fiction

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