Five for Victory
The Mitchells, Book 1
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The five Mitchell children are based on the author's own family.
In the first of three books about their adventures, Daddy has just gone off to World War II. One of his final words to his daughter Joan is, "No dogs!" She would dearly love such a pet, but life is full and so many new friends - pets as well as people - join the Mitchells, so she hardly has time to think about dogs. The children form a club to do their part for the war-effort - first and foremost helping Mother, of course.
Humorous and tender incidents make the Mitchells truly unforgettable.
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Beyond the everyday world of King's Cross Station lies an island of oddities and magic. When their infant Prince is stolen, the island's magical residents form a team to rescue him. The only trouble is, they can't get to him for nine years.
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Light, funny, magical listen.
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Gone with the Wind
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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, Margaret Mitchell's great novel of the South is one of the most popular books ever written. Within six months of its publication in 1936, Gone With the Wind had sold a million copies. To date, it has been translated into 25 languages, and more than 28 million copies have been sold. Here are the characters that have become symbols of passion and desire....
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not to miss audible experience
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Life Among the Savages
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In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkness lurking beneath the surface of small-town America. But in Life Among the Savages, she takes on the lighter side of small-town life. In this witty and warm memoir of her family's life in rural Vermont, she delightfully exposes a domestic side in cheerful contrast to her quietly terrifying fiction. With a novelist's gift for character, an unfailing maternal instinct, and her signature humor, Jackson turns everyday family experiences into brilliant adventures.
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Stories From A Quirky Family
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Understood Betsy
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Elizabeth Ann is being carefully brought up by her Aunt Frances. Aunt Frances shares in all Elizabeth Ann's fears and slights, walks her to and from school each day, and conscientiously follows the most modern theories on child-rearing. She is the original helicopter parent. Not surprisingly, at nine years old Elizabeth Ann is timid and shy, friendless, and completely dependent on her doting aunt. Then an emergency occurs, and the fearful little girl is temporarily sent to other relatives who live on a farm in Vermont.
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Like a picnic on a warm spring day
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Rush Home Road
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When a 70-year-old woman finds a five-year-old girl abandoned on her doorstep, she is thrust into a sorrowful past that can only be conquered with the help of the girl who opened her memory - the very girl she is trying to save. This first novel, according to author Jacquelyn Mitchard, is one of "exquisite power, honesty, and conviction...quite nearly without flaws."
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filthy language and violent content
- By Anna on 12-16-11
By: Lori Lansens
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- MaurLo Parker
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So good
Good book it is like the best book ever . I absolutely loved it I would highly recommend it
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- Cara Ayers
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Read every Hilda Van Stockum book!
Five stars! Great book!!! I’ve reread it literally 23 times according to the list. It’s a definite 5 star!!!🤩👍🏼🤩
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I love this story, It is so good! Five for victory is the best story I have ever read I highly recommend it
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- Mom'n Dad o'4
- 04-11-23
Cleverly spun story!
This is a precious story of 5 children (plus neighbors) who find amusement and creativity in the midst of wartime difficulties. Their desire to better the places around them is heroic. They also get into plenty of mischief to make the book humorous and amusing.
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- Colleen
- 12-15-22
enjoyable!
very wholesome children's book written in an old fashioned sort of way of wartime as experienced on the home front.
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- 11-05-21
Ages 6, 12, 14 & Adult Thoroughly Enjoyed It!
The story is appealing to a wide variety of ages. The narrator was great too!
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