by Johanna SpyriConditional Recommendation: A young, orphaned girl touches many lives when she goes to live on the Alps with her gruff grandfather.
Genre: Classic
by Eleanor H. PorterUnconditional Recommendation: Eleven-year-old orphan Pollyanna, full of happiness and love, goes to live with her cold, strict Aunt Polly and turns the household and the town upside down in the best way.
Genre: Classic
by Jane AustenUnconditional Recommendation: Anne Elliot was persuaded not to marry naval officer Frederick Wentworth and now, eight years later, she must face him again when he returns to the neighborhood.
Genre: Romance, Classic
by Jane AustenUnconditional Recommendation: Despite differing social classes, misunderstandings, ridiculous family members, prejudice and pride, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy fall in love.
Genre: Romance, Classic
by Frances Hodgson BurnettUnconditional Recommendation: A story of mystery, transformation and new life for a neglected young girl, her fearful cousin, and an abandoned garden.
Genre: Classic
by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth CareyUnconditional Recommendation: A hilarious and endearing collection of stories about efficiency experts, Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, and their growing household of twelve children.
Genre: Memoir, Comedy
by L. M. MontgomeryUnconditional Recommendation: A young orphan girl with a zest for life and a big imagination gets into adventures, scrapes, and makes many hilarious mistakes as she makes Green Gables her home.
Genre: Classic
by Madeleine L’EngleUnconditional Recommendation: With classic themes of family, friendship, courage, self-acceptance, and good triumphing over evil, this book is a mind-bending sci-fi fantasy sure to stretch the reader’s imagination.
Award: John Newberry Award