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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Criminal Mastermind Collection, Bks 1-3
Eoin Colfer · 312 pages
The Escape from Home
Avi · 314 pages
Maura O'Connell, 15, and her brother, Patrick, 12, escape Ireland's brutal poverty with only the belongings in their bundles and tickets for ocean passage. Sir Laurence Kirkle, 11, flees a life of privilege to seek justice. When fate brings them ogether, the three join forces in a daring scheme that may lead to freedom and glory...or dire consequences.
The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer · 216 pages
When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece
Flight of the Earls
Michael K. Reynolds · 423 pages
When famine strikes her family farm, Clare Hanley decides to leave Ireland for America, despite the fact that her older sister Margaret had similarly emigrated and had never been heard from again.
Mr. Tucket
Gary Paulsen · 166 pages
Fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family by wagon train. When he receives a rifle for his birthday, he is thrilled that he is being treated like an adult. But Francis lags behind to practice shooting and is captured by Pawnees. It will take wild horses, hostile tribes, and a mysterious one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes to help Francis become the ma
Maire
Linda Windsor · 355 pages
A fanciful, romantic tale of passion and faith that invites readers to the "God-graced mountains and plains" of Ireland. Maire, Gleannmara's warrior queen, finds her fierce heart is gentled when she takes a reformed mercenary -- a Christian, no less -- as hostage during a raid. At first she wonders what kind of God would make a fine warrior like Rowan of Emerys such a coward. But as she comes to k
Longing for Home
Sarah M. Eden · 400 pages
Beyond the Cliffs of Kerry
Amanda Hughes · 398 pages
Song of the Silent Harp
B.J. Hoff · 560 pages
Voyage with the Vikings
Marianne Hering, Paul McCusker
Cousins Patrick and Beth are whisked away in the Imagination Station to embark on a journey around the world and through time. In the first book of the series, Voyage with the Vikings, Patrick and Beth are sent to Greenland circa AD 1000 by Mr. Whittaker. He has found a mysterious letter in the Imagination Station demanding an important Viking sunstone or trouble will be had, so he sends the cousi
Inkheart
Cornelia Funke · 560 pages
Characters from books literally leap off the page in this engrossing fantasy. Meggie, 12, has had her father to herself since her mother went away when she was young. Mo taught her to read when she was five, and the two share a mutual love of books. Things change after a visit from a scarred man who calls himself Dustfinger and who refers to Mo as Silvertongue. Meggie learns that her father has be
A Gown of Spanish Lace
Janette Oke · 309 pages
When a young woman is faced with being kidnapped, she is forced to resort to her only hope--God. A young woman among many burly robbers, Ariana is unsure of who to trust, but she must make risks if she ever wishes to leave and go back to the family she dearly loved. This book was one of my top favorites of Janette Oke, it not only showed Ariana's apparent Spiritual strength, but also contained
Kidnapped by River Rats: William and Catherine Booth
Dave Jackson, Neta Jackson
Spirit Fighter
Jerel Law
Seventh-grader Jonah Stone discovers that he is one-quarter angel--his mother is the daughter of a human and a fallen angel--and when she is kidnapped, Jonah and his sister Eliza must try to rescue her, with the help of prayers and a guardian angel.
The Glass Sentence
S.E. Grove · 512 pages
She has only seen the world through maps. She had no idea they were so dangerous. Boston, 1891. Sophia Tims comes from a family of explorers and cartologers who, for generations, have been traveling and mapping the New World -- a world changed by the Great Disruption of 1799, when all the continents were flung into different time periods. Eight years ago, her parents left her with her uncle Shadra
The Heiress of Winterwood
Sarah E. Ladd · 317 pages
Darbury, England, 1814. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying friend's baby. She'll risk everything to keep her word -- even to the point of proposing to Graham, the child's father -- a sea captain she's never met.
Under the Hawthorn Tree
Marita Conlon-McKenna · 160 pages
Wren to the Rescue
Sherwood Smith · 216 pages
With the help of a prince and an apprentice wizard, Wren strives to rescue her best friend, a princess named Tess, from the fortress of a wicked king.
Waterfall
Lisa Tawn Bergren · 384 pages
A Kiss of Adventure
Catherine Palmer · 411 pages
Desperate and on the run, Tillie Thornton finds herself in an uneasy partnership with Graeme McLeod, a daring adventurer who comes out of nowhere to thwart the plot of Tillie's would-be kidnappers. Now these two must join forces against their common enemies, as well as the challenges of nature, as they embark on a quest that could bring them the answers they seek--or cost them everything.