Even though her father is a doctor and the family is well-to-do, Virginia’s life changes forever during the Great Depression when she starts helping her father care for people in a Hooverville and her uncle is involved in a worker’s strike at the local mill.
A Room of My Own
As World War II rages overseas, life goes on nearly as normal for the Amish Yoder family in Michigan—until the local school board decides that the teenagers must go to school!
Storm Song
When her family moves to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Hettie wants badly to see a bear, but little does she know the challenges she and her family will face during the next few years.
Steamboat Rock
This series of eight books, which follow the author through his growing-up and young adult years, is a must-read for all families, and will especially appeal to cowboy-loving boys!
Little Britches Series
After a successful year of hauling wheat, Ralph went into the cattle trading business, and had many more ups and downs.
Horse of a Different Color
When Ralph finds himself stranded along the Kansas/Nebraska border, penniless, he finds a way to land on his feet and make his fortune again!
The Dry Divide
After she takes up the new hobby of photography, Madeline runs across another mystery and must solve it to save her father’s life.
Byrd’s Eye View
After a diagnosis of diabetes, Ralph needed a warm climate and sunshine—but he also needed to make a living for himself.
Shaking the Nickel Bush
When Ralph got in trouble in Boston, he was sent to live with his grandfather in Maine, and found himself in one of the hardest situations he had ever experienced.
The Fields of Home
John D tells story after story about how his brother Tom, the Great Brain, swindled him and every other boy in town.
The Great Brain Series
After moving to Boston when they had to leave Colorado, Ralph’s mother and the family have to find a way to make a living for themselves, and make a home.
Mary Emma and Company
Now that Ben is a Christian, he wants to learn all he can about being Christ-like. But when the one girl he doesn’t want to see again appears in his life, claiming she’s pregnant with his child, can he do what Jesus wants him to?
Each Perfect Gift
The Yoder family, now living in Arkansas, are growing rice—but what will happen to them as the Great Depression gets bad?
Arrow in the Sky
Ralph spent the summer working on a ranch in Colorado as a cowhand, learning many lessons for life.
The Home Ranch
After the father of the Moody family died, Ralph, his mother, and his brothers and sisters all had to work together to survive.
Man of the Family
Synopsis: Ralph’s father’s wisdom guides the family through one disaster after another, making their years on a ranch in Colorado the best years of their lives.
Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers