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Animal Stories:

• Burnford Sheila: The Incredible Journey, 1984.

• Gibson, Fred: Old Yeller, 1953. Texas, post Civil War..

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•                              Savage Sam, 1962. Sequel to Old Yeller.

• George , Jean Craighead: Julie of the Wolves, 1973.

 

• Moody Ralph: Come On, Seabiscuit, 1963. Great Depression.

• Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan: The Yearling,1938. Florida backwoods, 1930s.

• Suares, Jean Claude, editor: The Literary Cat, 1977. A compilation of writings about cats by famous authors.

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World History:

• Chang, Jung: Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China, 1991.Communist China. *

• Ciszek, Walter J., S.J.  With God in Russia. Ignatius, 1964.  Soviet Russia. *

• Douglass, Frederick: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, 1845. Biography of former slave

• Dumas , Alexandre: The Count of Montechristo, 1815.  Napoleonic France, 1815.

• Gallico, Paul: The Snowgoose, 1941. England , World War II, Dunkirk.

• Hugo , Victor: Les Miserables, 1862. France, Uprising of 1832.

• Moody Ralph: Come On , Seabiscuit, 1963. Great Depression.

• Quezada, Ruben: For Greater Glory: The True Story Of Cristiada, 2012. 1920s Mexico.

• Robinson, Lawrence Damian: Traces in the Sand, 2007. First century Rome.

• Szablya, Helen M.: The Fall of the Red Star, 1996. Hungarian uprising against Soviets, 1956.

• Shaffer, Mary Ann and Annie Barrows: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, 2009. Britain, World War II.*

• Tikhon, Archimandrite: Everyday Saints and Other Stories, 2012. Soviet Russia.

• Undset, Sigrid: Catherine of Siena, 1954. 14th century Italy.

• Weintraub , Stanley: Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce, 2002. World War I.

• Van Der Post, Laurens: A Story Like the Wind and its sequel A Far Off Place, 1972. Botswana, Namibia, 1960s.

• Van Stockum, Hilda: The Borrowed House, 1975.. Nazi occupied Netherlands, World War II.

• Yolen, Jane: The Devil's Artihmentic, 2004. USA today with flashback Auschwitz, Poland, World War II.

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Life in America:

• Aldrich, Bess Streeter: A Lantern In Her Hand, 1928. Early Nebraska Pioneers, 1850s.

• Berry Wendell: Jayber Crow, 2001. Small town Kentucky, 1930s to 70s.

                                  Hannah Coulter, 2005. Same time and place as above.

                                  Nathan Coulter,  1960. Same as above.   

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• Bruchac, Joseph: Sacajawea, 2008. Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-6.

• Clark , William and Meriwhether Lewis: The Lewis and Clark Journals ( Abridged Edition), edited by Gary E. Moulton, 2004. 1804-6.

• Cather , Willa:  Death Comes For the Archbishop, 1955. About the first Archbishop of Santa Fe, New Mexico,1853-85

• Craven, Margaret: I Heard the Owl Call  My Name, 1960. Vancouver Island,Canada , 1960s.

• Lee, Harper:  To Kill a Mocking Bird, 1960. Racism in Alabama, 1936.

• Moody, Ralph: The Fields of Home, 1953. Massachusetts farm life, 1912.

• Quezada, Ruben: For Greater Glory: The True Story Of Cristiada, 2012. 1920s Mexico.

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Fairy Tales, new interpretations:

• Doman, Regina: The Shadow of the Bear, 2008. Snow White  and Rose Red in New York City.

• Mendell, Anna Maria: The Golden Princess and the Moon: A Retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Angelico Press, 2016.

• Yolen, Jane: Snow in Summer, 2013. Snow White in the Appalachians.

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Fantasy:

• Brightley, C.J.: The King's Sword (Erdemen Honor Series 1), 2013.

                                A Cold Wind (Erdemen Honor Series 2), 2013.

                                Honor's Heir (Erdemen Honor Series 3), 2014.

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• Funke, Cornelia: Ink Heart Trilogy. Scholastic, 2004.

• Tolkien, J.R.R: The Hobbit,  1934.

                               The Fellowship of the Ring, 1937.

                               The  Two Towers, 1937.

                               The Return of the King, 1937.

• White, John: The Archives of Anthropos, six books. 1986.

• Vincent, Anastasia: The Annals of Orbis I: Adrastea, 2020.

Legend and  Myth:

• Crossley-Holland, Kevin: The Norse Myths, 1981.

• Graves, Robert: The Greek Myths,

• Tolkien, J.R.R.: Beowulf, a Translation and Commentary, Together  With Sellic Spell. Publishes posthumously, 2014. Sellic Spell is an early version of the Beowulf story.

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Mystery/Thriller:

• Wahl, Leslea: Where You Lead, 2019.

Halloween:

• Doyle, Arthur Conan: The Hound of the Baskervilles.

• Poe, Edgar Alan: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, 1841.

• Stevenson, Robert Louis: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1886.

• Shelley, Mary Wolstoncraft: Frankenstein, 1880.

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•   Wilde, Oscar: The Picture of Dorian Grey, 1890.

•   Wilde , Oscar: The Canterville Ghost, 1887.

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​Dystopia:

• Brown, Jacqueline: The Light, 2016. Book 1 of 5. Young adults experience conversion to Catholicism in the aftermath of an EMP attack. Sequels: Through the Ashes, From the Shadows, Into the Embers, Out of the Darkness.

• Linden, Theresa: Chasing Liberty, 2015, Book 1 of 3. A young woman named Liberty seeks freedom in a USA under environmentalist  totalitarianism. Sequels: Testing Liberty, Fight for Liberty.

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Young People Today:

• Cahill, Thomas: A Saint on Death Row, 2009. Texas today.

• Doman, Regina: The Shadow Of the Bear . Regina Doman, 2008.

• Farasiotis, Dionysios: The Gurus, the Young Man and the Elder Paisios,  2009 * Demonic Encounters in India and Greece..

• Johnson , Abby: Unplanned, 2010. Conversion of Planned Parenthood Clinic Director

• O’Brien, Michael D.: The Fool Of New York City . Ignatius, 2016. Story of a modern young Fool for Christ saving a lost young man.

• Saada, Tass: Once an Arafat Man: The True Story Of How a PLO Sniper Found a New Life, 2010. Middle East, USA today.

• Salzman, Mark: Iron and Silk, 1987. Young American teaches English and studies Kung Fu in 1982 China.

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Adventure/ Wilderness Survival:

• Meader, Stephen W.:  Traplines North. SouthernSkies, 1956.

• Van Der Post, Laurens: A Story Like the Wind and sequel A Far Off Place. A Harvest Book, Harcourt, 1972. Botswana, Namibia, 1960s

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Friendships

• Gallico, Paul: The Snowgoose, 1941. England , World War II, Dunkirk.

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Saints And Holy People, Historical or Fictional:

• Ball, Ann: Blessed Miguel Pro: 20th Century Mexican Martyr, 1996. Mexico 1920s.

• Dunlop, Eileen: Tales of St. Patrick,1995. Ireland, 4th century.

• De Wohl, Louis: The Quiet Light: A Novel About Saint Thomas Aquinas, 1950. 13th Century, Italy, France.

• Golder F.A.: Father Herman: Alaska's Saint, 1968. Alaska, 1794-1834.

• Houselander, Caryll: The Dry Wood. Sheed and Ward, 1947. London 1940s.

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• Kenelly, Brian: To the Heights: A Novel Based on the Life of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, 2014.Early 20th century Italy.

• Lotti , Michael and Jennifer Serrano: St. George and the Dragon, 2014.  Third century Rome.

• Mulligan, James: Saint Charbel Makhlouf, 2018. Late nineteenth century Lebanon.

• Murphy, James: Saints and Sinners in the Cristero War: Stories of Martyrdom from Mexico, 2019. Mexico, 1920s.

• Pekar, Atanasii: Our Martyred Bishop Romzha (1911-1947), 1977.Ukaraine, Bishop Theodore Romzha.

• Ravier, Andre: St.Bruno, The Carthusian, 1995.  France/ Italy, 11/12th century.

• Robinson, Lawrence Damian: A Trace in the Sand: A Tale of the Early Martyrs St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood, 2007.

• Roche, Aloysius: Christians Courageous, 1955. Exciting stories of 14 little known early Saints.

• Turner, Corinna:  Friends in High Places I: The Boy Who Knew (Blessed Carlo Acutis +2006), 2020. London/Italy, contemporary.

• Undset, Sigrid: Catherine of Siena. 1954. 14th century Italy.

• Hemesath, Carolyn: From Slave to Priest: The Inspirational Story of Father Augustine Tolton, 2010. USA 854-1897.

• Wilkerson, David: The Cross and the Switchblade, 1986. New York City, 1950s to today.

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Catholic or Orthodox Faith:

• Houselander, Caryll: The Dry Wood,1947. London, 1940s.

• Palmer, Constantina: A Scent of Holiness . Greece today.

• Tikhon, Archimandrite:  Everyday Saints and Other Stories, 2012. Russia, 1980s/90s.

• Widmer, Andreas: The Pope and the CEO, 2011. Vatican/USA, 1987-2011.

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Westerns/Mountain Men

• L’Amour, Louis: Sackett Novels:

•                             Ride the River, 1983. Echo Sackett, 1840s-50s, Cincinnati to Smoky Mountains.

•                             The Daybreakers, 1960. Tyrel and Orrin Sackett,  Mountains to New Mexico, 1870-72.

•                             Sackett, 1961. William Tell Sackett,  Sangre De Cristos Mountains, Colorado, New Mexico, 1874-5.

•                             Lando, 1962.  Orlando Sackett, Tennessee Mountains to Mexico, 1873-5.

•                             Mojave Crossing, 1964. William Tell Sackett, Mojave Desert, California, 1875-9.

• McClung, Robert M.: Hugh Glass, Mountain Man, 1990. 1853.

• Wister, Owen: The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains, 1902. Wyoming territory , 1880s.

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Manga/Graphic Novels/Comics:

• Chatton, Ray: Soldier of God: The Gripping Story of Maximilian Kolbe, 1982.

• Doman , Regina: Habemus Papam - Pope Benedict XVI, 2013.

•                              Pope Francis: I Believe in Mercy,  2013.

• Gousidis, Christos: Stories From the Gerontikon, 2017. Ancient Middle East.

• Herge: Tintin in the Land of the Soviets, 1929.

•              Tintin in the Congo, 1930.

•              Tintin in America, 1931.

•              Cigars of the Pharaoh, 1932.

•              The Blue Lotos, 1934.

• Laughlin, Corinna and Maria: Father Augustus Tolton: The First Recognized American Priest, 2015. USA1854-1897.

• Page, Phillip and Marilyn Pettit: Picture This Shakespeare: Macbeth, 2005. Graphic novel with excerpts of original text.

• Temesou, Max: The Shadow of His Wings: A Graphic Biography, 2016.

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Science  in Stories:

• Heinrich, Bernd: One Wild Bird At A Time: Portraits of Individual  Lives, 2016.

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Shakespeare:

• Page, Phillip and Marilyn Pettit: Picture This Shakespeare: Macbeth, 2005. Graphic novel with excerpts of original text.

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