Books with author janet hickman

Linnie McKay can hardly wait for her tenth birthday. She thinks she'll be getting a puppy. But things start going wrong in the weeks before her birthday. She's afraid of thunderstorms, has to deal with a houseguest whom she doesn't like, and then doesn't get the surprise she expects. During another thunderstorm, Linnie begins to discover what growing up is about and how lucky she really is.

Jeremy's dog has slipped her leash and disappeared into the fog-filled ravine-to Jeremy's great frustration. His mother has made it very clear that the ravine is both dangerous and off-limits. Jeremy's best friend, Quinn, wants to play their favorite game, Warriors, in the ravine. Should Jeremy obey his mother? Follow Quinn? Track his beloved dog? ...Ulf stands transfixed as the dog emerges from the fog. No one in the land owns such a beautiful animal. Ulf does not allow himself to think that this creature might belong to him, for slaves are permitted nothing. It is only because the Wizard made space for Ulf in his hut in the ravine that the boy has a place to sleep. But with the coming of the dog, Ulf's life begins to change....The dog, Duchess, has opened a slip in time -- a slip through which two boys and two completely different worlds are destined to collide.

This is the engrossing story of four generations of women, going back to Great-Grandmother GrandMin....'Who did you say you were?" GrandMin asks Angela, and not for the first time. Angela answers patiently, but she cannot get used to the fact that GrandMin does not know her. Twelve-year-old Angela, her brother, Brian, and their parents are spending their vacation with Gram and GrandMin. Angela is lonely in her mother's hometown of Gatesville, once called Jericho. There are no young people her age in the town, and their visit has to be prolonged when Gram sprains her ankle.In alternate sections Janet Hickman seamlessly interweaves the past and present as the lives of her protagonists, Min and Angela, unfold. This spare, beautifully written, emotion-packed story is unforgettable.

The pages turn over like rocks on the beach, disclosing multiple treasures underneath, declared Horn Book in a starred review of Janet Hickman's Jericho. Now the critically acclaimed author tells the story of Susannah, a teenage girl who has been brought by her widowed father to live in a Shaker settlement in Ohio in 1810. In this austere, orderly community where few things other than religious devotion and duty are tolerated, Susannah grieves for her mother and longs for the simple freedoms of the outside world. Her tale is one of loyalty and defiance, compassion and bravery and will strike a resonant chord in the hearts and minds of readers.