Irene Hunt

• Aug-1993

• Jul-1985

Scorned by his embittered father and frightened by the impending marriage of his beloved sister, Bethany, twelve-year-old Jeremy, brain-damaged at birth, runs away and is rescued by an elderly recluse who gives him new self-respect and strength...

• 1978

WHO SAID GROWING UP WOULD BE EASY ? Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, Georgie Burgess learns to hide his hurt. He withdraws into a safe and secret world of beautiful gardens filled with roses; Just like those in the library book he treasures...

• Aug-1970

From the Newbery Award-winning author of Across Five Aprils and Up a Road Slowly comes a tale of a brave young man’s struggle to find his own strength during the Great Depression.“A powerfully moving story.” -- Chicago Daily NewsIn 1932, Americ...

• 1966

Julie would remember her happy days at Aunt Cordelia's forever. Running through the spacious rooms, singing on the rainy nights in front of the blazing fireplace. There were the rides in the woods on Peter the Great and the races with Danny Trevort. ...

• 1965

Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War. ...