New Releases by Irene Hunt

A young victim of child abuse gradually overcomes his fears and suspicions when placed in a home with other boys.

Korean edition of the Newbery Award winner (1967) UP A ROAD SLOWLY by Irene Hunt. This is a coming of age story about a seven year old stubborn little girl Julie growing into a beautiful young lady. Translated by Hong Ju Jin. In Korean. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

From the author of Across Five Aprils and No Promises in the Wind comes her most beloved story of a girl''s coming of age.

Fifteen-year-old Josh struggles to survive and come to terms with inner conflicts in the desperate world of the 1932 Depression. By the author of the Newbery Award-winner, Up a Road Slowly. Reissue.

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The childhood and youth of Julia as she lives with Aunt Cordelia on a farm.

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 News In 1932, American''s dreams were simple: a job, food to eat, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes. But for millions of people these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At fifteen years of age, Josh has to make his own way through a country of angry and frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the most turbulent of times.

The historical novel, Across five Aprils, set at the time of the Civil War, chronicles the war as well as the story of a young boy''s growing up.

Johnny Appleseed''s good will and humanity towards all living things is felt by a family settling in the Ohio wilderness.

When a bitter mountain man cannot accept his twelve-year-old son''s mental retardation, the boy wanders into the wilderness and finds in a stranger the father he has never had.

A fifteen-year-old boy struggles to survive and come to terms with inner conflicts in the desperate world of the Depression.

"Ce matin d''avril 1861, Jeff ne s''inquiète pas des bruits de guerre. Les grands ont dit : "Nos soldats attraperont ceux du Sud par le fond de la culotte et ça sera fini en moins de deux!" Jeff travaille aux champs avec sa mère ; il ne sait pas que la guerre de Sécession sera longue, cruelle, et qu''un jour, pour sauver Ed le déserteur, il osera écrire au président des Etats-Unis, Abraham Lincoln ..."

Julie, driftig en koppig, groeit op bij haar tante, onderwijzeres op de dorpsschool. In dit boeiende, gevoelige verhaal kijkt ze bij het begin van haar studie aan de universiteit terug op alles wat zij in deze jaren beleefde en voelde.

After her mother''s death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.

After her mother''s death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.

After her mother''s death, Julie goes to live with Aunt Cordelia, a spinster schoolteacher, where she experiences many emotions and changes as she grows from seven to eighteen.