A Spur Award Winner A Junior Literary Guild Selection  Though twelve-year-old Jocey Royal no longer goes to school, she reads. And out of her books come dreams. These dreams are her life, because she has a hare lip and is convinced that no one will ever be her friend. Living with her washerwoman grandmother since her mother died and her father drifted away, Jocey talks Gram into moving to the Kansas farm her father  abandoned.  Included in Juvenile 10.

Before the Lark

Teen & Young Adult

Irene Bennett Brown

Literature & Fiction

Thorndike Press

<p>A Junior Literary Guild Selection </p>
<p>Could the Faber family really own a farm? Could they make enough money to buy one? Her father had almost given up hope, but for Willow it was the only dream worth having. Tenant farmers, the Fabers moved almost every year. To stay put in a good place, Willow would plan, work, save, and sacrifice everything.</p>

Willow Whip

Children's Books

The Plainswoman

I truly enjoyed this book- it is a great example of historical fiction from the 1860's - 1870's era of the West. I enjoyed the strength of the main character Amity and how she overcame many obstacles and as a single woman, eventually owned her own land in Kansas, and got a position as a county school superintendant. I learned much about how folks lived in that period and how hard life was. Everyone made do with what they had and neighbors helped out when needed, without being asked. A must read for anyone who enjoys a good historical fiction read. Great character development and excellent description of the land and hardships.

Stephanie Brush

Genre Fiction

Books In Motion

Cassiday Curran's wagon has just been hijacked by three bedraggled strangers on their way to Dodge City. On the run from an abusive husband, Cassiday agrees to share her wagon with the thieves as they search for their uncle. When the group arrives in Dodge City, they learn that the uncle has died, leaving only a small tract of land to the nephew. Cassiday soon trades for another parcel and they build themselves a home. Harassed by a cattle rancher who wants her land, and in constant fear of the bounty hunter her husband has hired to find her, Cassiday struggles to maintain her farm and find a way to free herself from the past.

Long Road Turning by Irene Bennett Brown, (Women of Paragon Springs Series, Book 1) from Books In Motion.com

The author of the critically acclaimed Women of Paragon Springs series offers a brand new historical romance novel. Laila Mitchell sets out for Oregon with little money, a medicine kit, and not much more than the clothes on her back in the hopes of finding her last living relatives. What she finds instead is soul-satisfying work and a chance at love in a wild, enchanted canyon. Readers will be charmed once more by Brown's ability to create strong-willed, memorable characters, in an authentic and accurate 1890's Western setting.  Irene Bennett Brown lives in Jefferson, Oregon with her husband, Bob.

Five Star Expressions - Haven

Five Star

The Plainswoman by Irene Bennett Brown from Books In Motion.com

Short Stories & Anthologies

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