Joan Donaldson Books
A pebble and a pen
In 1853, fourteen-year-old Matty runs away from the drudgery of farm life to join Mr. Spencer's famous penmanship school and finds she must meet many challenges to make her way as a female penman.
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The Secret of the Red Shoes
Great-grandma's secret makes for a wonderful surprise at the party celebrating her one hundredth birthday.
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The real pretend
Everyone enjoys a game of pretend, but when Kathy plays a salesperson for a mail-order catalogue, she and her brother face some unexpected consequences.
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On Viney s mountain
In the Cumberland Mountains during the fall of 1879, sixteen-year-old Viney is shocked to hear that Englishmen will arrive on her mountain and build a new community, demolishing the beautiful area...
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