Norma Johnston Books
The keeping days
A fourteen-year-old girl tells about her family and their collective experiences during a seven month period in 1900.
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Glory in the flower
Fourteen-year-old Tish continues her diary recording the trials and tribulations of the six months between January and June in 1901.
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Strangers dark and gold.
Recounts the Greek myth of Jason, his search with the Argonauts for the Golden Fleece, and the final tragedy resulting from Medea's love for him.
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Of time and of seasons
The newly begun Civil War is only one more complication in the lives of Bridget's family in which everyone seems talented--except Bridget.
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A striving after wind
As Bridget continues her search for her own identity in her talented family, she learns to deal with an officious woman and her daughter, a near-romance with an aging actor, and her confused feelin...
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The sanctuary tree
Fifteen-year-old Tish faces the death of her grandfather, parting from her sweetheart, and the birth of a niece. Sequel to "Glory in the Flower."
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A mustard seed of magic
Tish wants to write well and she wants to be of help to her friends, but first she has to understand herself.
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The swallow's song
During the summer of 1920, sixteen-year-old Alison meets the wealthy, glamorous Farraday family who bring excitement into her life and a new appreciation of her own family.
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If you love me, let me go
Gran's failing health, a strained relationship with her best friend, meeting a medical student, and providing the strength for her problem-torn family give sixteen-year-old Allison a better underst...
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The crucible year
In 1963 after her father dies, Elizabeth finds her world changing and expanding as she does volunteer work in Dominica and enters public rather than private high school.
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