Up a Road Slowly, (Hardcover)

from debnance

Julie's life changes completely when her mother dies and she is sent to live with her cold, school marmish Aunt Cornelia. At first, Julie hates her new life, but, as time passes, she grows to love and respect her aunt and to love her life in the country. Many years pass as Julie grows from a youn...

from goodnightmoon

Almost all the way through this book, it hit me: This book is exactly like Anne of Green Gables. It's got the same old-fashioned feel (I can't believe it's supposed to take place in the 1960s!), the same breakneck, covers-10-years pace, the same strict, unfamiliar new household, the same terse st...

from Whisper1

While this 1967 Newbery Medal winner is not a page turner, nor does it have the gripping, heart wrenching events that occurred in some other Newbery award winners, such as Out of the Dust. Missing May or The Higher Power of Lucky, it is a book I would recommend. The story is a simple one of a str...

from btivis

Up A Road Slowly is a Newberry Award winning novel that tells of a girl's life and struggles from childhood to adulthood. The story begins when Julia is a young child and her mother is sick and dying. Her dad is unable to take care of her so he sends her to live with her prim and proper Aunt Cord...

from fuzzi

There are so many "coming of age" books available, but this one is special, not surprising considering who the author is. Irene Hunt writes "real" people, with "real" issues, not the usual stereotypical characters that are so common in young adult literature. Told from a first-person point of vie...