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I read this with my son, it has a story about a girl named Heather who lives in Scotland. Her parents get accused of a crime and she and her brother leave in the night to go on a journey set by her mother to the Scottish Highlands solving mysteries a
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“Now do that with your thoughts as well, pluck out the needless vanities and worries, and you’ll find you grow the straighter for it.”
“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally (and often far more) worth reading at the age of fifty... The only imaginative works we ought to grow out of are those which it would have been better not to have read at all.”
― The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
― The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes
“First doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith.”
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“As to my health I feel many times that I could not live an hour longer, but I mean to live just as long as I can. I know not how soon the messenger will call for me, but I calculate to die in the harness.”
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“I'm an American, nothing is impossible.”
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“As the years pass, I am coming more and more to understand that it is the common, everyday blessings of our common everyday lives for which we should be particularly grateful. They are the things that fill our lives with comfort and our hearts with gladness -- just the pure air to breathe and the strength to breath it; just warmth and shelter and home folks; just plain food that gives us strength; the bright sunshine on a cold day; and a cool breeze when the day is warm.”
― Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom & Virtues
― Writings to Young Women from Laura Ingalls Wilder: On Wisdom & Virtues
Whit and Em BookClub
— 2 members
— last activity Dec 21, 2014 08:33PM
A book club for long-lost roommates Whitney and Emily to read and discuss books despite being in different states.
100 books to read before you die
— 1011 members
— last activity Sep 20, 2025 02:39PM
The BBC has a list of 100 books that they think everyone should read before they die; however they predict that most people will only read 6! This gro ...more
Sports Books Group
— 3 members
— last activity Apr 13, 2015 03:48PM
A bookclub for Emily and Amber to read various sports books
The Real FH5
— 4 members
— last activity Mar 29, 2016 12:28PM
A book club for friends brought together by Genealogy at work.
Family Locket Book Club
— 204 members
— last activity Apr 01, 2026 05:34PM
If you share a love of reading and a love of writing your family's stories, join our book group. We read books about real people overcoming real chal ...more
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