2012 Reading List

January
The Maid of Fairbourne Hall by Julie Klassen -10
Chasing Mona Lisa by Mike Yorkey and Tricia Goyer - 5
The Merchant's Daughter by Melanie Dickerson -10
A Necessary Deception by Laurie Alice Eakes - 7
Wonderland Creek by Lynn Austin - 8

February
Blue Moon Promise by Colleen Coble- 7
Third Girl by Agatha Christie- 8
The Scent of Cherry Blossoms by Cindy Woodsmall -7
Joyfully At Home by Jasmine Baucham - 10
Dawn Comes Early by Margaret Brownley - 5

March
Almost Amish by Nancy Sleeth - 8
Garden of Madness by Tracy L. Higley -9

April
The Charlatan's Boy by Jonathon Rogers- 6
To Win Her Heart by Karen Whitmeyer - 9
The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel -10

May
The Bride Wore Blue by Mona Hodgeson -6

June
The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale (reread) - 10
The Murder in the Vicarage by Agatha Christie -9
Bees in the Butterfly Garden by Maureen Lang- 8
Short-Straw Bride by Karen Whitmeyer -9

July
Love in Disguise by Carol Cox -8
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories by Agatha Christie -10
Promise Me This by Cathy Gohlke -9
The Lady of Bolton Hill by Elizabeth Camden - 8
Only A Novel by Amy Dashwood- 8

August
The Messenger by Siri Mitchell -10
Veil of Pearls by MaryLu Tyndall -6
To Have and To Hold by Tracie Peterson and Judith Miller -4
The Orphan King by Sigmund Brouwer -6

September
Over the Edge by Mary Conneally -6
The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie- 9
Band of Sisters by Cathy Gohlke -8
Courting Miss Amsel by Kim Vogel Sawyer- 5
Chasing the Sun by Tracie Peterson-4
Paper Roses by Amanda Cabot -8
Scattered Petals by Amanda Cabot -8
Tomorrow's Garden by Amanda Cabot -7
Lady Susan by Jane Austen - 8

October
Against the Tide by Elizabeth Camden -9
American Patriots by Rick Santorum -9
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens -9

November
At Every Turn by Anne Mateer -8
All Things New by Lynn Austin- 8
Just Ella by Margaret Peterson Haddix -4
Palace of Mirrors by Margaret Peterson Haddix -6
A Heart Most Worthy by Siri Mitchell -9
Every Perfect Gift by Dorothy Love -5

December
Through Rushing Water by Catherine Richmond -7
Gentleman of Her Dreams by Jen Turano -8
Heartless by Anne Elisabeth Stengl -8
Surrender the Heart by MaryLu Tyndall -8
A Flight of Fancy by Laurie Alice Eakes -7
Les Miserables (Focus on the Family Radio Theater) -7


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