(4) 4-6 Thomas Kinkade: Girls of Lighthouse Lane series. In these two books set in a picturesque Massachusetts fishing village at the turn of the century, thirteen-year-old Lizabeth reevaluates her life as she faces a possible death in her family, and the minister's motherless daughter, Amanda, learns about the realities of love. While there are few surprises from the predictable characters, there is more substance than in previous books in this series. Review covers these Thomas Kinkade: Girls of Lighthouse Lane titles: Amanda's Story and Lizabeth's Story.

Reviewer: Juliet S. King

(4) 4-6 Thomas Kinkade: Girls of Lighthouse Lane series. In these two books set in a picturesque Massachusetts fishing village at the turn of the century, thirteen-year-old Lizabeth reevaluates her life as she faces a possible death in her family, and the minister's motherless daughter, Amanda, learns about the realities of love. While there are few surprises from the predictable characters, there is more substance than in previous books in this series. Review covers these Thomas Kinkade: Girls of Lighthouse Lane titles: Amanda's Story and Lizabeth's Story.

Reviewer: Juliet S. King

(2) 4-6 The orphan train takes Deirdre O'Rourke to a childless minister and his humorless wife, who feed the girl but offer her little else. A talented singer, Deirdre joins a vaudeville troupe and eventually finds her way to Texas and to her brother. His placement--a happy farm situation--would welcome her as well, but Tamar has more satisfying, if somewhat theatrical, plans for the stage-struck girl.

Reviewer: Susan P. Bloom | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2000