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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Great Expectations (1939)

Young Pip finds he has a patron - but who?

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Happy Flute (1939)

A Hindu tale of a hermit and the jungle animals.

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Author(s): Sant Ram Mandal
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Live and Kicking Ned (1939)

The further adventures of Ned Mansell aboard a slave ship on the African coast. This volume actually contains two separate novels: Live Ned or The Reef-Tackle and Kicking Ned or The Skysail or The Trust-to-God.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Live and Kicking Ned (1939)

The further adventures of Ned Mansell aboard a slave ship on the African coast. This volume actually contains two separate novels: Live Ned or The Reef-Tackle and Kicking Ned or The Skysail or The Trust-to-God.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Mimff (1939)

Mimff has no fear so he runs away from home in search of it.

Author(s): H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Ocean-Born Mary (1939)

A girl born on the voyage from Ireland to America grows up in New Hampshire in the 1700’s.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Other People’s Houses (1939)

A young woman strikes out on her own in the big city.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

Oxus in Summer (1939)

A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

Pilgrim’s Progress (1939)

This is an abridged retelling of John Bunyan’s classic allegory about the Christian life. The text is by Mary Godolphin with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Stokes did not date its reprintings, but the war years editions are characterized by th... View More

Author(s): John Bunyan
Mary Godolphin
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Ramona (1939)

Ramona is a mixed-race woman of Native American and Scotch ancestry. The novel tells of her travails during the settlement of California after the Mexican American War.

Author(s): Helen Hunt Jackson
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Secret Water (1939)

The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

The Ship that Flew (1939)

Peter buys a model ship from an antique store for “all the money he has in the world -- and a little bit more” and discovers it can carry its owners through space and time.

Author(s): Hilda Lewis
Illustrator(s): Nora Lavrin

The Singing Tree (1939)

Jancsi and Kate must manage the ranch when the Good Master is called up to fight in World War I. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1940
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

The Sister of the Angels (1939)

A story about Henrietta, Hugh Anthony, Torminster Cathedral and Christmas.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Trouble for Lucia (1939)

Lucia’s duties as Mayor of Tilling do not interfere with her round of social scheming. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)

The potty Duke of Dunstable turns up at Blandings Castle, and this time demands that Lord Emsworth make him a gift of the Empress of Blandings. Knowing his limitations Lord Emsworth reaches out to Uncle Fred and is not disappointed in the results. Re... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): no first name Fenwick

Uncle Fred in the Springtime (1939)

The potty Duke of Dunstable turns up at Blandings Castle, and this time demands that Lord Emsworth make him a gift of the Empress of Blandings. Knowing his limitations Lord Emsworth reaches out to Uncle Fred and is not disappointed in the results. Re... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Peggy Bacon

Week-End Wodehouse (1939)

There is little overlap between the American and British titles of this name. The American edition contains stories from Young Men in Spats, Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, Mulliner Nights, The Inimitable Jeeves, Carry On, Jeeves!, Very Good, Jeeves,... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): no first name Kerr

The Week-End Wodehouse (1939)

There is little overlap between the American and British titles of this name. The American edition contains stories from Young Men in Spats, Blandings Castle and Elsewhere, Mulliner Nights, The Inimitable Jeeves, Carry On, Jeeves!, Very Good, Jeeves,... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Herbert F. Roese

Who Is Johnny? (1939)

A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.

Author(s): Leopold Gedo
Illustrator(s): Leopold Gedo

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