Helen Fern Daringer
(1892 - 1986)
Helen Fern Daringer was born in 1892 in eastern Illinois. Independent and way ahead of her time, Ms. Daringer graduated from Eastern Illinois University, obtained a Master’s Degree in English, and headed to New York City, where she became a professor of English literature at Columbia University. Miss Daringer wrote numerous books for children and young adults, including Country Cousin, The Turnabout Twins, and Mary Montgomery, Rebel.
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Bibliography
Adopted Jane (1947)
A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.
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Adopted Jane (2002)
A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.
Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Six (1947)
An anthology intended for high school seniors.
Miska Petersham
Mary Montgomery, Rebel (1948)
A fictionalized biography of a southern girl at the time of the Civil War.
Pilgrim Kate (1949)
A young woman in England decides to join the Puritans when they depart for Holland.
The Poet’s Craft (1935)
An anthology of favorite poems.
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Anne Thaxter Eaton
The Turnabout Twins (1960)
Twins Becky and Rachel decide to switch places for the summer when they go to visit the aunts.