Irene Hunt Books In Order

Novels

  1. Across Five Aprils (1964)
  2. Up a Road Slowly (1967)
  3. No Promises in the Wind (1970)
  4. Trail of Apple Blossoms (1970)
  5. The Lottery Rose (1976)
  6. William (1977)
  7. Claws Of A Young Century (1980)
  8. The Everlasting Hills (1985)

Novels Book Covers

Irene Hunt Books Overview

Across Five Aprils

Playaway is the easiest way to listen to a book on the go. An all in one format, the player and content are combined in one 2 ounce unit and it comes with everything you need to start listening immediately. No separate player needed, no CDs, no downloads just press play! The author’s grandfather tells her stories of his boyhood during the Civil War which became the basis for this compelling novel. Although young Jethro never witnessed a battle, his life on the family farm in southern Illinois was shattered by the Civil War.

Up a Road Slowly

Up a Road Slowly will appeal to those who love Millay’s poetry and weep over beauty as well as ugliness. Those who follow Julie’s growth, from a tantrum throwing 7 year old to a gracious young woman of 17, will find this book has added a new dimension to their lives. Paperback, 186 pages

No Promises in the Wind

In 1932, America was in the depths of a deep depression. A job, food to fill you, a place to sleep, and shoes without holes for millions of people, these simple needs were nothing more than dreams. At 15 years of age, Josh had to make his own way through a country of angry, frightened people. This is the story of a young man’s struggle to find a life for himself in the turbulent 1930s.

The Lottery Rose

Abused by his mother and her boyfriend, Georgie Burgess learns to hide his hurt. When Georgie wins a small rosebush in a grocery store lottery, he gives it all the love and caring he has never had. His life begins to open up when the courts send him to a home for boys where he will be safe. Slowly, and not without pain, Georgie learns to give and to receive love.

William

Three orphaned black children get together with a teenage white girl to form a new and loving family group.

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