5 Favourite Books About Siblings | Five Fall Favourites Blog Party |

Hey people! It is post 4 of the Five Fall Favourites Blog Party and I’m having so much fun!! As always, make sure to check out Rebekah's blog for all the information and for links to the FFF girls! :) And there's an amazing giveaway going on, so don't forget to enter it!! (If we reach 75 people the girls are adding a second prize!)

Today's genre is Siblings... so here are five of my favourite books of the year that spotlighted sibling relationships! ;D I have a strong liking for those kinds of books. ;) Again, these books are arranged by alphabetical order. 

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1. By Paths Unknown by Rebekah A. Morris.

Could God bring peace from such a winding path? 

Austin Sparks is doing his best to hold his family together in the wake of his mom's death, but the world continues to spin out of his control. When his dad announces that the family is moving to their grandparents' ranch in South Dakota, it's anyone's guess whether the change will bring healing or just more heartache. 

Back on the ranch, Austin finds hope in the familiar surroundings and help in his loving clan of relatives. But can his dad somehow overcome his grief? Will his siblings ever feel at home? And can Austin trust God to guide them all even when the path seems darkest?

This book is just sweet and simple and realistic. I love the relationships between Austin and his three younger siblings, and the relationship between his aunt and father. Besides the family scenes, this book also has a lovely and encouraging message about following God even if you're not sure where you're heading. 

{ My Review }

2. From Anna by Jean Little.

Nine-year-old Anna has always been the clumsy one in the family - somehow she can never do anything right. She bumps into tables, and she can't read the chalkboard at school. Her perfect brothers and sisters call her "Awkward Anna."

When Papa announces that the family is moving from Germany to Canada--he's worried about what the Nazis' rise to power will bring--Anna's heart sinks. How can she learn English when she can't even read German properly? 

But when the Soldens arrive in Canada, Anna learns that there is a reason for her clumsiness. And suddenly, wonderfully, her whole world begins to change, especially when new friends at her special school help her stand up to bullies who call her names. 

A truly heartwarming story, From Anna will resonate with any child who has ever felt left out.

I love this book because I really identify with Anna. We all have times when we feel "the odd one out." This book is a lovely reminder that we need to make time to talk to people, especially the "odd ones"--and I think it's a good reminder for children who have siblings with a handicap or a difficulty. Anna's siblings all either ignore or underrate her... but they still love her, and they will learn her worth. 

{ My Review }

3. Unbroken by Rebekah A. Morris. 

Difficulties arise at Triple Creek Ranch when Orlena, Norman Mavrich’s spoiled, pampered younger sister comes to live with her brother and his wife. The move is much against Orlena’s wishes, and she doesn’t hesitate to let everyone know it. Time and again Mr. & Mrs. Mavrich are driven to their knees to find strength to face another day. Join the young ranch boss, Norman Mavrich, his sweet wife, Jenelle, and the rest of the members of Triple Creek Ranch as they strive to be examples of Christ to the unbroken newcomer.

If you know anything about me, you know I love drama. This story has plenty of drama. I love how Norman has to learn to deal with his sister--and Orlena has to learn to obey her brother! The ending is as dramatic as the heart could wish xD and ended up making me cry... a beautiful story of sibling love. :)

PS. This book is currently free! 

{ My Review }

4. The Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss.

The Robinsons leave their home in Switzerland planning to settle half a world away. But things do not turn out as they had expected. The sole survivors of a terrible shipwreck, they wash ashore to learn that the danger has only begun. Their new world will test their courage, cleverness, endurance, and faith as they struggle to survive and create a civilization of their own in the wilderness. 

This is one of my favourite classics. I love all the family scenes that fill this book, and how they all have to work together, using their individual talents, to survive. Fritz, Ernest, Jack, & Franz are typical siblings, and when they help each other, work together, play together, squabble together, and tease each other, they add a lot of the humour of this book. ;) 

{ My Review }

5. The Tangled Skein by Alta Halverson Seymour.  

For years Norway has been under Nazi occupation, but now that World War II is finally over, Solveig Strand is returning home. As a ten-year-old, she had been sent to Scotland five years before, and in all this time she has received no letters from her parents, brothers, sister or beloved grandmother, Besta. Are they even alive? On the boat sailing to Norway are other Norwegians from Solveig’s village of Helsing, including Einar Utgaard and Ragna Skolvold, who had both been friends of her older sister and brothers. The returning refugees do not know exactly what awaits them at home, but all are eager to begin the rebuilding of their lives.      

Upon their arrival in Helsing, Solveig is distressed to find the Strand house empty and partially destroyed, but she is even more shocked by the cold and malevolent suspicion surrounding the Strand name. Circumstances of accusation and distrust continue to pile up one upon another, until Solveig is reminded of her Besta’s words about untangling a snarled skein of yarn, “Just get a hold of one end and start working.” Confronting, at first, the doubt of even her friends, Einar and Ragna, Solveig sets herself to follow Besta’s advice. Normally quiet and shy, Solveig determines to take whatever action is necessary to find her family and to discover the real story about their activities during the Nazi regime. But there is a risk in this pursuit, for though the occupation is officially at an end, deadly malice is yet at work—malice now aimed directly at Solveig. 

This tale of loyalty and betrayal is vividly played out against the background of a country struggling to start anew after the devastation of war.

This book is a great example of a girl determined to prove the loyalty of her family. When everyone thinks that Solveig's family members are traitors to Norway, she is determined to find the truth and show that they aren't. How she sets about it, and how she fights against popular dislike, is inspiring. Solveig's trust in her brothers when everyone says they are quislings and Nazis is particularly sweet. It's an exciting book, but I love it more for the characters and sibling relationship. <3

My review is currently not online, but I will be posting it on my blog soon.   

So there you are. I hope you check these books out! Be sure to head over to Rebekah's blog to enter the amazing giveaway and to get more book recommendations! 

What are five of your favourite sibling books?