Welcome to Five Fall Favorites!  This week (Monday – Saturday), I will be sharing five books a day, each day in a certain category.  Today it’s books about family.  Be sure to come back tomorrow to learn about more of my favorite books!
 
(Links are for Goodreads unless otherwise noted.) 
 
 

When tragedy befalls the Graeme family, young Jennifer suddenly finds herself in the position of head of the house over her six younger brothers and sisters. When she overhears her relatives making plans to take over the family estate and split her family up, Jennifer decides it is time to act. They must run away!

Finally, hidden from prying relatives and strangers in a small cottage in the mountains, Jennifer and her family seem to be safe–until disaster strikes! One of the youngest children gets lost in the forest, and another falls dangerously ill. But, miraculously, in the midst of fear and despair, Jennifer finds the true source of strength–and an unexpected love.

 
 
 

Dunstan King arrives in the little mining town of Rocky Knob still in mourning for his beloved father. Grace Burton, daughter of the local minister, is eager to learn the mystery behind this young man who lives and works as a miner, but is so obviously a gentleman. As his life becomes more and more entwined with the minister’s family and the small mining community that they serve, he will need all his strength, courage, and faith to prove his worth to the mine, the men, and the minister’s daughter of Rocky Knob.

Join author and historian Sarah Brazytis as she leads you to the rocky hills of America’s mining country, to weave a tale of faith, friendship, and love in the rugged life of 19th century copper miners. With meticulous research and intricate historical detail, readers will be drawn into the Victorian age, where good triumphs over evil, and truth and right prevail.

 
Purchase the book here or the entire series here.  
 
 

Their race is royal. But will they remember?

When Hamish McGregor and his sisters are forced to leave their home in the highlands of Scotland, they prepare to join their uncle in faraway Texas. Before leaving, they make an agreement to always remember that ‘s rioghal mo dhream, my race is royal.

However, they soon discover that remembering is not easy. For Hamish, forgetting his heritage lands him in the middle of a desperate revolution as the Texians fight for independence.

Catriona, proud and responsible, has no patience for her brother’s shortcomings until she too needs grace. And Ealasaid, an invalid facing the hardships of frontier life, struggles to live up to a still more important title: daughter of the King of kings.

As fighting surrounds and comes between them, will the McGregors fall or will they turn to the King for victory? Will they remember their royalty as well as the sacrifice of the brave men at the Alamo?

 
This historical fiction book takes place during the Texas Revolution and the battle of the Alamo.  Three orphans leave Scotland for a new life with their uncle in Texas, where they face other challenges.  I love how Hannah wrote about the three siblings and what they learned about valuing each other.  They also learned many spiritual lessons.  
 
Read my review here. 
Purchase the book directly from the author here.  
 
We are introduced to an unhappy home—misunderstood children, and an unappreciated step-mother. But kind Christian influences spread, touching at first a single heart, then inspiring the entire family.
 
The ending and the beginning of this book are as different as night and day.  At the beginning, the step-mother is short with her children, the children have been told that all step-mothers are evil.  There is no harmony at home.  Then a minister begins to board with the family and helps them.  This book is actually by several ladies, and it’s so interesting to see how flawlessly the book reads even with each new chapter written by a lady that didn’t write the previous chapter.  
During the Great Depression, the Challenger family is a large family with several children.  The oldest brother is away at college, the father is in the hospital, and the family is struggling to survive.  Through their struggles they experience God’s provision and learn of God’s love.  This is a book I have re-read several times and highly recommend.  I love the faith of the youngest member of the family.  
 

Please visit the other lovely ladies on my team for more book recommendations!

Cate @ Southern Scribblings

Heather @ Heather Flynn – Author

Katja @ Little Blossoms For Jesus (co-host of the blog party)

Lydia @ Beyond History’s Page

Also, there is a giveaway on the hosts’ blogs!

Katja and/or Kate will be sharing daily in their posts which teams are offering freebies; feel free to hunt through the blogs for the books.

Also, there is a giveaway!  We will be offering one international and one U.S. prize. 

Here’s the giveaway link. You can enter only once, but you can earn extra entries throughout the week by commenting on the participating blogs’ FFF posts—1 bonus entry per blog per day. Comments must be made under or signed off with the same name people use to enter the giveaway; otherwise bonus entries are null & void because they cannot be matched to a giveaway entry.

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Which of these books have you read?  What are your favorite books about family?  

In case you missed them, here are the blog posts from earlier this week: 

Monday:  Books about Community 

Tuesday:  

Wednesday:  

Thursday: