Author
Cornelia Meigs
4 books here
Swift Rivers
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · 820L · 1994
A solid historical adventure about logging culture that genuinely teaches environmental observation and courage through action, not lecture — though the pacing can feel deliberate to modern readers.
Clearing Weather
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 750L · 2018
A vivid, earnest historical adventure that trusts kids to care about character and setting without dumbing down the language—older mid-grades and reluctant readers who love historical fiction will find real depth here.
Invincible Louisa
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 820L · 1995
A Newbery Medal winner that reads like a novel but grounds kids in how writers actually live and work—Alcott's poverty and grit are unsentimental, her ambition is real, and 19th-century Concord becomes vividly present.
The Windy Hill
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · 780L · 2021
Meigs' 1921 prose feels period-appropriate rather than dated; kids who like steady-paced mystery and sense-of-place will reread it, and the rural New England setting rewards careful readers.