Books Like The Keeping Days
Families who loved The Keeping Days by Norma Johnston often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Families who loved The Keeping Days by Norma Johnston often look for books with a similar feel. These 20 recommendations were selected for their similarity in style, theme, and reading level.
Reach for this book when your teen is struggling to balance their own identity with the mounting pressures of family responsibility and financial stress. Set in 1900, this story follows fourteen year old Tish Sterling as she navigates the messy, often humorous, and sometimes heartbreaking realities of living in a large, spirited family during a time of transition. It is an ideal choice for readers who feel the weight of 'growing up' too fast or who are clashing with siblings and parents while trying to define their own values. Through Tish's honest diary entries, the book explores themes of integrity, faith, and the resilience required to keep a family together when money is tight and emotions run high. It provides a comforting, grounded perspective on the fact that family problems are not new, and that even the most chaotic households are held together by 'Keeping Days' worth remembering.
