You can read Amazon comments on that book here. The Borrowed House by Hilda van Stockum 5.0 Paperback 14. I don't remember it clearly, but did remember that part of it struck me as not quite suitable for the 12 and under crowd. It was not dull, but I couldn't recommend it to my younger kids because of a subplot that dealt with the marital problems of the parents of the main character, a young girl. I read another van Stockum book a few years back that I didn't care for as much, called The Borrowed House. We will certainly read the two sequels, Friendly Gables and Canadian Summer. Brill The Borrowed House by Hilda van Stockum. After her marriage she put her training in art to very good use in her books for children. The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare The Kings Fifth by Scott ODell Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C.

Born in Holland of Dutch and Irish heritage she met her American husband in Ireland at the outset of her portrait painting career. But The Mitchells is well worth reading, especially for the smallest eager reader in our house, who doesn't find something new to read everyday, since she's already read everything she can get her hands on. Marlin and mother of six children, wrote and illustrated nearly twenty books for children. Eleanor Estes' style worked better for me - I love her humor, and the way she gets inside the heads of her young characters.

Both are set during WW2, describe lives of large families, father not present (Mr. Reminded us very much of The Moffets books by Eleanor Estes. We just read The Mitchells (also called The Mitchells: Five for Victory) by Hilda van Stockum. The Borrowed House (Young Adult Bookshelf Series) By Hilda Van Stockum Cover Image. During World War II a young German girl, who has been indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth, travels to occupied Amsterdam to rejoin her parents then comes to.