1848-1870

Sixth-grade art student Logan and his cousin Becca find themselves transported back to 1856 Le Havre, France, where they must somehow introduce the young caricaturist Claude Monet to the local artist Eugene Boudin, who history says convinced Monet to make the change to oil paints.

When Katharine Tulman foils an attempt to kidnap her Uncle Tully, she finds herself caught up in international intrigue. Aware that there are people who want to turn her uncle's mechanical fish into an explosive device, and unsure of who to trust, she decides to fake her uncle's death and flee to Paris in search of Lane Moreau, her uncle's assistant.

Rose Bazelet is determined to fight against the destruction of her family home during Emperor Napoleon III's renovation of Paris and while she stakes her claim in the basement she begins to write letters to her dead husband and is forced to come to terms with a secret that has been buried for thirty years.

Provides an analytical account of the role of Otto von Bismarck in the history of Germany, looking at his activities as Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1873, and as Germany's first Chancellor, from 1871 to 1890. Includes a selection of documents.

For her tenth birthday, Rosemary Rita's grandmother Mimi sends her a magical hourglass, which takes Rosemary Rita back to 1870 in Germany to meet Mimi's great grandmother and help her decode a mysterious postcard.

Jack is haunted by the voice of a vampire god who promises to return, but his friends, Ben and Emily, try to convince him that it's just his imagination.