young adult fiction

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young adult fiction

Gary Paulsen

2013
"Presents the biography of children's book author Gary Paulsen while exploring his creative process as a writer and the cultural impact of his work"--Provided by publisher.

1863: a house divided

2000
Bored with farm life Stephen runs away to join the beleaguered Army of the Potomac to fight Johnny Reb.

The whale rider

1987
As her beloved grandfather, chief of the Maori tribe of Whangara, New Zealand, struggles to lead in difficult times and to find a male successor, young Kahu is developing a mysterious relationship with whales, particularly the ancient bull whale whose legendary rider was their ancestor.

The silver chair

1953
The story of Prince Rilian's escape from the Emerald Witch's underground kingdom.

The second Mrs. Giaconda

1998
Relates, from the point of view of his servant Salai, how Leonardo da Vinci came to paint the Mona Lisa.

The river at Green Knowe

The Green Knowe chronicles
2002
An English girl, a Polish refugee, and a displaced boy from the Orient explore an island-strewn river flowing past the ancient manor house of Green Knowe.

Mustang Flats

1999
When his father returns from the war in 1865, fourteen-year-old Alby finds his beloved Pa a changed man and can only hope that they will be friends again.

Iqbal

2005
A fictionalized account of the Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him before being gunned down at the age of thirteen.

An enemy at Green Knowe

The Green Knowe chronicles
2002
The inhabitants of Green Knowe become involved with black magic when a modern-day witch attempts to find books of witchcraft supposedly hidden in the old house by a mad seventeenth-century alchemist.

The Devil and his boy

1998
In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to Dondon, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.

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