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A free-verse novel about Joan of Arc, a teenager during the fifteenth century who commanded an army and helped crown a king of France.

"A ... collection featuring the title novella and eight other stories... Nell is twenty-six and has never been to Paris. She's never even been on a romantic weekend away--to anywhere--before. Everyone knows travelling abroad isn't really her thing. But when Nell's boyfriend fails to show up for their romantic mini-vacation, she has the opportunity to prove everyone--including herself--wrong. Alone and in Paris, Nell uncovers a version of herself she never knew existed: independent and intrepid. Could this turn out to be the most adventurous weekend of her life?"--Provided by publisher.

It is June 6, 1944, D-Day, and Dee Carpenter (true name Dietrich Zimmermann), an underage private in the United States Army, is headed for Omaha Beach, seeking revenge for his uncle, who was arrested by Nazis when Dee was a little boy; meanwhile, Samira Zidano, an eleven-year old French-Algerian girl is looking for the French resistance, desperate to deliver the message that the invasion is about to begin, and get their help in freeing her mother--this is the most important day of the twentieth century, and both children want to fight, and survive.

Presents an illustrated adaption of Alexandre Dumas's story that features Barbie and her friends as they share swashbuckling adventures.

"Customs and traditions of the Christmas holidays as celebrated in Paris and the provinces of France. Includes crafts, recipes, and carols"--Provided by publisher.

When third-grader Phoebe and her family are invited to visit Paris and her new friend Camille's family, she is thrilled, but when she is put off by snails on the menu, Phoebe starts to wonder if she is really as adventurous as she thought she was.

Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain.

"Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in fifteenth-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped."--Provided by publisher.

In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.

An illustrated biography of the fifteenth-century peasant girl who led a French army to victory against the English and was burned at the stake for witchcraft.