Stanley, Diane

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The silver bowl

2011
From the age of seven when she became scullery maid in a castle, Molly has seen visions of the future which, years later, lead her and friend Tobias on an adventure to keep Alaric, the heir to the throne, safe from a curse.

Thanksgiving on Plymouth Plantation

2004
Twins Liz and Lenny, along with their time-traveling grandmother, visit Plymouth Plantation to see how the Pilgrims lived and to celebrate a big feast with the Pilgrims and Native Americans.

Saladin

noble prince of Islam
2002
A biography of the Moslem leader who opposed the crusaders under King Richard the Lionheart.

Michelangelo

2000
A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet, well known for his work on the Sistine Chapel in Rome's St. Peter's Cathedral.

Leonardo da Vinci

1996
A biography of the Italian Renaissance artist and inventor who, at about age thirty, began writing his famous notebooks which contain the outpourings of his amazing mind.

Bard of Avon

the story of William Shakespeare
1992
A brief biography of the world's most famous playwright, using only historically correct information.

Saving Sky

2010
In an America that has suffered continual terrorist attacks since 9/11, seventh-grader Sky stands up for what is right and helps a classmate of Middle Eastern descent, although doing so places her and her family at great risk.

Petrosinella

a Neapolitan Rapunzel
1995
In this version of Rapunzel, the heroine breaks the enchantment put on her by the ogress who keeps her prisoner with the aid of three acorns.

Raising Sweetness

1999
Sweetness, one of eight orphans living with a man who is an unconventional housekeeper, learns to read, and writes an important letter to improve their situation.

Bella at midnight

2008
Bella's peasant life is changed when her real father, a knight who abandoned her when she was a baby, comes and reclaims her, moving her to his home where she lives with a resentful stepmother and two horrible stepsisters and learns about a plot to kill her friend, Prince Julian.

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