One of four friends who have volunteered to fight in the Vietnam War, the intellectual Beck is in the Air Force, where he is part of a crew spraying Agent Orange, but the destruction of the jungle and his isolation from the fighting going on below is starting to effect him.
A simple retelling of the four Musketeers' final adventure during which they plot to replace King Louis XIV of France with the mysterious, masked prisoner in the Bastille believed to be Louis' falsely imprisoned twin brother and the true king.
Three city siblings, now living on a farm during the Great Depression, must survive on their own when their father takes a construction job miles away.
In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.
how Victoria became queen with the help of her maid, a reporter, and a scoundrel
MacColl, Michaela
2013
Sixteen-year-old Liza becomes a lady's maid to Princess Victoria and finds that the gossipy world of the palace servants gives her the chance to determine her own fate and help Victoria become queen.
In a small town during the 1960s, fourteen-year-olds Debbie and Hector and their friends experience new thoughts and feelings, question their identities, connect, and disconnect as they search for the meanings of life and love.
