historical fiction

A fictionalized account of Bill "Doc" Key, a former slave who became a veterinarian, trained his horse, Jim Key, to recognize letters and numbers and to perform in skits around the country, and moved the nation toward a belief in treating animals humanely. Includes an author's note.

It is 1914. Helen Windship Brooks was foundering in the Harvard-Radcliffe university, but when she met British playboy Riley Spencer and his German poet-cousin, Wils Brandl, everything changed. Wils and Helen fall for each other, but when World War I begins the two cousins are called back to fight--for opposite sides--leaving Helen and Wils' future in question.

Presents an autobiographical story in graphic novel format about the bombing of Hiroshima and its aftermath.

In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.

Called to follow the wind and search for information about his father who disappeared many years ago, thirteen-year-old Chengli, carrying a piece of jade with strange writing that had belonged to his father, joins a caravan charged with giving safe passage to the Emperor's daughter as it navigates the constant dangers of the Silk Road in 630 A.D.

After her friend Virginia Beaconsfield introduces Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes's apprentice, to Margery Childe, suffragette and a church leader at the New Temple of God, Mary learns that Virginia suffers a near-fatal accident and she and Holmes begin an immediate investigation.

Retells the story of Jesus from the point of view of a grieving mother, a friend grappling with betrayal, an aspiring leader, and a rebel, each of whose lives intertwine with that of the young Jewish preacher.

When the prince of Bohemia steals her father's eyes, enchants them, and wears them, Petra Kronos sets out to Salamander Castle in order to take her father's eyes back.

Not only is Jack Fletcher struggling to prepare for the "Circle of Three", an ancient ritual that tests a samurai's courage, skill and spirit to limit, he's caught in a running battle with fellow student Kazuki and his gang. But these are the least of Jack's problems. He knows his deadly rival - the ninja Dragon Eye - could strike at any moment.