historical fiction

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Betrayal

2004
Lady Grace Cavendish, Elizabeth I's youngest maid of honor, finds herself in the midst of a battle at sea while posing as a boy aboard the ship of Francis Drake, where she and Masou stowed away in hopes of finding the kidnapped Lady Sarah.

A time to dance

Virginia's Civil War diary
2003
Viriginia records the events of her life as her family moves to New York City in the aftermath of the Civil War, and she begins to dream of a life in the theater.

Season of promise

Elizabeth's Jamestown Colony Diary - book three
2002
In 1610, ten-year-old Elizabeth continues a journal of he experiences living in Jamestown, as her brother Caleb rejoins the family, a new strict governor comes to the colony, and her father considers remarriage.

Rosemary at sea

Backk to 1919
2001
Magically transported back in time to 1919, ten-year-old Rosemary Rita shares an adventure with her great-grandmother aboard the luxury ocean liner Mauretania.

Jirohattan

1993
Deep in the rolling mountains of Japan, a grandmother tells her grandson about World War II and Jirohattan, a mentally-handicapped boy who couldn't enlist but helped evacuee children.

A bride for Anna's Papa

1994
In 1907, thirteen-year-old Anna tries to find a bride for her father who works in the iron mines of northern Minnesota.

The hollow kingdom

2006
In nineteenth-century England, a powerful sorcerer and King of the Goblins chooses Kate, the elder of two orphan girls recently arrived at their ancestral home, Hallow Hill, to be his bride and queen.

The stolen sapphire

2006
While on a transatlantic voyage to Europe, Samantha and Nellie discover there is a world-famous archaeologist on board who is carrying a legendary sapphire. When the jewel goes missing, every one of the passengers becomes a suspect.

Song of David

1999
David, a black child, escapes on the Underground Railroad to gain his freedom in Canada and encounters many frightening moments on the way.

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