historical fiction

In the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination in 1968, Chicago fourteen-year-old Maxie longs to join the Black Panthers, whether or not her brother Raheem, ex-boyfriend Sam, or her friends like it, and is soon caught up in the violence of anti-war and civil rights demonstrations.

Fourteen-year-old Thomas Peaceful decides join the British Army to prove himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself.

When Sherlock Holmes is summoned to solve an eerie murder at Baskerville Hall, the research skills of his independent young wife enhance his already superior powers.

Harvard graduate student Connie Goodwin, having agreed to handle the sale of her grandmother's abandoned home near Salem, Massachusetts, comes across an ancient key while going through the house which holds a piece of parchment with the name Deliverance Dane written on it, and in her efforts to discover more about the mysterious Deliverance, Connie soon finds herself having visions of the Salem witch trials and wondering about the extent of her family's connection to history.

Presents the final novel by author Ralph Ellison, telling the story of Adam Sunraider, a race-baiting senator from New England who, upon being shot while on the Senate floor, calls for Reverend Alonzo Hickman, the African-American Baptist minister who cared for the orphaned Sunraider when he was a child known as Bliss.

In this stunning conclusion to the Chatswood family s story, the first story arc of the Secrets of the Manor series, a mysterious benefactor helps the Vandermeers during the Great Depression and readers finally discover the family s biggest secret!.

Siblings James and Alice move to Yellowstone with their mother and encounter bison, prospectors, and the Bannock tribe while learning to protect each other and the environment against Billy "Bloody" Knuckles.

Twins Elizabeth and Katherine, attending the wedding of their father's cousin at Vandermeer Manor in Rhode Island, decide to investigate when someone vandalizes something precious at the manor.

The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being married off.

In order to escape religious persecution, a group of English Separatists set sail for America in 1620, hoping to establish a new colony.