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Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy

a graphic novel
A graphic novel adaptation of "Little women" by Louisa May Alcott which chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England.

Sense and second-degree murder

Eighteen-year-old aspiring chemist Elinor Dashwood and her younger sister Marianne, a budding detective, work together to solve the mystery of their father's murder. Includes author's note.

Enola Holmes and the black barouche

When professional typist Letitia Glover is desperate to learn more about the fate of her twin sister Flossie, Enola enlists the help of her brother Sherlock and her friend Tewky to investigate Flossie's husband, the sudden death of his first wife, and the mysterious appearance of a black barouche.

Ironhead, or, once a young lady

In 1808 Ghent, eighteen-year-old Constance runs away from an arranged marriage to a much older man and by stealing his clothes, sneaking out of the house disguised as a man, and joining Napoleon's army.

A sitting in St. James

"After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's objections, to sit for a portrait. While Madame plots her last hurrah, stories that span generations--from the big house to out in the fields--of routine horrors, secrets buried as deep as the family fortune . . . come to light to reveal a true portrait of the Guilberts"--Provided by publisher.

The three-cornered war

the Union, the Confederacy, and native peoples in the fight for the West
"A deeply-researched, dramatic, and character-driven narrative account of the violent struggle between Union and Confederate forces to claim the American West during the Civil War"--.

Lakota America

a new history of indigenous power
Discusses the history of the Lakota Indians and their role in shaping America's history.

Les miserables

a graphic novel
2018
In this graphic novel adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic, the ex-convict Jean Valjean strives to build a new life in nineteenth century Paris and protect his adopted daughter, Cosette, but he is pursued by the fanatical police inspector Javert who does not believe in redemption, until it is too late for both of them.

The prophets

a novel
2021
Tells the story about the forbidden union between two enlsaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence.

Daphne Byrne

2020
In the gaslit splendor of late 19th-century New York, rage builds inside 14-year-old Daphne. The sudden death of her father has left her alone with her grief-stricken mother who becomes easy prey for a group of occultists promising to contact her dead husband. While fighting to disentangle her mother from these charlatans, Daphne begins to sense a strange, insidious presence in her own body; an entity with unspeakable appetites. What does ?Brother? want? And could Daphne stop him even if she tried?.

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