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The accidental afterlife of Thomas Marsden

At age twelve, grave robber Thomas Marsden discovers a boy who looks just like him in an unmarked grave and begins a journey of discovery as he learns of faeries trapped in London and their hope that he can return them to their realm.

Some kind of courage

In 1890 Washington the only family Joseph Johnson has left is his half-wild Indian pony, Sarah, so when she is sold by a man who has no right to do so, he sets out to get her back--and he plans to let nothing stop him in his quest.

Wyatt Earp

Examines the facts and fictions surrounding the life and legend of Wyatt Earp. Includes a glossary, resources for further information, and color photographs.

Black hearts in Battersea

1981
A fifteen-year-old orphan in 19th century London becomes involved in a plot against the king.

Boston Jane

the claim
2010
The arrival from Philadelphia of her spiteful nemesis Sally Biddle and the return of her corrupt ex-fiance Richard Baldt spell trouble for seventeen-year-old Miss Jane Peck, who has survived on her own in Shoalwater Bay, a community of white settlers and Chinook Indians in 1850s Washington Territory.

The Mermaid's Purse

2016
Stella loves books so much, she starts her own library, but then a storm threatens to destroy everything.

Jane Eyre

2005
A simplified, abridged version of Charlotte Bront?'s novel in which Jane Eyre, an orphan, becomes a governess for the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester and experiences ghostly happenings in his home.

Clockwork angel

2015
Sixteen-year-old Tessa Gray travels to England in search of her brother only to be abducted by the Dark Sisters, residents of London's Downworld, home to the city's supernatural folk, and she becomes the object of much attention--both good and bad--when it is discovered she has the power to transform at will into another person.

The legend of Bass Reeves

being the true and fictional account of the most valiant marshal in the West
The story of Bass Reeves who was born a slave and later became one of the most respected federal marshals in Oklahoma and Texas.

Little women

1995
Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young ladies in nineteenth-century New England.

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