Ann Rinaldi
My Vicksburg
When Vicksburg, Mississippi, comes under Union siege in 1863, Claire Louise Corbet’s family joins their neighbors in seeking shelter…
The Letter Writer
Popular YA historical novelist Rinaldi has a go at imagining what it was like to be in the middle of…
The Redheaded Princess
In this novel, young Princess Elizabeth tells the story of her life from about the time of Henry VIII’s…
The Ever-After Bird
At the recent HNS Conference, my suspicions were confirmed that the term “young adult” is now a pseudonym for “anything…
An Unlikely Friendship
Mary Todd suffers through the loss of her beloved mother and endures the outsider status in her father’s new family,…
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