Children/Young Adult
The Quilt Walk
In 1863, with the Civil War raging, ten-year-old Emmy Blue and her parents start across the plains toward a new…
Come August, Come Freedom
Gabriel is born into slavery in Virginia during the American Revolution. He is raised on Prosser’s plantation and then sent…
Button Down
In 1929 Iowa, Ned Button is thrilled when local football hero Lester Ward is tapped to attend the University of…
Passion Blue
Giulia, the heroine of this young adult novel about the Renaissance, is the bastard daughter of a nobleman whose death…
The History Keepers: Circus Maximus
Rome, AD 27. In their second time-slip adventure, Jake and the History Keepers find themselves in Ancient Rome. The evil…
The Broken Lands
Walker and Bones arrive on Coney Island to subvert both New York City and Brooklyn to their evil purposes. Few…
Kizzy Ann Stamps
It’s July 1st, 1963, and 12-year-old Kizzy Ann Stamps is a black girl preparing to enter a newly integrated school…
Ripper
With a mother as a governess, Abbie moved between Dublin’s good society and its poorer residents, learning how to make…
Rachel’s Secret
In 1903 in Kishinev, Russia, a 14-year-old Christian boy was stabbed to death by his uncle because of family squabbles…
Shadow on the Mountain
One of my favorite books as a child was Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan (Dutton, 1942), about brave children resisting…
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