Children/Young Adult
The Crimson Cap
Pierre’s father is missing. His mother is ill and his siblings are starving. And though he is just ten, he…
The Bride’s Farewell
Editors' choice
Pell Ridley has seen the ravages of marriage, and she has firmly decided against it. Her mother’s health and well-being…
Birth of a Warrior
510 B.C. Ancient Sparta. At the end of the first book in the Spartan Warrior series, Lysander, the half-breed trainee…
Hellie Jondoe
This young adult novel begins in New York City in 1918 and travels west to a ranch outside Pendleton, Oregon.…
Magic Tree House: Palace of the Dragon King
200 B.C. China during the Han Dynasty. In this Magic Tree House adventure, Jack and Annie visit ancient China at…
Selina Penaluna
Twins, Ellen and Jack, are evacuated from East London to Cornwall during the early stages of WWII. In contrast to…
The Entomological Tales of Augustus T. Percival: Petronella Saves Nearly Everyone
Editors' choice
Dene Low, the pen name for author Laura Card, has created a wonderful tale of Victorian fantasy in this first…
The Dragon’s Pearl
Chomping at the bit in the desk job destined for him in Venice, teenager Marco Polo jumps at the chance…
Crows & Cards
Twelve-year-old Zebulon Crabtree doesn’t want to be steaming down the Mississippi on a riverboat in 1849. His father is sending…
Rowan the Strange
Rowan is a young boy with a particularly vibrant imagination, who spends life captivated within his own thoughts – in…
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