Children/Young Adult
The Book of the Maidservant
After young Johanna’s mother dies and her family falls apart, she is sent to be a serving girl to Margery…
The Puzzle Ring
The Puzzle Ring is a fantasy adventure with an almost Blytonesque feel. It involves a curse, a prophecy, a puzzle…
The Storm in the Barn
This graphic novel, aimed at ages 10 and up, uses a dash of fantasy to make the 1930s come…
City of Ghosts
(1) 1919, India. Amritsar is a city in ferment. Riots against British rule are increasing and, sooner or later, there…
My Vicksburg
When Vicksburg, Mississippi, comes under Union siege in 1863, Claire Louise Corbet’s family joins their neighbors in seeking shelter…
Jesse Bowman: A Union Boy’s War Story
Young readers are the target audience of this American Civil War story. Jesse Bowman enlists in the Chicago Zouaves, a…
Sahwira
In a Methodist mission in Rhodesia in 1964, two 12-year-old boys call themselves Sahwira, meaning best friends who are closer…
The Locket
This is a young adult story of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of March 25, 1911, as told through the…
Lincoln and His Boys
In Lincoln and His Boys, Rosemary Wells traces Lincoln’s journey to the presidency and through the Civil War years through…
The Wolf King
Bronze Age Britain. ‘We are the Wolf Clan. Long ago our people swore brotherhood with the wolves.’ But now Coll’s…
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