Children/Young Adult
The Penalty
A young soccer star from the poorest community of Puerto Rico goes mysteriously missing after performing uncharacteristically badly in an…
Ringside, 1925: Views from the Scopes Trial
How many of us remember learning about the Scopes Trail in our social studies class? It was one of the…
Andie’s Moon
(1) 1969. Twelve-year-old Andie longs to be an artist – she is particularly inspired by the moon – but no-one…
Tennyson
In 1932 Louisiana, Emery Fontaine leaves daughters Tennyson and Hattie on the decaying ancestral doorstep while he searches for their…
Guinevere’s Gift
In modern Arthurian fiction, Arthur’s queen is usually portrayed as either an imperious and wilful manipulator, or a (largely) innocent…
Cassandra’s Sister
Cassandra’s Sister opens in revolutionary Paris as a young man is guillotined. In due time, his English widow, Eliza, makes…
Ophelia
Ophelia’s story emanates from the Shakespearian play Hamlet. This is what might have happened to Ophelia if she had survived.…
Vendetta: The Runestone Saga, Book Two
Vendetta follows last year’s The Fetch which began the series, and which centers around the mystical properties of Nordic runestones.…
Blue
There are two main themes in this book. The first concerns the polio epidemic in North Carolina in 1944…
Without Warning: Ellen’s Story, 1914-1918
Without Warning is narrated by the heroine, Ellen Wilkins, who is almost fifteen at the outbreak of World War…
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