Children/Young Adult
My Swordhand Is Singing
Sedgwick, a multi-published children’s book author, gives us a new twist on the popular genre of teen vampire fiction in…
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
This is a lovely book of miniature plays and monologues the author wrote for her students to better facilitate their…
Dragons from the Sea
This is the second book in a series (the Strongbow Saga) about a young Viking warrior, Halfdan Hroriksson, who lives…
The Ever-After Bird
At the recent HNS Conference, my suspicions were confirmed that the term “young adult” is now a pseudonym for “anything…
Here Lies Arthur
Editors' choice
South-west Britain, c. 500 AD. The Roman legions have left and Britain has splintered into warring factions. Saxons, arriving from…
At Ellis Island: A History In Many Voices
This is a wonderful picture book to add to a collection of immigration tales. Louise Peacock has done a marvelous…
Hush
Hush: An Irish Princess Tale is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult retellings. Many…
The Highwayman’s Footsteps
Inspired by the famous poem by Alfred Noyes, ‘The Highwayman’, this novel is about a young upper-class boy, William de…
Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller
“But words, Mrs. Keller, words bridge the gaps between two minds. Words are a miracle.” Comforting Helen Keller’s mother, Anne…
Mississippi Jack
Jacky Faber, the irrepressible Napoleonic-era street-urchin-turned-ship’s-boy-turned-fine-lady-turned pirate, is once again in the thick of trouble in this fifth installment of…
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