Ann Pedtke
Harvest
This affecting novel offers a glimpse into the life of a remote English village poised between the feudalism of the…
Hattie Ever After
Editors' choice
Hattie Brooks, the intrepid heroine of the Newbery-honor winning Hattie Big Sky, has returned – in a sequel with a…
Written in Stone
Pearl Carver is the daughter of whalers. Her people, the Makah, depend upon the whales that flourish in the waters…
Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction
Meaningful critical treatments of children’s literature are all too rare, and close examinations of children’s historical fiction are rarer still.…
Sailor Twain: Or, The Mermaid in the Hudson
Set in New York at the turn of the century, Sailor Twain evokes the Gilded Age steamboat era on the…
Sophia’s War
It’s 1776, and 12-year-old Sophia is a patriot trapped in British-occupied New York City. Her father has been injured in…
Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
Biographies abound for the colorful personalities of the Late Roman Republic: Caesar and Cleopatra, Pompey and Cicero. But one of…
Will Sparrow’s Road
Twelve-year-old Will Sparrow is a boy of the streets. After being abandoned by his mother, abused by his father, and…
The Diviners
Editors' choice
Seventeen-year-old Evie has been sent away from Ohio to live in New York City with her eccentric uncle – and…
Silhouette of a Sparrow
When 16-year-old Garnet is sent to spend the summer with her wealthy aunt in Minnesota, she looks forward to an…
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