Elizabeth Hawksley
Newes from the Dead
1650. This is based on the true story of Anne Green, a young, naïve maidservant who is taken in by…
A Nest of Vipers
London, 1712. Mother Hopkins is the fearsome matriarch of a young criminal gang based in the Nest of Vipers pub.…
Magic Tree House: A Wild West Ride
1880s: the American Wild West. In their tenth adventure, Jack and Annie find themselves in Rattlesnake Flats, once a prosperous…
Scarper Jack and the Bloodstained Room
London, 1860s. Eleven-year-old chimney sweep, Jack Tolchard, is inside the well-to-do Shorey family’s chimney. The walls are thin in places,…
Archibald Wavell: The Life and Times of an Imperial Servant
I first came across Archibald, Lord Wavell (1883-1950), through his popular poetry anthology Other Men’s Flowers. I knew little of…
Young Samurai: The Way of the Warrior
1611. Japan. Twelve-year-old Jack’s ship is attacked by brutal ninja pirates and his father and all the crew are murdered.…
Two Victorian Ladies on the Continent
In 1844, Miss W., a well-educated lady in her forties, with her teenage charge, Minnie, set out on a tour…
Traitor
Elizabethan London. In this second Elizabethan Mysteries adventure, prentice actor Ben Button is thrilled when Lord Bonner’s Players are commanded…
Magic Tree House: Mammoth to the Rescue
New Stone Age. In the seventh Magic Tree House adventure, Jack and Annie find themselves in an Ice Age landscape…
The Book of Negroes
Africa, 1755. Aminata, age 11, is captured by slave traders and sold into slavery in South Carolina, where she suffers…
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