Juliet Waldron
Secret of the Night Ponies
This story is set in 1965 in thinly settled Newfoundland. It begins with a shipwreck, and the action rarely slows…
Blacksnake’s Path
“Blacksnake” is William Wells, a boy from a Kentucky settlement who was captured by the Miami in 1784. He underwent…
The Free Negress Elisabeth
This semi-biographical novel is set in Dutch Surinam during the early 17th century, a land as exotic, brutal and utterly…
In The Valley of the Kings
This is Howard Carter’s story, and how he, though not a gentleman, was able to work in Egyptian archeology during…
Waterlily
Waterlily is the child of Blue Bird. Her mother gives birth to her alone, during a long march. Blue Bird’s…
The Lost City of Z
Since the 15th century when Spanish invaders first contacted indigenous people in the Amazon basin, there have been rumors of…
Nathan Hale
Nathan Hale was born in 1755, the child of a devout Connecticut family. At fifteen, he went to Yale, the…
The Slave Dancer
This reissued Newbery Honor book tells what could easily be a true story. Beginning in 1839, thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier is…
Day
Editors' choice
Alfie Day has been an RAF tail gunner and a starved, beaten POW. Five years have passed, and Alfred…
Annette Vallon
Although I’m not a fan of novels written by men from a woman’s point of view, Annette Vallon disposed of…
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