Viviane Crystal
Child-sized History: Fictions of the Past in U.S. Classrooms
What books should middle school teachers and parents choose that accurately reflect history? In the 21st century, factual accuracy about…
Victoria Rebels
Princess Victoria will be Queen of England sometime in the future. Everything about her life is under constant examination and…
Currawalli Street
Currawalli Street is an average rural Australian street. It has orderly numbered homes with normal people who uniquely blend into…
A Woman of Angkor
Sray is the “Woman of Angkor.” It’s a simple name for a simply named novel about the momentous historical events…
Hardcastle’s Frustration
Detective Ernest Hardcastle is in charge of all detectives in London while World War I is raging across Europe. All…
Marbeck and the Double-Dealer
Martin Marbeck is a spy for Queen Elizabeth in the year 1600. He travels under various pseudonyms with one mission…
Fires of London
Francis Bacon is a flamer, for sure, in more ways than one. Because of severe asthma, he can’t serve on…
The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America
Most Americans know the story of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States from 1861 to his death by…
The Neruda Case
Cayetano Brule is unemployed with a marriage in crisis but still determined to live his own life, no longer being…
People of the Black Sun
The Iroquois nation is totally splintered. Clans are at war with each other, driven by disease, starvation, and the code…
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