Ann Rinaldi
The Last Full Measure
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It is 1863, and fourteen-year-old Tacy and her family are caught up in the Battle of Gettysburg, trying to survive the shelling of their ...Read Review
The Family Greene
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
The year is 1764, and young Caty Littlefield has just arrived at the home of her aunt Catharine, ready to be schooled as lady. ...Read Review
My Vicksburg
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When Vicksburg, Mississippi, comes under Union siege in 1863, Claire Louise Corbet’s family joins their neighbors in seeking shelter in nearby caves. ...Read Review
The Letter Writer
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Popular YA historical novelist Rinaldi has a go at imagining what it was like to be in the middle of Nat Turner’s ...Read Review
Juliet’s Moon
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In the latter years of the Civil War, all the niceties and structure of 12-year-old Juliet Bradshaw’s life are turned upside down. ...Read Review
The Redheaded Princess
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
In this novel, young Princess Elizabeth tells the story of her life from about the time of Henry VIII’s marriage to ...Read Review
The Ever-After Bird
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At the recent HNS Conference, my suspicions were confirmed that the term “young adult” is now a pseudonym for “anything goes” in children’...Read Review
Come Juneteenth
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Juneteenth is an official holiday in a number of U.S. states, commemorating the June 19, 1865, announcement in Texas that slavery had been abolished. ...Read Review
An Unlikely Friendship
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Mary Todd suffers through the loss of her beloved mother and endures the outsider status in her father’s new family, but is ...Read Review
Keep Smiling Through
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Ann Rinaldi’s Keep Smiling Though follows the adventures of ten-year-old Kay Hennings as she goes about daily life in her little corner ...Read Review
