Esther Friesner

Spirit’s Princess

By Esther Friesner - Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Spirit’s Princess is set in 3rd-century Japan, before the clans are unified. At the start of the story, Himiko, the only daughter ...Read Review

Threads and Flames

By Esther Friesner - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

After recovering from an illness in 1910, 13-year-old Raisa emigrates from Poland to New York. Instead of a happy reunion with her sister, Raisa ...Read Review

Sphinx’s Queen

By Esther Friesner - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureBiographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Nefertiti, the famous Queen of Egypt, is a young girl forced to escape the Crown Prince, a man she was to have married. ...Read Review

Sphinx’s Princess

By Esther Friesner - Published 2009

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

Aimed at a young adult audience, Friesner’s novel portrays Nefertiti as a dutiful, lively, and intelligent teenage girl, growing up in a ...Read Review

Nobody’s Prize

By Esther Friesner - Published 2008

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

  Readers may be familiar with the legends and myths of Jason and the Golden Fleece, Medea, Hercules, and Helen of Troy, but ...Read Review

Nobody’s Princess

By Esther Friesner - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

  Helen of Sparta is in many ways a typical young girl: she dislikes learning the boring carding and spinning that all women ...Read Review