17th Century
Ransom
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Ransom tells the story of the Praying Indian Towns period of New England history from 1646-1675 through the eyes of a Narragansett named ...Read Review
Judge Sewall’s Apology
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This work focuses on Samuel Sewall, a judge at the Salem witch trials who was so remorseful after the resulting executions that he ...Read Review
Pocahontas
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
This is a historically accurate account of the period leading up to the meeting between Captain John Smith and Pocahontas. Naturally, it is ...Read Review
Strange Saint
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This is the author’s first novel. He effectively uses accounts of the old Plymouth Colony to portray life in a congregation of ...Read Review
Island Wilderness: Imagining the Early Years of Martha’s Vineyard
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In June of 1671, Governor Thomas Mayhew was sole proprietor of Martha’s Vineyard. When Island Wilderness begins, he has ruled for twenty-nine years. ...Read Review
Angel and Apostle
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At the close of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne speaks of the angel and apostle as a woman of beauty and purity who ...Read Review
The Assassin’s Touch
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In the page-turning climax of her tenth Inspector Sano mystery, Rowland locks us in a remote villa with Sano and the Assassin. It ...Read Review
I, Coriander
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Sally Gardner delightfully draws the reader into this historical fiction/fantasy novel with her main character, Coriander Hobie, stating, “I have a great ...Read Review
The Minister’s Daughter
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Young Nell the merrybegot converses with piskies and fairies. Her grandmother, the healer and midwife in their English village, fosters her connection to ...Read Review
Emilie’s Voice
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Émilie is content to sit in her father’s atelier, singing to him as he crafts his violins and cellos. When a composer ...Read Review