17th Century

Ransom

By Mark Ammerman - Published 2005

Genres:

Inspirational

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

By Richard Francis - Published 2005

Genres:

Nonfiction

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

By Joseph Bruchac - Published 2005

Genres:

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

By Andrew Beahrs - Published 2005

Genres:

Literary

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

By Christopher Burns - Published 2005

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

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

By Deborah Noyes - Published 2005

Genres:

Literary

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

By Laura Joh Rowland - Published 2005

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

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

By Sally Gardner - Published 2005

Genres:

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

By Julie Hearn - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

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

By Susanne Dunlap - Published 2005

Genres:

RomanceThriller

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