Biographical Fiction
Malinalli
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Mythology, magic, sisterhood, and conquest are the main ingredients in Veronica Chapa’s debut, Malinalli. An interpreter, warrior-priestess, twin sister, and a daughter ...Read Review
The Pretender
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In 1483, with the death of King Edward IV, rumors of royal conflict and Richard III killing his nephews make their way to ten-year-old ...Read Review
Beyond This Place of Wrath and Tears
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This novel is based on the awe-inspiring life of Lee Carson, who smashed the barriers that blocked female reporters’ access to the battlefield ...Read Review
Gabriële
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The art world of 1908 Paris is thrumming with pent-up energy. About to be born is abstract, modernist art through an avant-garde revolution proclaiming ...Read Review
The Violin Maker’s Wife
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In the early 18th century, Austria gained possession of much of northern Italy. This novel begins with Katarina Rota, Austrian daughter of the ...Read Review
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’ Voyage Out of Slavery
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
1862. Lizzie Smalls knows her father is the best boat pilot in South Carolina, but being enslaved, he isn’t given that title. The ...Read Review
The Golden Age of Red
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In the 1920s, Red Grange is a football player for the University of Illinois, and he’s risen to stardom on his play ...Read Review
The Queen’s Musician
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Spanning the years 1529 to 1536, The Queen’s Musician follows the story of Mark Smeaton, the musician who played for Henry VIII and Anne ...Read Review
Let Us March On
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As the results of the Presidential election of 1932 come over the radio, Lizzie McDuffie prepares for an upheaval in her own life: Her ...Read Review
Unruly Human Hearts
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In the 1870s, Americans were shocked and titillated by allegations that the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, whose sermons attracted multitudes to his Brooklyn ...Read Review
