Children/Young Adult
The Mozart Girl
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart enjoys beautiful gowns, birthday gifts, and sweets as much as any 12-year-old girl, but she has an extraordinary ...Read Review
Captain Rosalie
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Five-year-old Rosalie lives in a French village with her mother, who has had to work in a nearby factory since her father went ...Read Review
The Inventors and the Lost Island
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Second in a series after The Inventors at No. 8 (oddly, there’s only one inventor, and she lives at number 5), this magical Victorian ...Read Review
Within These Lines
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Within These Lines is a captivating young adult novel set in San Francisco on the cusp of World War II. Not long after ...Read Review
Lovely War
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In Lovely War’s opening, Hephaestus traps Aphrodite and Ares in a golden net and puts them on trial for infidelity—a Homeric ...Read Review
I Survived the Battle of D-Day, 1944 (I Survived #18)
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This book is a part of the I Survived series written for upper elementary students. Each book transports the reader to a significant ...Read Review
The Good Son: A Story from the First World War, Told in Miniature
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This is a story of WWI for ages 8-12. It concerns Pierre, a French soldier who leaves his post for two days and ...Read Review
Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O’Malley
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In 1546, young Grace O’Malley is the daughter of a powerful chieftain in Western Ireland. “Black Oak” O’Malley wants his daughter to ...Read Review
Masters of Silence (The Heroes Quartet)
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Henry longs to ride his bike again, as his sister Helen desperately tries to remember the features of her father’s face. Thoughts ...Read Review
Someday We Will Fly
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1941 is a terrible time for Lillia, a 15-year-old Polish girl. Soon after Germany invades Poland, starting World War II, Lillia, her father, and ...Read Review