Children/Young Adult
Spies: Ireland’s War of Independence.
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September 1920, Ireland. Spies tells the story of the War of Independence through the eyes of three children who are thrown together despite their ...Read Review
Night Train, Night Train
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A young boy takes the Dreyfus Hudson locomotive, the night train, in the 1930s or 40s. Sometime during the night the boy falls ...Read Review
Our Castle by the Sea
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Lucy Strange’s second book takes place on the Kent coast during the first months of the Second World War. Petra and her ...Read Review
Escaping From Houdini (Stalking Jack the Ripper)
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
Audrey Rose Wadsworth is at it again. Born to a life of privilege as the daughter of a lord, Wadsworth eschews the social ...Read Review
I Survived the Attack of the Grizzlies, 1967 (I Survived #17)
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This book is a part of the very popular series, I Survived, written for upper elementary students. Each book transports the reader to ...Read Review
The Spy with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers)
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Ilse and Wolf Klein have a secret: their blood is magical. They are accustomed to keeping secrets, which makes it slightly easier for ...Read Review
America’s Forgotten Founding Father: A Novel Based on the Life of Filippo Mazzei
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
“I have never wished anyone to ask, ‘Why is Mazzei here?’ but rather, ‘Why is Mazzei not here?’” The quote attributed to Filippo ...Read Review
Inventing Victoria
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Essie’s life with her mother and “aunties” in the saltbox house on Minis Street is tough, with “uncles” coming and going at ...Read Review
The Boy Who Dared
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Based on a true story, this telling reimagines the life of a young boy who grew up in 1930s Germany, was part of ...Read Review
Poet: The Remarkable Story of George Moses Horton
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Winner of the Ezra Jack Keats Award and others, Poet is the story of an enslaved man, George Moses Horton, who labored on ...Read Review