Children/Young Adult
Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Henry VIII is King of England and desperate for a male heir. The extent to which he goes to attain…
A Whale in Paris
It’s 1944, and Chantal Duprey lives in German-occupied Paris along the Seine. Her father, a fishmonger named Henri, has not…
A Child Went Forth
Editors' choice
In 1855, Charlemagne “Charlie” Ezekiel Griffin begins a life-transforming journey from New York to Missouri. Behind every day of that…
The Forest Queen
In this gender-bending Robin Hood reimagining, 16-year-old Silvie Loughsley has lived under her brother’s cruelty for too long. Now that…
Hardscrabble
In 1910, the close-knit Martin family moves to Mingo, Colorado as homesteaders. All they have to do is live on…
Rose Rivers
Late Victorian London. 13-year-old Rose Rivers lives in a large house with her artist father, her self-centred mother, and her…
Flying through Clouds
Soon-to-be fourteen-year-old Joe wants to be an aviator. He dreams of flying through clouds like his hero Smithy, Australia’s great…
A Child Went Forth
Editors' choice
In 1855, Charlemagne “Charlie” Ezekiel Griffin begins a life-transforming journey from New York to Missouri. Behind every day of that…
The War Below
Hidden among corpses, Luka Barukovich anxiously waits for the truck to drive through the gates. It is his only chance…
The Red Ribbon
Set during the Holocaust, the book begins with Ellie, a teenager going for a job as a pattern cutter in…
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