Children/Young Adult
Barefoot Dreams of Petra Luna
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1913 Mexico. Petra Luna’s mother died in childbirth. Her father was forced to either join the Federales, the government army of tyrant Victoriano ...Read Review
The Witch Haven
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
Frances Hallowell is a 17-year-old seamstress working long hours in 1911 New York. Assaulted by her boss as she works late one evening, she ...Read Review
The Progress of Our People (I Am America)
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Chicago, 1893. Young Lorraine Williams loves to sing and can’t wait to visit the Chicago World’s Fair. Her father laid concrete for ...Read Review
The Silver Blonde
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
In 1946 Los Angeles, at Silver Pacific studios, eighteen-year-old Clara Berg finally gets promoted to apprentice editor. That same evening, instead of celebrating with ...Read Review
The List of Unspeakable Fears
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Eleven-year-old Essie O’Neill is afraid of so many things that she keeps an alphabetized list. On the “A” line alone are “Alligators, ...Read Review
The Beatryce Prophecy
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Author Kate DiCamillo is a two-time winner of the Newbery Medal, and the illustrator has won a similar number of Caldecott medals, so ...Read Review
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix (Remixed Classics, 2)
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Late in the American Civil War, Meg, Joanna, Bethlehem, and Amethyst March, four young women on the cusp of adulthood, face an uncertain ...Read Review
Before We Disappear
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A beautiful theatre magician, The Enchantress, took orphan Jack Nevin off the streets and made him one of her assistants. Accused of stealing ...Read Review
The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story
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When Alice’s father once again says he cannot be with the family because of work, Alice’s mother says she is leaving ...Read Review
The Miners’ Lament (I Am America)
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In October 1950, Mexican-American employees at the Empire Zinc Company went on strike. The striking miners demanded fair pay and safe sanitation for their ...Read Review