Children/Young Adult
Smuggler’s Kiss
Set in the Georgian period, the story centres around wealthy 15-year-old Isabelle, who finds her circumstances dramatically changed and, in…
Secrets and Sapphires
Overall, this is an enjoyable story with an engaging and likeable heroine and lots of intrigue. Set in 1912, it…
Belle Epoque
Editors' choice
Sixteen-year-old Maude Pichon, daughter of a Breton shopkeeper, has always dreamed of life outside her small village. In a desperate…
The Disgrace of Kitty Grey
1813. Dairymaid Kitty Grey loves her work at Bridgeford Hall, and her heart beats fast for the young ferryman, Will,…
Tree of Leaf and Flame
This collection retells the Four Branches of the Mabinogion stories, adventures of kings, queens and heroes, warriors and witches. The…
Strands of Bronze and Gold
Tucked away in a backwater Mississippi town is Wyndriven Abbey, home of the mysterious, intoxicating Bernard de Cressac. Sophia Petheram…
Reading Children’s Literature: A Critical Introduction
Meaningful critical treatments of children’s literature are all too rare, and close examinations of children’s historical fiction are rarer still.…
Her Mother’s Secret
Rifke and Jacob Goldman, Jewish immigrants, had fled a Russian pogrom with their family and settled in Chicago. Now, in…
The Fire Horse Girl
Jade Moon is not the average Chinese immigrant, and this is not a stereotypical story of immigrants rising to success…
Lara’s Gift
Debut author Annemarie O’Brien has created a wonderful middle grade novel set in Imperial Russia. The book tells the story of…
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