Children/Young Adult
Victorian Tales: The Twisted Tunnels
London, March 1843. Jenny and her Granddad are toshers, that is, scavengers in the sewers, a dangerous and smelly job,…
Victorian Tales: The Fabulous Flyer
Paris, 1852. Henri Giffard, who works in a railway workshop, has invented an incredible new machine. It’s a hydrogen balloon…
Privateer’s Apprentice
Jameson Cooper’s dream of becoming a printer like his father is dashed when his parents die of the pox and…
My Own Revolution
Communism in Eastern Europe ended only a few decades ago. I grew up hearing about the social injustices behind the…
Brave Music of a Distant Drum
In the early 19th century, Zacharias is introduced to his mother in Portuguese Brazil. The two have not met for many years…
Sweet Glory
This award-winning young adult novel, set during the American Civil War, tells of Jana Brady, a tomboy whose parents decide…
Nolichuck! TJ’s Wild Frontier Adventure
As a result of a bitter divorce, 14-year-old TJ lives alone with his father. He is experiencing boring studies, indifferent…
Walter Tull’s Scrapbook
This is the true story of Walter Tull (1888-1918), the first professional Black footballer in the UK, who joined the…
The Marble Queen
Dolls and tea parties bore Freedom Jane McKenzie, age 10. She would rather be the 1959 Marble Queen of Idaho…
India Dark
Melbourne, Australia, 1909. Thirteen-year-old Poesy Swift’s father has died and the family is on the breadline. She has two options:…
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