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HNR Issue 110 (November 2024)

A Mitzvah for George Washington

By Rachelle Burk - Published 2024

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As Newport, Rhode Island, anticipates a visit from President George Washington, nine-year-old Bella Seixas learns from her father, the leader of Newport’s ...Read Review

The Great Phoenix of London

By Gordy Wright (illus.) - By Lindsay Galvin - Published 2024

Genres:

Adventure Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy

Galvin’s extraordinary novel about the 1666 Great Fire of London, a boy and a phoenix, has all the hallmarks to become a children’...Read Review

The Other Side of Paradise

By Vanessa Beaumont - Published 2024

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1920s England. Heiress Jean Buckman wants for nothing. As daughter of the American ambassador to Britain and his super-wealthy socialite wife, she is ...Read Review

Margaret: The Rose of Goodwood

By Donna Meredith - Published 2024

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

In 1917, eighteen-year-old Margaret Wilson reports to work at Tallahassee’s Surprise Department Store, expecting nothing out of the ordinary. But when the pretty ...Read Review

All’s Fair in Love and Treachery (Lady Petra Inquires, 2)

By Celeste Connally - Published 2024

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

This is the second book in Celeste Connally’s Regency mystery series featuring Lady Petra Forsyth, an unconventional noblewoman who declares her intention ...Read Review

The Booklover’s Library

By Madeline Martin - Published 2024

Genres:

Saga

Emma Taylor’s life has revolved around keeping her daughter Olivia safe. Her father had raised her as a single parent until his ...Read Review

Secrets of the Watch House

By Jenny Ashcroft - Published 2024

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Shades of Manderley hover over this story set in the 1930s. Desperately longing for a new life following her father’s disgrace and ...Read Review

The Cursed Shore (The Philippe Kermorvant Thrillers, 3)

By J. D. Davies - Published 2024

Genres:

Adventure Nautical Thriller

This is a story of huge scope—the international and class relations between revolutionaries and bourgeoisie involved in the failed Quiberon expedition of 1795. ...Read Review

Murder in Mennefer

By A L Sirois - Published 2024

Genres:

Children/Young Adult Mystery/Crime

This middle-grade story is steeped in mystery against the backdrop of ancient Egypt. Just as thirteen-year-old Imhotep is ready to embark on a ...Read Review

The Great When: A Long London Novel

By Alan Moore - Published 2024

Genres:

Historical Fantasy Mystery/Crime

Long paragraphs and unusual sentence constructions make immersion into The Great When challenging. Teenaged Dennis Knuckleyard works in a secondhand bookstore in a ...Read Review