Atheneum

A Most Improper Magick

By Stephanie Burgis - Published 2010Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyRomance

In 1803 England, mischievous twelve-year-old Kat must deal with her stern stepmother and disapproving elder sisters who constantly criticize her inquisitiveness and recklessness. Threatened ...Read Review

Deadly: How Do You Catch an Invisible Killer?

By Julie Chibbaro - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

How much do you know about Typhoid Mary? Like many of us, you may believe the myth that Mary went around in New ...Read Review

A Million Shades of Gray

By Cynthia Kadohata - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Thirteen-year-old Y’Tin is interested in one thing: elephants. His goal is to be his village’s youngest elephant handler and to someday ...Read Review

Mercury

By Hope Larson - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyTime-slip

Hope Larson is already a veteran at producing graphic novels. Her 2008 title, Chiggers, won the Eisner Award for Special Recognition. In this book, ...Read Review

Hazel

By Julie Hearn - Published 2007Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1913, thirteen-year-old Hazel Mull-Dare has a comfortable, yet unconventional life in London with a mother who is obsessed with dogs and a father ...Read Review

Ivy

By Julie Hearn - Published 2006Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Lizzie Siddel may be known as the famous muse of Dante Rossetti, but it is clear that she has also served as author ...Read Review

Miss Spitfire: Reaching Helen Keller

By Sarah Miller - Published 2007

Genres:

Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult

“But words, Mrs. Keller, words bridge the gaps between two minds. Words are a miracle.” Comforting Helen Keller’s mother, Anne Sullivan reveals ...Read Review

Hush

By Donna Jo Napoli - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Hush: An Irish Princess Tale is the next title in Donna Jo Napoli’s growing list of young adult retellings. Many of her ...Read Review

At Ellis Island: A History In Many Voices

By Louise Peacock - By Walter Lyon Krudop (illus.) - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

This is a wonderful picture book to add to a collection of immigration tales. Louise Peacock has done a marvelous job weaving snippets ...Read Review

The Traitors’ Gate

By Avi - Published 2007

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Charles Dickens is alive and well. Well, sort of; at least his spirit lives on in bestselling author Avi’s latest book, The ...Read Review