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The Traitor’s Smile

By Patricia Elliott - Published 2010Published 2011

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

The Traitor’s Smile is Patricia Elliott’s sequel to The Pale Assassin, featuring the wily and adventurous Eugenie de Boncoeur, who battles ...Read Review

Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro

By Amy Axelrod - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

  Abby’s mother tells her that she needs to use her own money to buy a Barbie doll, so Abby decides to ...Read Review

All the World’s a Stage: A Novel in Five Acts

By Gretchen Woelfle - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

When 12-year-old Kit is caught pick-pocketing at the Theatre playhouse in London, he is given a choice: he can go to prison for ...Read Review

Year of the Tiger

By Alison Lloyd - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young Adult

In 2nd-century China, the Great Wall is crumbling in parts, leaving the country open to barbarian invasion. Chinese soldiers have arrived to repair ...Read Review

On Viney’s Mountain

By Joan Donaldson - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Viney Walker’s world is changing, and she doesn’t like it one bit. Orphaned along with her older brother and sister as ...Read Review

The Crimson Cap

By Ellen Howard - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Pierre’s father is missing. His mother is ill and his siblings are starving. And though he is just ten, he joins an ...Read Review

The Pale Assassin

By Patricia Elliott - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Eugenie de Boncoeur is a typical 14-year-old aristocrat in France during its Revolution: unaware and frivolous. Although her portrayal is historically accurate, modern ...Read Review

A Difficult Boy

By M. P. Barker - Published 2008

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1843, nine-year-old Ethan is indentured to Mr. Lyman, a wealthy Massachusetts shopkeeper. Ethan must work with Daniel, an older Irish boy who at ...Read Review

Pizza for the Queen

By Nancy Castaldo - Published 2005

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Nancy Castaldo is a lucky woman–her birthday falls on International Pizza Day! Such a fortunate coincidence combined with her love of pizza ...Read Review