Ann Pedtke
Written in Stone
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Pearl Carver is the daughter of whalers. Her people, the Makah, depend upon the whales that flourish in the waters off the Olympic ...Read Review
Sophia’s War
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It’s 1776, and 12-year-old Sophia is a patriot trapped in British-occupied New York City. Her father has been injured in the fighting, her ...Read Review
Sailor Twain: Or, The Mermaid in the Hudson
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Set in New York at the turn of the century, Sailor Twain evokes the Gilded Age steamboat era on the Hudson River. This ...Read Review
Rome’s Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar
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Biographies abound for the colorful personalities of the Late Roman Republic: Caesar and Cleopatra, Pompey and Cicero. But one of the most influential ...Read Review
The Diviners
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Children/Young AdultMilitaryThriller
Seventeen-year-old Evie has been sent away from Ohio to live in New York City with her eccentric uncle – and she couldn’t be ...Read Review
Silhouette of a Sparrow
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When 16-year-old Garnet is sent to spend the summer with her wealthy aunt in Minnesota, she looks forward to an escape – from her ...Read Review
Will Sparrow’s Road
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Twelve-year-old Will Sparrow is a boy of the streets. After being abandoned by his mother, abused by his father, and threatened to be ...Read Review
The Mongoliad: Book One
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In an alternate 13th century, the Mongol Horde has advanced into Europe, and the great Khagan, the Khan of Khans, has challenged the ...Read Review
Carla and the Vikings
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Thirteen-year-old Catla lives in a small Anglo-Saxon village on the coast of England, where her future is laid out for her: her father ...Read Review
Soundings: The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor
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In 1948, Marie Tharp walked into the Lamont Geological Laboratory at Columbia University and demanded a job. At the time, few women worked in ...Read Review