Eileen Charbonneau
Tita’s Diary (Like Water for Chocolate)
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Have you ever wondered how the story of Cinderella might have turned out, had the prince married one of Cinderella’s sisters? Tita’...Read Review
Red Sky Over Hawaii: A Novel
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World War II is up close and personal for Lana Hitchcock in the December 1941 setting of Red Sky Over Hawaii. A young betrayed ...Read Review
The Magic in Changing Your Stars
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This time-slip novel for middle-grade readers inhabits the modern small-town life of eleven-year-old Ailey, then sends him, by way of magic, to the 1939 ...Read Review
Moondrop Miracle (Windy City Hearts)
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This Christian historical novel begins in Chicago, 1928. It follows the tribulations of socialite Connie Shepherd, who is about to marry into an even ...Read Review
When They Made Us Leave
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A seldom-told story of World War II involves what happened to children too young to serve but old enough to understand and experience ...Read Review
Overground Railroad
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The award-winning writer/illustrator team (Before She Was Harriet) explores the Depression-era story of the Great Migration in a stunning picture book. “We ...Read Review
His Most Italian City
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Trieste is the city in question, but the smaller Adriatic city of Cittanova also figures prominently in this 1928-set historical novel. Mussolini wants ...Read Review
Daughter of the Reich (US) / People Like Us (UK)
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This story of star-crossed lovers in Leipzig, Germany during 1929-1939 begins with Hetty Heinrich as a child being rescued from drowning by her ...Read Review
The Founding Fortunes: How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited from America’s Revolution
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Author Shachtman (How the French Saved America) dispels more myths of the Revolutionary and early Federal period in this study of finances and ...Read Review
Don’t Tell the Nazis
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1941 Ukraine is the setting for this harrowing story told through one pre-teen’s eyes. Krystia has already had her share of troubles. Her ...Read Review
