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Magdalen Dobson

The Kingdom of Little Wounds

By Susann Cokal - Published 2013

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The Kingdom of Little Wounds tells a series of interlocking tales set against the backdrop of the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn in 1572. Queen ...Read Review

My Beautiful Hippie

By Janet Nichols Lynch - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Joanne is a sixteen-year-old girl living in San Francisco during the 1967 “Summer of Love.” Amid preparations for her sister’s wedding, worries about ...Read Review

Golden Girl

By Sarah Zettel - Published 2013

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Children/Young Adult Historical Fantasy

Golden Girl is the second book in the American Fairy Trilogy. It continues the story of Carrie, a teenaged half-fae girl whose status ...Read Review

Odette’s Secrets

By Maryann MacDonald - Published 2013

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Based on real events and told in verse, Odette’s Secrets relates the story of a young Jewish girl living in Paris with ...Read Review

Falling for Henry

By Beverley Brenna - Published 2011

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Children/Young Adult Time-slip

Falling for Henry tells the story of Kate, a 16-year-old girl who stumbles upon a hole in time and switches places with the ...Read Review

Legacy of the Clockwork Key

By Kristin Bailey - Published 2012

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Adventure Children/Young Adult

In Legacy of the Clockwork Key, Meg, a young Victorian woman, loses her parents and all her worldly possessions in a tragic fire ...Read Review

Viva Jacquelina!

By L. A. Meyer - Published 2012

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Adventure Children/Young Adult

Viva Jacquelina! is the tenth installment of the riveting Bloody Jack series. Jacky Faber has once again been coerced into working for the ...Read Review

Darker Still

By Leanna Renee Hieber - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Inspired by The Picture of Dorian Grey, Darker Still begins a series aimed towards readers ages 12 and over. Mute since witnessing her mother’...Read Review

Ingenue

By Jillian Larkin - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Ingenue continues the story of four young 1920s flappers begun in Vixen. Gloria, the former debutante, is hiding with Jerome, her black musician ...Read Review

Father of Lies

By Ann Turner - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Fourteen-year-old Lidda has spent much of her life feeling different from others around her in Salem village. Then, she starts to experience strange, ...Read Review

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