Nancy Castaldo
Anahita’s Woven Riddle
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Tapestry weaver Meghan Nutall Sayres certainly drew upon her art to write Anahita’s Woven Riddle. Her main character, Anahita, is a nomadic ...Read Review
Hearts of Iron
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Lucy Petee lives in a small mountain ironworking community in 1820. She’s fourteen years old, too old to swim in just her shift ...Read Review
The Earth Dragon Awakes : The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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The Earth Dragon Awakes by award-winning author Laurence Yep tells the story of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906 from the alternating perspective ...Read Review
Angelmonster
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Veronica Bennett’s vivid portrayal of Mary Shelley in Angelmonster guides readers through the inspiration that led to her masterpiece novel, Frankenstein. ...Read Review
Ophelia
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In a perfect accompaniment to Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Lisa Klein has fleshed out the story of Ophelia for those of us who ...Read Review
Kitty and Mr Kipling
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When Mr. Kipling and his wife come to the small Vermont town of Dummerston, Vermont, the town is thrown into chaos by ...Read Review
Fire in the Hills
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Donna Jo Napoli has done it again. With each book, she proves why she is one of today’s best writers for ...Read Review
The Queen’s Soprano
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Based on a true story, The Queen’s Soprano tells the story of seventeen-year-old Angelica Voglia, who must flee to the court of ...Read Review
A Summer of Kings
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Han Nolan is author of If I Should Die Before I Wake (1994); the National Book Award finalist Send Me Down a Miracle (1996); the ...Read Review
Teddy’s Cattle Drive: A Story from History
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This is a wonderful book to add to a collection of Wild West tales. Historian Marc Simmons tells the story of Teddy Abbot, ...Read Review