Teresa Basinski Eckford
She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
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Children/Young AdultNonfiction
Left deaf and blind by scarlet fever in 1832 at the age of two, Laura Bridgman became an inspiration to others similarly afflicted. This ...Read Review
The Ring: The Last Knight Templar’s Inheritance
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For her twenty-seventh birthday, New York lawyer Cristina Wilson receives a surprise gift from her late godfather, a ruby ring that sparks disturbing ...Read Review
Bewitching Season
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Children/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy
This delightful debut by Marissa Doyle bodes well for her career as a writer of young adult novels. Set during the months ...Read Review
The Time Thief
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Second in the The Gideon Trilogy, The Time Thief also works well as a stand- alone novel. As a fan of time ...Read Review
People of the Book
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This wonderful gem has convinced me to put Geraldine Brooks’s other novels on my to-be-read list. Set both in the mid-1990s ...Read Review
The Spymaster’s Lady
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Set in 1802 France and England, this tale of espionage and passion has all the elements of a good historical romance. French spy Annique ...Read Review
The Winter Rose
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This sequel to Ms. Donnelly’s first novel continues the story and fills in details of what happened to Charlie Finnegan, brother of ...Read Review
Desperate Duchesses
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Lady Roberta is determined to escape her unconventional life with her father and his mistress by marrying the Duke of Villiers. To that ...Read Review
The Spy Wore Silk
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Set in Regency London, this first book in a series about female spies trained by the government follows Sienna, a former London street ...Read Review
A Day of Small Beginnings
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In early 20th century Poland, Itzik, a young Jewish boy, kills a Polish Catholic and runs to the graveyard for cover. There he ...Read Review
