Xina Marie Uhl
The Nun’s Betrothal
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The nun referred to in the title is young, beautiful Gilda, who has not yet taken her vows. It’s a good thing, ...Read Review
The Saracen: A Tale of Medival Spain
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The Reconquista in 12th-century Spain comes alive in this tale of conflict and love between Christians and Saracens, also called Moors. Young Christian ...Read Review
The Littlest Voyageur
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Jean Pierre Petite Le Rouge has a big name for such a little fellow. He’s a red squirrel raised in the watery ...Read Review
The Sons of Philo Gaines
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The legacy of Matthew Gaines’s father, legendary fighting man and Texas Ranger, looms large in the lives of his three sons. The ...Read Review
The Empireid
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Subtitled “An Epic Journey in Verse,” this book employs seventeen-line stanzas to re-create the feel of ancient epics like the Iliad and the ...Read Review
Lady of the Seven Suns: A Novel of the Woman Saint Francis Called Brother
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St. Francis of Assisi, famous for his devotion to poverty and his sermon to the birds, remains a figure of enduring interest, as ...Read Review
The Forty Thieves: Marjana’s Tale
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The One Thousand and One Nights story starring Ali Baba and his forty thieves is retold from the eyes of Marjana, a slave ...Read Review
Shapeshifters: A History
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In my opinion, Shapeshifters: A History should have been titled Shapeshifters: An Examination. Histories of singular subjects such as this tend to proceed ...Read Review
Leo, Dog of the Sea (Dog Chronicles)
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Spunky little terrier Leo has been at sea for many voyages during Spain’s Age of Discovery in the early 16th century. Leo ...Read Review
Heart of a King
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King Solomon of biblical fame is the king referred to in the book’s title. As the main character, the book follows him ...Read Review
