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Just Jane: a daughter of England caught in the struggle of the American Revolution (Great Episodes)
Par William Lavender. 2002
Fourteen-year-old orphan Lady Jane Prentice arrives in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1776 from England to live with her uncle's family.…
Over the next six years the colonies rebel against the crown, and Jane finds her loyalties divided between countries--and between suitors. For grades 6-9. 2002Warriors of Camlann
Par N. M Browne. 2003
British teens Dan and Ursula from Warriors of Alavna (BR 15113) attempt to return through time to the present, but…
they land in the fifth century. Dan becomes a knight to Arturus Urbicus--who may be King Arthur--while Ursula continues her sorcery. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2003Mutiny!
Par Brad Strickland. 2002
In 1687 eleven-year-old Irish orphan Davy sails to Jamaica to live with his uncle, Dr. "Patch" Shea. They join a…
British frigate where Patch and his friend Lieutenant William Hunter help stage an aborted mutiny. Fleeing, the mutineers commandeer a sloop and masquerade as pirates. Precedes Guns of Tortuga (BR 15069). For grades 4-7. 2002The guns of Tortuga
Par Brad Strickland. 2003
In this sequel to Mutiny! (BR 14999), Davy Shea continues to assist his physician uncle Patch aboard Captain Hunter's warship…
that is on a secret mission to rid the sea of pirates. The captain sends Davy to Tortuga island to uncover the plans of evil pirate Jack Steele hiding there. For grades 4-7. 2003Liars and saints: a novel
Par Maile Meloy. 2003
This story follows three generations of the Catholic Santerre family from WWII to 2000. The family is driven by jealousy…
and love; an unspoken tradition of deceit is passed from generation to generation. When tragedy shatters their precarious domestic lives, it takes astonishing courage and compassion to bring them back together. Descriptions of sex and strong languageWandering warrior
Par Da Chen. 2003
Young Luka, destined to become the future emperor of China, is trained in the ways of the kung fu wandering…
warriors by his guardian--the wise monk Atami. But when Atami is captured by their enemies, Luka has to fight for his own survival. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2003Secret father
Par James Carroll. 2003
Germany, 1961. Three American teenagers--Michael, Rick, and Kit--venture into East Berlin, where they are detained by the secret police. Michael's…
father and Rick's German mother rush to rescue them. But Rick has information that will endanger everyone. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003No graves as yet: a novel of World War I (World War One Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 2003
England; June, 1914. Reverend Joseph Reavley, a professor at Cambridge, and his brother Matthew, an intelligence officer, investigate their parents'…
suspicious deaths. Their father, a former politician, had alerted them that he possessed a secret document--now missing. Meanwhile, a pacifist student at the university is murdered amidst rumors of war. 2003Warriors of Alavna
Par N. M Browne. 2000
While walking through a yellow mist, two teens are transported back to first-century Britain. Ursula and Dan are forced to…
join a Celtic tribe where Ursula discovers magical powers and Dan becomes a fierce warrior in the fight against the Romans. Followed by Warriors of Camlann (BR 15112). Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2000Hell at the breech: A Novel
Par Tom Franklin. 2003
Alabama, 1890s. Fifteen-year-old Mack Burke keeps it a secret when he accidently shoots storekeeper and aspiring politician Arch Bedsole. The…
unsolved murder spurs Bedsole's cousin with his vigilantes to seek their own justice--targeting innocent and guilty alike in a year of terror. Violence, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2003Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ
Par Lew Wallace. 2003
Accused of attempting to assassinate the new governor of Jerusalem, Judah Ben-Hur is sentenced to life as a galley slave.…
Intermingled with the account of his escape and revenge against the friend who betrayed him is the story of Jesus, who changes Ben-Hur's world forever. Includes an introduction by Tim LaHaye. 1880The deep and other stories
Par Mary Swan. 2003
Canadian writer's evocative collection of fourteen short stories of time and emotion, love and loss. Includes O. Henry Prize-winning "The…
Deep" about twin sisters who volunteer to tend soldiers in France at the close of World War I, and other stories, many of them rooted in history. 2003The strange case of Baby H (The American Girl Collection #Bk. 18)
Par Kathryn Reiss. 2002
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, twelve-year-old Clara finds a baby on the doorstep of her family's boarding house. Clara…
sets about unraveling the mystery of the little girl's arrival--especially since she is disguised as a boy and is believed to have been kidnapped. For grades 4-7. 2002Ragtime in Simla
Par Barbara Cleverly. 2002
Himalayas, 1922. British detective Joe Sandilands from The Last Kashmiri Rose (BR 14693) is en route to Simla when his…
traveling companion is shot exactly where a year-earlier murder occurred. He investigates local residents, including several conniving English businesswomen--one the sister of the previous victim. Some violence and some strong language. 2002The city of Ember: The First Book of Ember (The City of Ember #1)
Par Jeanne DuPrau. 2003
A city planned to survive for two hundred years, now in year 241, suffers shortages--and a secret message-bearing box is…
missing. Independent-thinking twelve-year-olds Doon and Lina exchange obligatory jobs and make a discovery that could change their known world. For grades 5-8. 2003This vast land: a young man's journal of the Lewis and Clark Expedition : a novel
Par Stephen E Ambrose. 2003
Fictionalized diary of eighteen-year-old George Shannon, the youngest member of the exploration crew. During the journey to the Pacific Northwest…
Shannon records becoming lost for two weeks and falling in love with a Native American woman. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2003Snobbery with violence
Par Marion Chesney. 2003
Captain Harry Cathcart, impoverished youngest son of a baron and fresh from the Boer War, becomes a private investigator for…
the wealthy. After a murder at a weekend house party Harry receives assistance from Lady Rose Summer, whom he has previously saved from seduction. Some strong language. 2003The whale rider
Par Witi Tame Ihimaera. 2003
Kahu, whose great-grandfather is the chief of their Maori tribe in New Zealand, develops a mystical relationship with whales. Although…
her potential as a future leader is discounted because she is not male, Kahu and her talents save her people. For grades 5-8. 1987Les bâtisseurs du ciel: Kepler et le trésor de Tycho Brahé] / 2, La discorde céleste
Par Jean-Pierre Luminet. 2008
"Tycho Brahé, Johann Kepler... tout les opposait : l'âge, la naissance, la fortune, le caractère, jusqu'à leur apparence physique. Le…
premier, un lion, est né au Danemark, de ses ancêtres vikings, il a gardé le cheveu flamboyant, la gloutonnerie d'un ogre, la violence barbare, prête à éclater à la moindre occasion. L'autre, un renard, est né vingt-cinq ans plus tard, en 1571, dans une misérable auberge en Forêt-Noire, son visage est grêlé par la vérole, mangeant peu, buvant moins encore et ne riant jamais. L'un avec sa fortune va bâtir le plus grand observatoire de tous les temps sur l'île de Venusia et devient le despote du royaume d'Uranie - il accumule comme un maniaque des milliers d'observations célestes. L'autre, frémissant d'une sorte de fièvre qui avait pour nom "révolte", rusant avec les puissants, courant les universités et les palais, révèle des capacités prodigieuses de penseur et de calculateur... jusqu'à la rencontre entre les deux hommes : un choc violent, passionnel, presque cruel. De ce duel sortit pourtant un grand vainqueur : la vérité sur l'Univers." -- 4e de couvWhen the elephants dance: a novel
Par Tess Uriza Holthe. 2002
World War II, 1945. Through the eyes of young Alejandro, his headstrong sister Isabelle, and guerilla commander Domingo, the Japanese…
occupation of a Filipino community unfolds. As invading soldiers terrorize the islanders and the U.S. fights for control, families and neighbors struggle to keep hope alive. Violence and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002