Historical Fiction ByEloise Jarvis McGraw Reviewed by Leanne Riegel 5 out of 5 stars Trying to ignore the stinging welts on his back, Ranofer goes about his dull work at the gold shop. Plagued by his older half-brother and guardian Gebu, Ranofer, a boy of 11, tries to make a living in the harsh city...
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The Golden Goblet
A Voice in the Wind
A normal life suddenly turns to disaster as Hadassah’s world falls apart. Her father is murdered, her mother and younger sister starve to death and her brother is stabbed to death in front of her very eyes. Hadassah is taken from Jerusalem the only home she has ever known, and sold in Rome to...
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The Other Boleyn Girl
Positioned in a place where the ambitious thrive, and the weak fail, Mary Boleyn is forced to live at court, where nothing is her choice and to disobey what she is told to do would be the end of her. Among these rivalries is her dear sister Anne, who although is and will always...
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The Ever-After Bird
When Cece’s father dies, she is left confused and hurt. Her father had always helped run away slaves, yet he was always mean to her, his own daughter. After his funeral, she is sent to live with her Uncle Alex and his wife. Her Uncle Alex is very kind to her and she is...
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Before We Were Free
In the story, Before we were Free, by Julia Alvarez, almost all of Anita’s relatives have emigrated to the United States, her family being the only ones left in the Dominican Republic. Her Uncle, Tio Toni has disappeared and nobody has heard from him in several months. After the last of her relatives have...
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Behind Rebel Lines
In the Story, Behind Rebel Lines, by Seymour Reit, Emma Edmonds, a brave 21-year-old girl, enrolls in the army dressed as man, knowing her life may be at risk. For several weeks Emma cares for the sick and the wounded as a nurse in a tent hospital on the battlefield. When she hears about...
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The River Between Us
Experience life during in 1861 in Richard Peck’s, The River Between Us, where a young boy discovers his father’s past, but then the book switches gears to tell the story he is hearing, as if it were happening right then. Tilly Pruitt and her family are in for an unpredictable and life-changing year, When...
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Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
Do you think math is boring and pointless? Do you think sailing is a waste of time? Read Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham and you will surely change your mind. This is an exciting, heart-breaking book about the life of Nathaniel (Nat) Bowditch, an intelligent boy living in Salem in 1776,...
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