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The mistress of Husaby
Par Sigrid Undset. 1952
Paper faces
Par Rachel Anderson. 1991
In the days after the end of World War II, young Dot worries about having to go through more changes.…
She and her mother, Gloria, have shuttled from one dingy London rooming house to another, Baby is in the hospital with pneumonia, and the father Dot can't even remember hasn't been released from the army yet. Then Dot finds comfort in a stay in the country, recuperating from her own poverty-induced illnesses. For grades 6-9Switching well
Par Peni Griffin. 1993
In this time-travel fantasy, two girls from different centuries inadvertently trade places. Sitting by an old well near her San…
Antonio home in 1891, twelve-year-old Ada wishes herself 1̧00 years into the future. Simultaneously, in 1991, Amber, another discontented twelve-year-old seated at the same well, wishes herself back in time when, she believes, life was easy. Both girls learn that each century has its problems. For grades 5-8The journal of Hildegard of Bingen: a novel
Par Barbara Lachman. 1993
Inspired by the writings of a twelfth-century mystic, the author creates a journal depicting a year in the life of…
the medieval German abbess. Lachman reveals Hildegard's concern for the secular and the spiritual world; and depicts her as a busy woman who established and ran an autonomous convent, composed liturgical music, wrote poetry, tended the sick, oversaw the illumination of manuscripts, and held her own against paternalistic clergyWings of the morning
Par Lori Wick. 1994
For twenty-three years, Victoria (Smokey) Simmons's life has been spent on board her father's ship the Aramis. Now he is…
dead and she is captain. Dallas Knight, captain of the Zephyr, often arrives at a port too late to pick up cargo because the Aramis has got there first. He will not be happy to find out that the Aramis's captain is a woman. Sequel to The Hawk and the Jewel (BR 09603)The travels of Jaimie McPheeters
Par Robert Taylor. 1958
In 1849 Dr. Sardius McPheeters decides to escape his debts and his genteel wife's disapproval by heading for California to…
strike it rich mining gold. Fourteen-year-old Jaimie is allowed a year off from school to accompany his father. But almost at once the hapless doctor must write to his wife that Jaimie is lost and possible dead. In fact, Jaimie is captured by murderers in the first of his many adventures. Some violence. Pulitzer Prize winnerSons
Par Pearl Buck. 1992
Sequel to The Good Earth (RC 37294/BR 9400). After Wang Lung's death, the land that he spent his lifetime acquiring…
is to be divided among his three sons. The story revolves mainly around the third son, a runaway who had become a powerful military officer, and the use he makes of his inheritanceThe hawk and the jewel
Par Lori Wick. 1993
Even though she is English, Shani is the most favored child in the household of Ahmad Khan. Thus she has…
trouble understanding how her beloved Ahmad can send her back to England. On the voyage, Captain Brandon Hawkesbury tells Sunny (her given name) about her family and about life in England. But Hawk cannot prepare her for the turmoil she soon faces. Prequel to Wings of the Morning (BR 09604)Dragonwings
Par Laurence Yep. 1975
Moon Shadow sails from China in 1903 to join his father in San Francisco's Chinatown. The father is obsessed with…
the dream of making a flying machine, and he and Moon Shadow endure poverty and ridicule to make the dream come true. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe waterworks
Par E. L Doctorow. 1994
Set in New York City just after the Civil War. Martin Pemberton is walking in the rain when he spots…
his father, whom he believed dead, passing in a horse-drawn omnibus. When young Pemberton, who writes for a newspaper, tries in vain to track the omnibus, he disappears. McIlvaine, his editor and the narrator of this tale, sets off to search for Pemberton and for answers to a growing set of mysterious circumstances. BestsellerThe Plymouth cloak: the second tale of Roger the Chapman
Par Kate Sedley. 1992
Roger the Chapman is in Exeter to peddle his wares when he is summoned by the king's brother, the duke…
of Gloucester. The duke, familiar with Roger's previous daring deeds, requests that he join the king's messenger, who is delivering an important letter. Roger learns there are many who want to cause harm to messenger Philip Underdown, and not just because of the letter. Some strong language and some violenceHard road to Gettysburg: a novel
Par Ted Jones. 1993
Caroline Wade's happiness when her twin sister, Victoria, visits from Alabama turns to horror when two men break in to…
kill Caroline--on her husband's orders. Victoria's slave rescues the twins but an injured and pregnant Victoria is bedridden until the birth of her triplets. She leaves one infant with Caroline in Illinois and returns south, not realizing that the siblings will meet again--on opposite sides of the Civil War. Strong language and violencePeter Nevsky and the true story of the Russian moon landing: a novel
Par John Batchelor. 1993
Russia, 1968. Peter Nevsky, son of a World War II flying ace who was murdered by Stalin's men, arrives at…
Starry Town, home of the cosmonaut corps. At twenty-two, Peter has come to keep a childhood appointment with the moon. But his life will be ruled by the Martian Troika (three men who flew with his father and are the soul of the space program) and by two powerful women--Katya and Daemonia. Strong languageThe tree still stands
Par Mae Briskin. 1991
Ruth was only seven years old when her father made her responsible for Imma (or Grandma). The scene was Warsaw,…
and the Levy family was intact. But the Nazi threat changed everything. The story of this Jewish family is told from Ruth's perspective as they flee, first to Paris, then southward through France to Italy. Their bravery and love for one another sustain them through tragedies on their perilous journeyThe prospector (Verba Mundi)
Par J.-M. G Le Clézio. 1993
In 1892 Alexis and his sister Laure are enjoying an idyllic childhood in the wild Boucan valley on the island…
of Mauritius. Their father has great plans, including building a power plant, but none comes to fruition. Eventually, economics drives the family from the valley, but Alexis is not happy in civilization. Years later, after his father's death, Alexis returns to the wild to search for gold and paradise. Some descriptions of sexGood night, Mr. Holmes
Par Carole Douglas. 1990
Nell Huxleigh, a parson's daughter, relates this tale of Irene Adler--opera singer and detective. Miss Adler, who has the uncanny…
ability to outsmart even Sherlock Holmes, became a detective in the early days of her operatic career. Her sleuthing results in encounters with Victorian personages such as Charles Lewis Tiffany, Oscar Wilde, and Anton Dvorak, and with the mysterious Godfrey Norton, who aids her in her search for a skein of diamondsSierra triumph
Par Dana Ross. 1992
In the sequel to Hawaii Heritage (BR 09033), as journalist Tim Holt tries to get over one woman, another forces…
him to think about women's suffrage. Meanwhile Tim's cousin Frank Blake is enlightened by impoverished immigrants and, abandoning military plans, decides to become a hobo. Frank's unexpected reunion with his brother Peter is fiery. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexThe crown and the crucible
Par Michael Phillips. 1991
Change comes to Russia, and Anna Burenin is forced to leave her loving family and go to work in the…
palace in St. Petersburg. With her she takes the family Bible and her faith--which will be sorely tested as she, Princess Katrina, and her brother Prince Sergei watch their beloved country being torn by war. War also separates Anna and Sergei. Prequel to A House Divided (BR 9335)The vast memory of love
Par Malcolm Bosse. 1992
In eighteenth-century London, after he is unjustly dismissed by the Earl of Sandwich, Ned Carleton burns his hand trying to…
rescue a woman from a fire. When no one will hire him, he is forced to turn to robbery. Planning to quit once he blackmails his former employer, Ned is thrown in prison instead. His only hope is novelist Henry Fielding, who has taken an interest in him and his sweetheart. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sexThe scarlet city: a novel of 16th-century Italy
Par Hella Haasse. 1990
Depicts some of Italy's most illustrious citizens, such as Michelangelo and Machiavelli, during the Italian Wars. Giovanni, one of the…
Borgias, finds his ancestry a mystery he hopes to solve by moving about among rivals. Just as there are no ready answers to the outward turmoil, Giovanni has difficulty finding a solution to his problem. His search, recorded in entries from a diary, alternates with other personal narratives