1937-
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
9) Poppy
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas.
11) Silent movie
Author
Publisher
An Anne Schwartz Book/Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In the early years of the twentieth century, a Swedish family encounters separation and other hardships upon immigrating to New York City until the son is cast in a silent movie, in a picture book that evokes an actual silent movie.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Falsely accused of plotting to overthrow King Claudio, scholarly Mangus the magician, along with his street-smart servant boy, Fabrizio, face deadly consequences unless they can track down the real traitor by the stroke of midnight.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Thirteen year old Tom Carroll takes his place as head of the family after his father dies fighting for the Union; but his job at the local ironworks, where he helps build an iron ship for the Union army, and his loyalty come into question when he is approached by Confederate spies to sell secrets about the ship to the South.
16) Ragweed
Author
Series
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Ragweed, a young country mouse, leaves his family and travels to the big city, where he finds excitement and danger and sees cats for the first time.
17) Poppy and Ereth
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
After Poppy's husband dies from pneumonia and she is accidentally carried away by a bat, Ereth, a porcupine, starts planning her funeral service, but Spruce--Poppy's grandson--does not believe Poppy to be dead, and goes off to search for her.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Photographer Horace Carpetine is commissioned to do a portrait for society matron Mrs. Frederick Von Macht; however, the photos evoke both the image and the ghost of the Von Macht's dead daughter, Eleanora, who has returned to seek vengence on those who killed her.
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