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121) The Big Burn
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Three teenagers battle the flames of the Big Burn of 1910, one of the century's biggest wildfires.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
After printing the "Wanted" posters for some of London's most notorious inhabitants, a printer's boy is entangled, by a genuine convict, in a series of mistaken identities and events leading back to the boy's own mysterious past.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Puffin
Pub. Date
2004, c2001
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Flavia and her friends encounter the Roman admiral Pliny before making a journey to her uncle's farm near Mt. Vesuvius, where they try to solve a riddle, reunite a family, and get out of the path of a natural disaster.
124) Bloodline
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Language
English
Description
While traveling through early seventh-century Britain trying to stop an impending war, Essa, who bears the blood of native British tribes and of the invading Anglish, discovers that his mother is alive and he, himself, is a prince of the northern kingdom, but he has loyalties and loved ones in the south to whom he is compelled to return.
125) Rodzina
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A twelve-year-old Polish American girl is boarded onto an orphan train in Chicago with fears about traveling to the West and a life of unpaid slavery.
Author
Series
Arthur trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Language
English
Description
Arthur de Caldicot, on his way to becoming a man, witnesses the horrors of the Fourth Crusade in Venice and Zara, as well as the downfall of King Arthur's court, in his seeing stone.
127) Hattie Big Sky
Author
Language
English
Description
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
128) After the rain
Author
Series
Virginia's diary volume 2
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
In her diary, a ten-year-old girl writes about her family's experiences living in Washington, D.C., in 1864-65, during which time the Civil War comes to an end and President Lincoln is assassinated. Includes historical notes.
130) The book thief
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Artie Wilson, tired of plowing, planting, and milking the cow on her family's farm during the Great Depression, is determined to escape her life of poverty in Buck Creek, Kentucky, and hopes that school will open the door to a better future.
133) Conspiracy
Author
Series
Lady Grace mysteries from the daybookes of Lady Grace Cavendish volume the third
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, investigates a conspiracy when the Queen narrowly escapes a series of "accidents."
134) Assassin
Author
Series
Lady Grace mysteries from the daybookes of Lady Grace Cavendish volume the first
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, favorite maid of honor of Elizabeth I, must solve a murder mystery and clear the name of her betrothed.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. Includes a special interview with the author.
Author
Series
Guild trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
The posthumous papers of Rebecca MacKenzie document her adventures, along with her brother Doug, in 1920s China as the teenaged siblings are sent to live aboard their uncle's ship where they become involved in the dangerous activities of a mysterious secret society called the Honourable Guild of Specialists.
137) The magician
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman continue their magical training in Paris with Nicholas Flamel, Scatty, and the Comte de Sant Germaine, pursued by Doctor Dee and the immortal Niccolo Machiavelli.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Branded as traitors by the king's authorities, Crispin and his guardian, Bear, flee to coastal towns in fourteenth-century England, where they perform a musical juggling act and bond as a family after befriending a disfigured girl.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Edna and members of her family gather fruits, berries, and vegetables on their Virginia farm and turn them into wonderful meals. Includes five recipes and facts about the life of Edna Lewis, a descendant of slaves who grew up to be a famous chef.
140) Spy!
Author
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In 1774, twelve-year-old Jonah becomes a pupil of Nathan Hale, who inspires him to question his beliefs about the impending revolution, and two years later, Jonah makes a decision that leads to Nathan's execution.
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