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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.
3) Chase
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Phin Chase, an orphaned stable boy in Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the Civil War, must go on the run to save his life after accidentally witnessing the murder of a mine boss by a secret society of Irishmen known as the Sleepers.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co. Publications
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In Virginia during the summer of 1776, Felicity hears that British soldiers are raiding Patriot farms and sets out to learn who is behind the attacks in order to protect her horse, Penny. Includes an informational section on this period in America's history.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Puffin Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
At a refugee camp following the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried Pompeii, Flavia and her friends discover that children are disappearing and a very powerful citizen might be involved.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 9
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
In 80 A.D., ten-year-old Roman sleuth Flavia and her friends sail from Corinth to Rhodes to try to stop a mysterious man who is kidnapping children and selling them into slavery.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2006, c2005
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends pursue tutor Aristo from Corinth to Athens when he escapes after being accused of committing a brutal attack on Flavia's father.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A ragged stranger and the prospect of losing her family's fortune lead Flavia Gemina and her friends, Jonathan, Lupus, and Nubia to a seaside villa where possible danger and treasure are close at hand.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Suspecting their friend Jonathan is alive, Flavia, Nubia, and Lupus go to Rome for the Colosseum Games, facing wild beasts, criminals, conspirators, and gladiators, and where Nubia is called upon to make a terrible choice.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 12
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Language
English
Description
Flavia and her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornix's town house, where they befriend the young charioteer, Scopas, and quickly find themselves embroiled in a campaign to sabotage one of the rival racing factions.
12) Exile
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, maid of honor to Queen Elizabeth I, describes in her diary how she tries to discover who stole a magical ruby belonging to the visiting princess of Sharakand.
Author
Series
Roman mysteries volume 7
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Jonathan and his friends are called to Rome by the emperor in the winter of 80 A.D. to find the new Prometheus believed to have brought an epidemic to the city, but Jonathan, obsessed with reuniting his parents, makes some unwise--and life-threatening--choices.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
In 1925, after witnessing the violent actions of some gangsters, twelve-year-old Emily accompanies her older sister on a trip to a luxurious hotel on the New Jersey shore but worries that the gangsters have come to the same hotel. Includes historical notes on the time period.
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.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
In late nineteenth-century London, fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, turns to Florence Nightingale for help when her investigation into the disappearance of a Crimean War widow grows cold.
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.
20) 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."
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