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"McCaughrean takes the bones of a real event, wraps it in immersive, imaginative detail and thoroughly real emotion, and creates an unforgettable tale of human survival. A masterpiece." - Kirkus Reviews Winner of the 2018 Carnegie Medal! New from Michael L. Printz Award winner Geraldine...

In this third installment of the Strongbow Saga series, the Danish attack on Western Frankia continues. But as the invading Danes push deeper into the heartland of the Frankish kingdom, the mighty Frankish army, which far outnumbers them, gathers. The Strongbow Saga is an epic tale of one man's unstoppable quest for justice and vengeance that carries him across the 9th century world of the Vikings. In The Road to Vengeance, Halfdan continues to gain experience, and win renown as a warrior.

Sylvia Plath knows she was born to be remembered. She loves learning, literature, and writing, especially poetry. The problem is, she’s coming of age in a time when women are expected to happily set aside their dreams for a husband and a home. Even in high school, Sylvia struggles to reconcile the societal expectations placed on women and the ambitions she has for a great career. She aches for a partner and a family, but she longs to become a poet, too. And she’s afraid she can’t have both.

In this sweeping WWII historical romance threaded with magic and myth, two star-crossed Japanese American teenagers find a love more powerful than the gods—inspired by the author's true family history of internment and resilience. A divine favor can change everything. 1942. War rumbles across...

London um 1900: Die amerikanische Entfesselungskünstlerin Eliza Houdini und die ehrgeizige Nachwuchs-Reporterin Millie Watson teilen sich nicht nur eine Wohnung im aufstrebenden London – sondern auch eine Schwäche für Rätsel. Vermittelt von Mister Biggs schickt die Krone sie auf geheime Missionen. Ob zwischen nebligen Gassen, in königlichen Pferdeställen oder hoch oben in einer Zirkuskuppel – die beiden Freundinnen bewegen sich mit Witz, Mut und Verstand durch die Schatten der Stadt.

When your school erases history, sometimes you have to go back and witness it yourself. Sixteen-year-old Cuchu Ramirez is tired of hearing that "real civilization" started in Europe. Fifteen-year-old Matias Kim thinks history is just dead people's problems. But when their Seattle high school bans archaeology textbooks for promoting "anti-American narratives," these unlikely allies discover something that changes everything: the power to travel back in time.

Four starred reviews! An orphaned teen races to uncover a killer—who may have come from the sea—when she and her beloved orcas fall under suspicion in this “dark, vibrant, and thrilling adventure” (BookPage, starred review) and historical gothic mystery from the New York Times...

This gripping, shocking, and exquisitely crafted survival story reveals the truth of America's colonial history in a powerful new way—visceral and breathtaking. After the long journey from England, Ellis arrives in America full of hope. James Fort is where a better life will begin for her...

Join the Youngs as they adapt to life in the south, experience the battles of Camden, Kings Mountain, Gilford Courthouse, and many more. Suffer the betrayal of their beloved General Benedict Arnold, and expand their family in the 6th year of the Revolutionary War!

On May 10th, 1940, Germany invades the Netherlands. And so begins five years of enemy occupation. Rules, rations, and curfews are implemented. Jews are discriminated against, banned from public places, forced to wear a yellow star, and then hauled off to concentration camps. All twenty-year-old Pieter Knies wants is to continue studying theology at Utrecht University and one day become a pastor. But as time passes and the persecution of the Jews increases, it becomes harder for him to ignore the Nazis. He becomes convinced that Christ’s command to “love your neighbor” includes the Jews.

Something is stalking the queen of England, and Irene Adler is ready to find whatever monster may lurk behind this new gruesome string of murders—with or without the help of Sherlock Holmes. Irene Adler and Sherlock Holmes were both sent away from Oxford’s All Souls class after uncovering a...

Across continent and cultures, horseman and horsewoman rise the one sharped purpose: freedom, unity, and the belief that no wall can separate the spirit of a rider. Jesse Trailheart Morgan a young black cowboy with a fearless heart opens the gates to a new frontier a worldwide network of riders who refuse to let race, borders or history divide them. From African savannas to Australian outback, from dusty American plains to mountain trails halfway across the world the riders carry a Message stronger than steel: community over division, brotherhood over fear, and hope over hardship.

In the medieval land of Astoria, a young princess-to-be named Stasia was born into a world where wealth and privilege held great significance. As she grows up being a member of the royal family, she is groomed to become princess and take over rulership of the land at the age of sixteen.

On the eve of the Coronation, aspiring newspaper columnist Penelope Beaumont is assigned the story of a lifetime-revealing the Crown Prince isn't the rightful heir to Loirehall's throne. Desperate to leave her dysfunctional step-family, and tempted by the chance to fulfill her deepest wish and claim her late Father's former column in The Loirehall Times, Penelope accepts the job.

Berlin 1961: Für Achim könnte es eigentlich nicht besser laufen – das Abitur hat er in der Tasche, einen Studienplatz sicher und Chris, das Mädchen, das er heimlich liebt, scheint auch ihn zu mögen. Doch über Nacht ändert sich alles. Mit dem Bau der Mauer schlägt das DDR-Regime einen härteren Ton an. Misstrauen, Verfolgung und Verhaftungen sind an der Tagesordnung. Als einer seiner Freunde im Gefängnis landet, fasst Achim einen schweren Entschluss: Er muss raus aus Ostberlin und alle, die er liebt, zurücklassen. Drüben angekommen, setzt er alles daran, Menschen aus der DDR bei ihrer Flucht zu unterstützen.

In seventeenth-century Paris, nineteen-year-old Catherine Monvoisin is a well-heeled jeweler’s wife with a peculiar taste for the arcane. She lives a comfortable life, far removed from a childhood of abject destitution—until her kind spendthrift of a husband lands them both in debt. Hell-bent on avoiding a return to poverty, Catherine must rely on her prophetic visions and the grimoire gifted to her by a talented diviner to reinvent herself as a sorceress. With the help of the grifter Marie Bosse, Catherine divines fortunes in the Île de la Cité—home to sorcerers and scoundrels.

Born July 24, 1967, Pierre spends the first seven years of his life in Paris, France until his family moves to Little Rock, Arkansas. He endures the trials of living in America as he experiences racism and other pains of growing up, including losing his best friend just before reaching his teens. He soon discovers the people who raised him are not his biological parents, but they are the great aunt and uncle of his mother. The painful struggle intensifies when his mother tells him that his father never wanted him, hence the reason his aunt raised him.

Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen-year-old wants nothing more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew, who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle—a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?

Audrey Cameron vive en Estados Unidos en el año 2023; sus días transcurren en la tienda de sus padres, soñando con entrar en una universidad de bellas artes y tratando de superar la ruptura con su ex.

Two starred reviews! A teen’s fight for suffrage turns into one of survival when her crew’s Antarctic expedition ship gets stuck in the ice in this historical “gripping—and sometimes gut-wrenching—adventure tale” (Shelf Awareness, starred review) told in journal entries perfect for...