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The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery: An Enola Holmes Mystery (Enola Holmes Mystery)

The Case of the Missing Marquess: An Enola Holmes Mystery: An Enola Holmes Mystery (Enola Holmes Mystery)

by Nancy Springer

When Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared—on her 14th birthday nonetheless—she knows she alone can find her. Disguising herself as a grieving widow, Enola sets out to the heart of London to uncover her mother’s whereabouts—but not even the last name Holmes can prepare her for what awaits. Suddenly involved in the kidnapping of the young ... (more)

Riding Freedom (Scholastic Signature)

by Pam Munoz Ryan

Extensively researched, this fast-paced historical novel about Charlotte (Charley) Parkhurst combines all the known facts of a daring woman's colorful life in the Wild West with Pam Munoz Ryan's own spirited imaginings Ages 8-12. Pub: 2/98. .

Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance

Mable Riley: A Reliable Record of Humdrum, Peril, and Romance

by Marthe Jocelyn

"Historical fiction buffs, especially those interested in the women’s suffrage movement, will enjoy sharing the eye-opening experiences of Mable Riley." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY It’s the year 1901, and fourteen-year-old aspiring writer Mable Riley is on her way to fulfilling her dreams, or so she hopes. After moving with her sister to a faraway town, Mable meets a real writer, one who wears daring fashions, unnerves... (more)

Don't Look Behind You

by Lois Duncan

Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.

The Legend of Lady Ilena

by Patricia Malone

Ilena, daughter of Moren and Grenna, has lived in the Vale of Enfert for all of her 15 years, but it is not her true home. Her parents refused to speak about the place they came from or their lineage. After the deaths of both of her parents, her questions remain unanswered. Her father’s final words to her provide the single clue: “Go to Dun Alyn. Find Ryamen.” Ilena sets out alone on the dangerous trip across... (more)

Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

Our Only May Amelia (Harper Trophy Books (Paperback))

by Jennifer L. Holm

She may be a miracle, but she's no proper young lady! It isn't easy being a pioneer in the state of Washington in 1899, but it's particularly hard when you are the only girl ever born in the new settlement. With seven older brothers and a love of adventure, May Amelia Jackson just can't seem to abide her family's insistence that she behave like a Proper Young Lady. Not when there's fishing to be done, sheep to... (more)

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (Laurel-Leaf Books)

Ties That Bind, Ties That Break (Laurel-Leaf Books)

by Lensey Namioka

Third Sister in the Tao family, Ailin has watched her two older sisters go through the painful process of having their feet bound. In China in 1911, all the women of good families follow this ancient tradition. But Ailin loves to run away from her governess and play games with her male cousins. Knowing she will never run again once her feet are bound, Ailin rebels and refuses to follow this torturous tradition. ... (more)

At the Sign of the Star

by Katherine Sturtevant

In seventeenth-century London, twelve-year-old Meg Moore is happy and content working with her widower father in his bookshop. An only child, she knows that she will one day inherit the shop and therefore have the financial stability to marry whomever she pleases. But Meg's dreams for her future are crushed when Mr. Moore announces he is to be married again: if her new stepmother, Susannah, has a son, the boy will... (more)

Blackthorn Winter

by Kathryn Reiss

The last place fifteen-year-old Juliana wants to be is halfway around the world in Blackthorn, England, an idyllic seaside artists' colony her mother has dragged her off to while her parents weather a trial separation. Juliana misses her father terribly and doesn't understand why her mother needs to travel so far to resurrect her artistic self, which she claims to have lost in the marriage. Soon after they... (more)

Frozen Summer

by Mary Jane Auch

It's 1816 and Remembrance "Mem" Nye and her family are going through a cold, hard summer in their new home in western New York. There's barely any food since Papa's crops were destroyed by the late season frosts. Mem's mama has never gotten used to their new home. It's even harder for her to cope after she gives birth to baby Lily. Papa puts Mem in charge of caring for the baby, her younger brother, and their... (more)

Lumber Camp Library

by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

To Ruby, her log-riding lumberjack pa is the most wonderful person in the world. There's nothing she'd rather do than follow in his footprints, but a lumber camp is no place for an eight-year-old girl. So Ruby goes to school. There she discovers another passion -- the world that opens up to her in books. When circumstances suddenly change, Ruby fears she has lost the two things she loves most. But through her... (more)

The Ever-After Bird (Great Episodes)

by Ann Rinaldi

Now that her father is dead, CeCe McGill is left to wonder why he risked his life for the ragged slaves who came to their door in the dead of night. When her uncle, an ornithologist, insists she accompany him to Georgia on an expedition in search of the rare scarlet ibis, CeCe is surprised to learn there's a second reason for their journey: Along the way, Uncle Alex secretly points slaves north in the direction of... (more)

The Road to Home

by Mary Jane Auch

Thirteen-year-old Remembrance “Mem” Nye has had much more than her share of responsibility since her mother died. It’s too hard caring for her younger brother and baby sister, and Mem looks forward to returning to the family fold at her grandmother’s house. But their journey back home is delayed when they reach Rome, New York, and Mem’s father joins the crew that is digging the Erie Canal. Mem soon realizes her... (more)

The Cross by Day, Mezuzzah by Night

by Deborah Spector Siegel

Seville, 1492: A year of glory and fame in Christian Spain. Two great edicts have come forth from King Ferdinand and Queen Isabel. One is thrilling, granting the renowned explorer Cristobal Coln permission to find new passages to India. But the other edict is cruel and backward, an order for the expulsion of all the Jewish people from Spain. But Isabel Caruso de Caravallo, a Catholic girl of wealth and ... (more)

The Sherwood Ring

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family"s ancestral estate. Her eccentric uncle Enos drives away her only new acquaintance, Pat, a handsome British scholar, then leaves Peggy to fend for herself. But she is not alone. The house is full of mysteries—and ghosts. Soon Peggy becomes involved with the spirits of her own Colonial ancestors and witnesses the unfolding of a... (more)

The Staircase

by Ann Rinaldi

How could Lizzy Enders's father abandon her at a girls school run by nuns? She's surrounded by Catholics--but she's Methodist! Shunned by the other boarders, Lizzy befriends a wandering carpenter named José, who with just three tools--and unflagging faith--builds an elaborate spiral staircase in the new chapel in mere weeks. When he disappears without a trace, Lizzy realizes that the way she sees things is not... (more)

Casebook of a Private (Cat'S) Eye

by Mary Stolz

A clever collection of detective cases by the Newbery Honor-winning author of The Noonday Friends and Belling the Tiger, Casebook of a Private (Cat's) Eye tells the story of Eileen O'Kelly, Boston's only female feline detective who has her paws full trying to crack cases involving disappearing lox, a two-timing Siamese, and traffic in stolen catnip. But when a tart-tongued innkeeper hires her to find the murderer... (more)

After the Dancing Days

by Margaret I. Rostkowski

Is War A Thing To Be Forgotten? That's what Annie's mother would like to do. She wants to forget the pain and heartache--and to keep it away from Annie, too. But Annie cannot forget the death of her favorite uncle, who was killed in France. She cannot forget Andrew, the angry young veteran she meets at the hospital where her father works. Can Annie find the courage to help Andrew? And will she ever be able to... (more)

Mystery of the Dark Tower: a Bessie Mystery (American Girl History Mysteries)

Mystery of the Dark Tower: a Bessie Mystery (American Girl History Mysteries)

by Evelyn Coleman

In 1928, when her father tears her and her brother from their mother in North Carolina and takes them to live with aunts in Harlem, twelve-year-old Bessie is trapped in a strange place, especially after her father mysteriously disappears.

Fire at the Triangle Factory (Carolrhoda on My Own Books)

Fire at the Triangle Factory (Carolrhoda on My Own Books)

by Holly Littlefield

Two fourteen-year-old girls, sewing machine operators at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company, are caught in the famous Triangle fire of 1911.

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by Nancy Springer

by Pam Munoz Ryan

by Marthe Jocelyn

by Lois Duncan

by Patricia Malone

by Jennifer L. Holm

by Lensey Namioka

by Katherine Sturtevant

by Kathryn Reiss

by Mary Jane Auch

by Natalie Kinsey-Warnock

by Ann Rinaldi

by Mary Jane Auch

by Deborah Spector Siegel

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

by Ann Rinaldi

by Mary Stolz

by Margaret I. Rostkowski

by Evelyn Coleman

by Holly Littlefield