Books

Shelfari Book Activity

Browse books below or search for a book using basic or advanced search at the top of any page.

 
 

Tags: history's lessons

  • The Musician's Daughter

    by Susanne Emily Dunlap

    Murder and love — from the halls of Vienna’s imperial family to a perilous gypsy camp   Amid the glamour of Prince Nicholas Esterhazy’s court in 18th-century Vienna, murder is afoot. Or so fifteen-year-old Theresa Maria is convinced when her musician father turns up dead on Christmas Eve, his valuable violin missing, and the only clue to his death a strange gold pendant around his neck. Then her father’s mentor,... (more)
  • by Johnny O'Brien

    FIRST IN AN EXCITING NEW SERIES Jack Christie and his best friend, Angus, find themselves at the center of a momentous event that will shape history for decades to come. Their dilemma: Should they intervene? Their problem: Can they survive? Join Jack on a dangerous chase from the dockyards of England to the rain-sodden trenches of the First World War. Will he escape the evil authorities who believe in the... (more)