An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley

6 best books like An Unlikely Friendship: A Novel of Mary Todd Lincoln and Elizabeth Keckley (Ann Rinaldi): The Portal, Cate of the Lost Colony, One Year in Coal Harbor, The Key on the Quilt, Postcards From a Stranger, Bones Never Lie

The Portal

Author	Kathryn Lasky
ISBN	0062693271

For fans of the Royal Diaries series and Gail Carson Levine, Newbery Honor-winning author Kathryn Lasky delivers the first enchanting adventure in a compelling new middle grade series about a newly orphaned girl who finds herself time-travelling between the present day and the court of the two...

Cate of the Lost Colony

Author	Lisa M. Klein
ISBN	1599905078

Lady Catherine is one of Queen Elizabeth's favorite court maidens until her forbidden romance with Sir Walter Ralegh is discovered. In a bitter twist of irony, the jealous queen banishes Cate to Ralegh's colony of Roanoke, in the New World. Ralegh pledges to come for Cate, but as the months stretch out,...

One Year in Coal Harbor

Author	Polly Horvath
ISBN	0375869700

Readers rejoice—Primrose Squarp is back! The wise and curious heroine of the Newbery Honor Book Everything on a Waffle is facing another adventure-filled year in Coal Harbor.

Even though her parents, once lost at sea, are home, there’s a whole slew of problems and mysteries to keep Primrose—and...

The Key on the Quilt

Author

Stephanie Grace Whitson

Enter a historic Nebraskan prison where three women find betrayal, love, and ultimate truth. Jane Prescott is serving a ten-year sentence for murder. Can a broken spirit be healed behind bars? Matron Mamie Dawson feels called to help the wounded women in her charge. Will a guard's attentions keep her...

Postcards From a Stranger

Author

Imogen Clark

A secret lies buried at the heart of her family—but it can’t stay hidden forever. When Cara stumbles across a stash of old postcards in the attic, their contents make her question everything she thought she knew.The story she pieces together is confusing and unsettling, and appears to have been...

Bones Never Lie

Author	Kathy Reichs
ISBN	0345544013

In the acclaimed author’s thrilling new novel, Brennan is at the top of her game in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she has ever encountered.

Unexpectedly called in to the Charlotte PD’s Cold Case Unit, Dr. Temperance Brennan wonders why she’s been asked to meet...