At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England

5 best books like At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England (Walter Dean Myers): Fire and Hemlock, S.O.S. Titanic, Meet Samantha: An American Girl, Leon's Story, The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Fire and Hemlock

Author	Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN	0060298855

Polly has two sets of memories...

One is normal: school, home, friends. The other, stranger memories begin nine years ago, when she was ten and gate-crashed an odd funeral in the mansion near her grandmother's house. Polly's just beginning to recall the sometimes marvelous, sometimes frightening...

S.O.S. Titanic

Author	Eve Bunting
ISBN	0152013059

Irish teenager Barry O’Neill is journeying to New York on the Titanic’s fateful maiden voyage.

He’s homesick and worried about the Flynn boys traveling in steerage, who have threatened to throw him overboard. Little does Barry know that a struggle with the Flynns is the least of the...

Meet Samantha: An American Girl

Author	Susan S. Adler
ISBN	0937295809

Samantha Parkington is a bright Victorian beauty being raised by her wealthy grandmother in 1904. Samantha's stories describe her life during this important period of change. Her own world is filled with frills and finery, parties and play. But Samantha sees that times are not good for everybody....

Leon's Story

Author	Leon Walter Tillage
ISBN	0374443300

"Leon's Story is a powerful, wonderful thing!" -- Nikki Giovanni

I remember that as a young boy I used to look in the mirror and I would curse my color, my blackness. But in those days they didn't call you "black." They didnt say "minority." They called us "colored" or "nigger."

Leon Tillage...

The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse

Author	Dan B. Allender
ISBN	0891092897

Sexual abuse not only destroys trust, relationships, and dreams, it also causes grief, stress, and feelings of guilt and shame. This book examines the issues surrounding sexual abuse while looking to God for restoration and peace.

• Includes information about false memory issues
•...