Hindenburg, 1937
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| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| ISBN | 0816712697 |
This was an excellent read.
Yes, I didn't 100%, completely approve of the romance here--but you know what? In the end, that hardly MATTERED. Because, as with all Ann Rinaldi books . . . this is about so much more than just romance. This is why she's my favorite historical fiction author. She takes...
| Author | Sonia Levitin |
| ISBN | 0689711301 |
It was 1938, and something terrible was happening in Germany. Suddenly, there were more and more restrictions for the Jews: yellow stars they had to wear, schools they could not attend, things they were forbidden to do. The Nazis were in power. And Lisa Platt was scared.
Her father knew they...
| Author | Gloria Whelan |
| ISBN | 0060541121 |
The third book in the St. Petersburg Quartet depicts the horror of the 900 day siege of Leningrad.
Rich in historical detail, haunting in imagery, the tale of Georgi and Marya continues. Previously they traveled to Siberia to locate their parents.
Now residing in Leningrad, the characters...
| 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...
| Author | Lisa M. Klein |
| ISBN | 1599901056 |
Lizzie and Rosanna are cousins. But when the Civil War breaks out, fifteen-year-old Lizzie finds herself committed to the cause of the Union, while Rosanna is swept up in the passions of the old south and in her love for a young Confederate officer. Torn in their alliances, yet as devoted as sisters,...
| Author | Candice Ransom |
| ISBN | 0590327747 |
Torn from her, she fought and loved her way across a savage new land. 1846 -- From Boston Nightly Balls to Independence, Missouri and on the the Oregon Trail.
With only a silk dress to protect her from the blazing frontier sun, Amanda fears she will die on the Oregon Trail. As the memories of Boston,...
| Author | Stephie Davis |
| ISBN | 0843953985 |
This is the last book in the series! And I'm feeling so sad about this. I had fun getting to know Natalie, Blue, Allie and Frances -- the author can't end this now. But apparently, this series is over. And I'm left in my pool of tears.
I'll try to make a semi-coherent review.
Quick...
| Author | Will Leitch |
| ISBN | 1595140697 |
Everything comes easy for Tim Temples. He’s got a sweet summer job, lots of love from the ladies, and parties with his high school buddies. Why does he need to go to college?
Then Tim falls hard for Helena—a worldly and mysterious twenty-two year-old. Their relationship opens his eyes to...
| Author | Miriam Bat-Ami |
| ISBN | 0142300365 |
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"4.5 stars" It is always such a joy to me when a random book buy turns out to be a fabulous read. I picked up Two Suns in the Sky at the library book sale for only fifty cents, but had I known how good it was going to be, I would have been happy to pay full-price. This young adult novel...
| Author | Hilda van Stockum |
| ISBN | 1930900899 |
During World War II a young German girl, who has been indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth, travels to occupied Amsterdam to rejoin her parents then comes to realize the truth about the war.
"So, you're falsifying papers?" said Janna. "You belong to the Dutch Resistance." She looked at him curiously.
...
| Author | Lorraine Heath |
| ISBN | 0060009144 |
Amelia With a strict, eagle-eyed judge for a father and two older brothers to back him up, Amelia Harper is doted upon and protected within an inch of her life. She's not even allowed to have a sweetheart until she's seventeen, for example. Amelia longs for the day she can do as she pleases, but that day doesn't...
It is April 1913, the first anniversary of the fateful night on the Titanic. Those who survived the disaster in Titanic: The Long Night have lived with their memories for one year, but it has been a constant struggle dealing with the grief and shock, and memories of those who didn't survive.After writing...
| Author | Jane Claypool Miner |
| ISBN | 0590332414 |
The chance for a new life, the hope for a new love... Were they worth the risk of leaving home? Would she have to defy everything -- even love?
From her simple farm life in Vermont, Joanna bravely joins the growing number of girls working in the textile mills in 1836. With her she carries the painful memory...
| Author | Lurlene McDaniel |
| ISBN | 0553571095 |
Katie O'Roark is thrilled to learn that Jenny House is being rebuilt. After the fire last year, Katie thought she could never return to the camp, where she spent the summers with teens like her who faced medical odds stacked against them. But thanks to Richard Holloway's efforts, Katie and her longtime...
| Author | Amanda West Lewis |
| ISBN | 0889955077 |
In July 1940, a British government-sponsored program called Children's Overseas Reception Board -- or CORB -- was set up to send children from Britain to Canada and other Commonwealth countries, in order to rescue them from the bombings of British cities. The City of Benares was a luxury liner that...
I haven't read an historical romance in a while, i was excited when I got this one. It was really good. The characters were really easy to connect with and the story line flowed perfectly.
Emily escapes from her abusive husband and hides out in OK as a waitress, her parents are gone and she has no...
The Spider and the Sparrow
| Author | A.L. Sowards |
| ISBN | 1680479385 |
May 1915. After tragedy strikes during the Second Battle of Artois, Frenchman Julian Olivier will do anything to get out of the trenches. So when British Intelligence recruits him to spy behind enemy lines, he jumps at the opportunity. Just before he begins, however, he has a chance encounter with a...
