Lord Kirkle's Money
10 best books like Lord Kirkle's Money (Avi): The Ballad of Lucy Whipple, Beyond the Burning Time, The Gentleman Outlaw and Me--Eli, Hidden Voices: The Orphan Musicians of Venice, The Heart of Arcrea, Steal Away Home, A Coalition of Lions, Spying on Miss Muller, The Nine Days Queen, A Grateful Harvest
| Author | Karen Cushman |
| ISBN | 0330398326 |
Dear Gram and Grampop,
Please do not address yours truly as California anymore, California Morning Whipple being a foolish name for a duck much less a girl. I call myself Lucy now. I cannot hate California and be California. I know you will understand.
California doesn't suit Lucy Whipple...
| Author | Kathryn Lasky |
| ISBN | 0590473328 |
They say something very strange is happening to some of the people of Salem. That some of the young girls have become - troubled. And the fear is beginning to spread. Mary and her mother don't hear about the rumors right away. They don't know that many of the villagers believe that some of Mary's friends...
| Author | Mary Downing Hahn |
| ISBN | 0380728834 |
When her mother dies, twelve-year-old Eliza Yates is left at the mercy of her aunt and uncle. Teased by her cousins and made to do all of the chores, Eliza finally decides that the next time her uncle beats her she will run away. She doesn't have long to wait.
During the night she takes off to find...
| Author | Pat Lowery Collins |
| ISBN | 0763639176 |
While studying under Vivaldi, three girls in a Venice orphanage forge their own notions of love in a sensuous, engrossing novel told in three narrative voices.
It is a longing and search for love that motivates three girls living in the Ospedale della Pietà, an orphanage renowned for its extraordinary...
| Author | Nicole Sager |
| ISBN | 1479361887 |
“He who discovers the heart of Arcrea and joins the hands of the seven regions will be king.”
Set during a forgotten age of kings and queens, knights and nobles, wise-men and warlords, The Heart of Arcrea follows the story of Druet the blacksmith, who, hoping to free his father from an unjust...
| Author | Lois Ruby |
| ISBN | 0689824351 |
When Dana uncovers a skeleton hidden in the wall of her home, she also uncovers a dark secret that stretches back years.
When twelve-year-old Dana Shannon starts to strip away wallpaper in her family’s old house, she’s unprepared for the surprise that awaits her. A hidden room—containing...
| Author | Elizabeth E. Wein |
| ISBN | 0142401293 |
After the death of virtually all of her family in the battle of Camlan, Goewin, Princess of Britain, daughter of the High King Artos, makes a desperate journey to African Aksum, to meet with Constantine, the British ambassador and her fiance. But Aksum is undergoing political turmoil, and Goewin's...
| Author | Eve Bunting |
| ISBN | 0449704556 |
Jessie and her best friends in boarding school have always loved their teacher, Miss Müller. Half-German and half-Irish, she's as beautiful as a movie star. But ever since their country, Ireland, went to war with Germany, they don't feel the same way. In fact, the girls now think there's something...
| Author | Karleen Bradford |
| ISBN | 0590716174 |
At fifteen years of age, upon the death of her cousin, Edward, Lady Jane Grey was forced to accept the crown of England. She was queen for only nine days, however. Edward's eldest sister, Mary, soon challenged Jane for the throne, with tragic results. This is the true story of a bright and intelligent young...
| Author | Kristiana Gregory |
| ISBN | 0439439930 |
From bestselling Dear America author Kristiana Gregory comes the second riveting episode of the inspriational series Prairie River.
Nessa is still struggling to find her place in Prairie River, and things aren't getting easier. On a personal note, Nessa wants to be Ivy's friend, so she decides...
| Author | Lloyd Alexander |
| ISBN | 0141304715 |
Who could resist a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to the Grand Duchess of Drackenberg's Diamond Jubilee Celebration? Not Vesper Holly! Off she goes, with her guardian, Brinnie, and his wife, Mary, and plunges into a plot involving a takeover attempt from neighboring Carpatia.
In short...
| Author | Ann Rinaldi |
| ISBN | 0590543199 |
This is the story of the time spent just before John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry from the preceptive of his 15 year old daughter, Annie. Annie and her sister-in-law spent several months at the Kennedy Farm where John Brown was stratigizing and assembling his men. Annie struggles with the love/hate...
| Author | Gary Paulsen |
| ISBN | 0439523575 |
Told through the eyes of a 5-year-old boy, this is a story of adventure and discovery in a cookcamp located in the Canadian woods during World War II.
When?: World War II
Where?: A cookcamp in the Canadian woods
Why?: He's not really sure.
One summer, a 5-year-old boy goes to live...
Banished Children of Eve: A Novel of Civil War New York
| Author | Peter Quinn |
| ISBN | 0140230033 |
Banished Children of Eve, a novel of America struggling to become a melting pot, marks the debut of a gifted storyteller. It is New York City, the time of the Civil War. The war has just entered its third bloody year, and the North is about to impose its first military draft, a decision that will spark the...
