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9 best books like The President's Daughter (Barbara Chase-Riboud): Island Beneath the Sea, The River King, Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, The Red Queen, The Farseekers, The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York, Code Name: Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy, The Indigo Girl, A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade

Island Beneath the Sea
AuthorIsabel Allende
ISBN0061988243
Born a slave on the island of Saint-Domingue, Zarité -- known as Tété -- is the daughter of an African mother she never knew and one of the white sailors who brought her into bondage. Though her childhood is one of brutality and fear, Tété finds solace in the traditional rhythms of African drums and...
The River King
AuthorAlice Hoffman
ISBN0425179672
From the best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, The River King confirms Alice Hoffman as "one of our quirkiest and most interesting novelists" (Jane Smiley, USA Today).

People tend to stay in their place in the town of Haddan. The students at the prestigious prep school don't mix with locals....
Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons
AuthorLorna Landvik
ISBN0345475690
The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together—the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an unofficial “club” that becomes...
The Red Queen
AuthorPhilippa Gregory
ISBN1416563725
The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy, The Cousins' War, brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - The White Queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of The War of the Roses.

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The Farseekers
AuthorIsobelle Carmody
ISBN0765342715
A Children's Book Council of Australia Honor Book

In this powerful sequel to Obernewtyn, young Elspeth Gordie-possessed of extraordinary mental powers-has united with others Misfits for refuge on the remote mountain keep of Obernewtyn. Yet the threat from the totalitarian Council to...
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
AuthorPatricia Cline Cohen
ISBN0679740759
In 1836, the murder of a young prostitute made headlines in New York City and around the country, inaugurating a sex-and-death sensationalism in news reporting that haunts us today. Patricia Cline Cohen goes behind these first lurid accounts to reconstruct the story of the mysterious victim, Helen...
Code Name: Lise. The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
AuthorLarry Loftis
ISBN1501198653
The true story of the woman who became WWII's most highly decorated spy

The year is 1942, and World War II is in full swing. Odette Sansom decides to follow in her war hero father’s footsteps by becoming an SOE agent to aid Britain and her beloved homeland, France. Five failed attempts and...
The Indigo Girl
AuthorNatasha Boyd
ISBN1455137111
An incredible story of dangerous and hidden friendships, ambition, betrayal, and sacrifice.

The year is 1739. Eliza Lucas is sixteen years old when her father leaves her in charge of their family's three plantations in rural South Carolina and then proceeds to bleed the estates dry in pursuit...
A Summer of Hummingbirds: Love, Art, and Scandal in the Intersecting Worlds of Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain , Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Martin Johnson Heade
AuthorChristopher E.G. Benfey
ISBN1594201609
A surprising and scandalous story of how the interaction within a group of exceptional and uniquely talented characters shaped and changed American thought

At the close of the Civil War, the United States took a deep breath to lick wounds and consider the damage done. A Summer of Hummingbirds...
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