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Prisoners in the Palace

How Princess Victoria became Queen with the Help of Her Maid, a Reporter, and a Scoundrel

by MacColl, Michaela

London, 1838. Sixteen-year-old Liza's dreams of her society debut are dashed when her parents are killed in an accident. Penniless, she accepts the position of...

Prisoners in the Palace

by MacColl, Michaela

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The Freak Observer

by Woolston, Blythe

The Freak Observer is rich in family drama, theoretical physics, and an unusual, tough young woman--Loa Lindgren. For eight years, Loa Sollilja's world ran lik...

Cry of the Giraffe

by Oron, Judie

One girl's harrowing trek from exile and slavery to hope in a new land -- all based on a true story. In the early 1980s, thousands of Ethiopian Jews fled the c...

Shutout

by Halpin, Brendan

Amanda and Lena have been soccer stars and best friends for years, but now, when Amanda makes the junior varsity team and Lena makes the varsity, Amanda finds ...

Slayed

by Marrone, Amanda

The Van Helsing family has been hunting vampires for over one hundred years, but sixteen-year-old Daphne wishes her parents would take up an occupation that do...

Draw the Dark (Carolrhoda Ya)

by Bick, Ilsa J.

There are things in Winter, Wisconsin, folks just don't talk about. The murder way back in '45 is one. The near-suicide of a first-grade teacher is another. An...

Seth Baumgartner's Love Manifesto

by Luper, Eric

Seth Baumgartner just had the worst day of his life. His girlfriend dumped him (at Applebee's), he spied his father on a date with a woman who is not his mothe...

The Duel

The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr

by George, Judith St.

Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr were intertwined for some twenty-five years, with their resentments and misunderstandings culminating in a tragic duel.

No Moon

by Watts, Irene N.

A story of reliance and resilience.Did you call out to us, Johnny, before your small body was dragged down under the water? Why didn't we hear you? I am sorry!...