Danger is never far from Audra’s family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers, who insist that everyone must become Russian — they have banned Lithuanian…
The Mark of the Thief by Jennifer A. Nielsen When Nic, a slave in the mines outside of Rome, is forced to enter a sealed cavern containing the lost treasures of…
The Shadow Throne by Jennifer A. Nielsen War has come to Carthya. It knocks at every door and window in the land. And when Jaron learns that King Vargan of Avenia…
The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen Just weeks after Jaron has taken the throne, an assassination attempt forces him into a deadly situation. Rumors of a coming war are winding…
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen In a discontented kingdom, civil war is brewing. To unify the divided people, Conner, a nobleman of the court, devises a cunning plan to…
The Inventors at No. 8 by A.M. Morgen Meet George, the third Lord of Devonshire and the unluckiest boy in London. Why is George so unlucky? First, he’s an orphan.…
By the Great Horn Spoon! by Sid Fleischman Young Jack sets out from Boston with his stuffy but trusty butler, Praiseworthy, stowing away on a large ship bound for California.…
Turn Homeward, Hannalee by Patricia Beatty During the final days of the civil war, two thousand Georgia textile workers are shipped north by the Union Army to work in Yankee…
The Elephant Thief by Jane Kerr When young pickpocket Danny accidentally buys an elephant at an auction, he finds himself swept up on an unforgettable adventure. Offered a job by…
Nowhere Boy by Katherine Marsh Fourteen-year-old Ahmed is stranded in a city that wants nothing to do with him. Newly arriving in Brussels, Belgium, Ahmed fled a life of uncertainty…