Kathleen Benner Duble
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1789, with the starving French people on the brink of revolution, orphaned Celie Rosseau, an amazing artist and a very clever thief, runs wild with her protector, Algernon, trying to join the idealistic freedom fighters of Paris. But when she is caught stealing from none other than the king's brother and the lady from the waxworks, Celie must use her drawing talent to buy her own freedom or die for her crimes. Forced to work for Madame Tussaud...
6) Quest
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Relates events of explorer Henry Hudson's final voyage in 1602 from four points of view, those of his seventeen-year-old son aboard ship, a younger son left in London, a crewmember, and a young English woman acting as a spy in Holland in hopes of restoring honor to her family's name.
7) Pilot mom
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Jenny and her best friend K.C. accompany Jenny's mother, a tanker pilot in the Air Force, to the air base, where they explore her plane, a KC-135, prior to her departure on a training mission to Europe.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
In early 1800s Connecticut, fifteen-year-old Lucy tries to decide whether to marry her childhood friend who unhappily toils at the Mt. Riga iron furnace or the young man from Boston who has come to work in her father's store.