Theme: 19th century

The Firekeeper’s Son

By Book Importer | Published: January 18, 2011

In Korea in the early 1800s, news from the countryside reached the king by means of signal fires. On one mountaintop after another, a fire was lit when all was well. If the king did not see a fire, that meant trouble, and he would send out his army. Linda Sue Park’s first picture book [...]

Descriptors: Historical Fiction, Korea, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » 1 Comment

The Fall of the Amazing Zalindas (Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

This series provides a unique new twist on Sherlock Holmes by having him assisted by a band of devoted boys, street urchins who love to solve mysteries, called the Baker Street Irregulars. These boys go everywhere, see everything, overhear everyone undetected.  In this exciting tale, Wiggins, Ozzie, Simon, and the rest–with the aid of Pilar, a [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Wildly Romantic: The English Romantic Poets: The Mad, the Bad, and the Dangerous

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Meet the rebellious young poets who brought about a literary revolution. Rock stars may think they invented sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but the Romantic poets truly created the mold. In the early 1800s, poetry could land a person in jail. Those who tried to change the world through their poems risked notoriety—or courted [...]

Descriptors: Biography, England (UK), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , » Leave a comment

Hans Brinker

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The story of Hans Brinker is a true classic, but few still read the novel, which was written in the 1860s. This is a tale of a family sticking together through hardship, and of wishes granted just in the nick of time. The race to win the silver skates is well-known, but the mystery of the [...]

Descriptors: Folklore, Netherlands, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Feed the Children First: Irish Memories of the Great Hunger

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The great Irish potato famine — the Great Hunger — was one of the worst disasters of the nineteenth century. Within seven years of the onset of a fungus that wiped out Ireland’s staple potato crop, more than a quarter of the country’s eight million people had either starved to death, died of disease, or [...]

Descriptors: Ireland, Nonfiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Magician’s Apprentice

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

It’s summertime 1874 and Jago Stonecipher is tired of being pushed around. The penniless apprentice of a mean-spirited magican, Jago dreams of a better life. It seems his wish is granted when he finds a mysterious message in a watch, which unexpectedly sets off a dangerous chain of events.

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Traitors’ Gate

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment