In June 1665, excited about coming to London to work at her sister Sarah’s candy shop, teenaged Hannah is unconcerned about rumors of Plague until the hot summer advances and increasing numbers of people succumb to the disease.
Historical Fiction
Historical Fiction genre
Victor: A Novel Based On The Life Of The Savage Of Aveyron
A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly after the French Revolution working with a ‘savage’ boy whom he called Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in human society.
Torn Away
Forcibly deported to Canada because of his terrorist activities in Northern Ireland, thirteen-year-old Declan must choose between his revolutionary past and a new life with his Canadian relatives.
Susanna’s Quill
This novel is based on the writer and pioneer Susanna Strickland Moodie, from her life as a young girl in England to her adventures as an adult frontierswoman in Canada.
Petals In The Ashes
In 1666, Hannah and Sarah escape London, leaving behind plague and death as well as their sweets shop, and when it is safe, Hannah and her younger sister Anne return, only to face the city’s Great Fire. Sequel to At the sign of the Sugared Plum.
Milkweed
The hardship and cruelty of life in the ghettos of Warsaw during the Nazi occupation of World War II is captured through the eyes of a young Jewish orphan who must use all his wits and courage to survive unimaginable events and circumstances.
So Far From The Bamboo Grove
A fictionalized autobiography in which eleven-year-old Yoko, a young Japanese girl who has lived all her life with her family in northern Korea, escapes from Korea to Japan with her mother and sister at the end of World War II.
Flower
When thirteen-year-old Katie learns that her stepmother is pregnant, she spends the summer at her grandparents’ Victorian home brooding, until the presence of an old-fashioned girl on her bedroom wall shares secrets of the real meaning of family.
Little Sap And Monsieur Rodin
In the early 1900s, little Sap, a young girl from the rice fields of Cambodia, wins a coveted place in the royal dance troupe and learns the steps so well that she is noticed by the famous artist Auguste Rodin, who rewards her with a special prize.
The Ruby In The Smoke
Sally Lockhart takes a terrifying journey into the seamy underworld of Victorian London, in search of clues that will solve the puzzle of her father’s death.