Historical Fiction
epub |eng | 2017-11-23 | Author:Leah Harper Bowron

Chapter Fourteen The Pageant December ushered in the first winter weather of the year. The sixth-grade Christmas pageant was just two weeks away, but Lisa had her mind on other ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 23,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Nikki Katz

CHAPTER 22 1867 Cirillo tossed the latest letter from l’ispettore onto a pile of mail intended for Beppe. It was the exact same missive he’d received every week for two ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 23,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Erin Bowman

“Thank God you missed,” Kate says to me. “Had it been trouble, missing ain’t an option.” The Rose Kid glances my way. “I’ll teach you the rifle come first light. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 23,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-01-01 | Author:Sharon Cameron & Sharon Cameron

That night in Marianna’s room, Mary was working the tangles back out of my hair when she said, “Do you speak French, Miss?” “French? Only a very little, Mary.” A ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 21,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Michelle Paver

( Category: Animals November 19,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-07-13 | Author:Alex Scarrow [Scarrow, Alex]

CHAPTER 45 2001, New York ‘I’m not so sure this is such a good idea,’ said Maddy. The boat bobbed gently on the river’s tidal waves, its steam engine puffing ...
( Category: Historical Fiction November 18,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-11-17 | Author:Matthew J. Kirby

The door to the school lay open, and I walked into a barren lobby not nearly so well appointed as the London Hospital, with nary a side table, vase, or ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 17,2017 )
epub |eng | 2015-08-25 | Author:Libba Bray [Bray, Libba]

PART TWO The gloom of January weighed on New Yorkers. The days were short and the nights were very long for people who’d grown to fear sleep. Mothers kept close ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 16,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-06-14 | Author:Wendy Mills [Mills, Wendy]

As I bike toward home, I slow near Teeny’s house, seeing Emi’s car in her driveway. I wonder what would happen if I went up to the door and knocked. ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2016-02-02 | Author:Susan Moger [Moger, Susan]

Chapter 30 Mrs. Van Giesen collects herself and says, “Which one of you is Rowan?” Dorchy pokes me. “I am.” “Rowan.” Mrs. Van Giesen reaches out her hand. I take ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 15,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2015-07-27 | Author:J.B. Cheaney [Cheaney, J.B.]

Chapter 11 Chips and Blocks After a restless night, unsettled by dreams of being chased through the Keystone Studios by the Little Tramp, I was still in bed at eight ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction November 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Pierce, Tamora [Pierce, Tamora]

2-3 May, 460 HE Haven 10 THE REFUGEES FIGHT Approaching Haven at the head of a train of soldiers and wagons, Kel fought the urge to turn Hoshi, cross the ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy November 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Pierce, Tamora [Pierce, Tamora]

Thoroughly depressed, she reached the pages' wing and saw that her door was open. She heard her friends' voices. Kel straightened her tunic and tried to rub color into ice-pale ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy November 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Pierce, Tamora [Pierce, Tamora]

"They sound like sensible people. Do they hold banquets?" Raoul asked wistfully. "Better," Kel told him. "They have parties where they view the moon in reflecting ponds, or fireflies in ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy November 15,2017 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Pierce, Tamora [Pierce, Tamora]

"It takes a great deal of running up and down mountains in the rain, and not complaining about it," Kel said instantly, then clapped her hand over her mouth. What ...
( Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy November 15,2017 )