Historical Fiction
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-03-27 | Author:Stephanie Hemphill [Hemphill, Stephanie]

She dries her eyes. “If you cannot make a match with Signore Bembo, I may have to send you to the convent.” MY SISTER, MY CAPTAIN Giovanna hums softly a ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Virginia Hamilton [Hamilton, Virginia]

14 WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT the little fellows could be so rambunctious? That Mrs. Small, her arms full of groceries in the kitchen, would have a moment’s distraction. Often now ...
( Category: Geography & Cultures August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2009-10-01 | Author:Christine Fletcher

TWELVE We crowded into Mr. Maczarek's parlor. We had our own radio, but we could hear his through the open door of his flat, and for some reason it felt ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2009-01-01 | Author:Riot

CUT TO: CLOSE-UP of ELLEN’s distraught face. We see her mouth a vehement No! but no sound is heard. The camera stays on ELLEN’s face. HICKEY If we’re going to ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-02-09 | Author:Dragon [Dragon]

Long woke the next morning feeling rested. He ate a quick breakfast, changed into a pair of heavy cloth riding pants, and followed DingXiang outside to receive instructions on how ...
( Category: Action & Adventure August 31,2017 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-01-04 | Author:Beth Kephart [Kephart, Beth]

But then, there was New Year’s Eve, just weeks before Anna disappeared altogether. Katherine was more lonely than one person can survive. That night, when Anna sighed, “Oh, I’d love ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | 2011-08-31 | Author:Bette Greene [Greene, Bette]

11. Mining the gold “SHE HAS TO BE taking it home with her; I can’t think of any other explanation. That kosher salami cost one dollar and ten cents.” My ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Sydney Salter [Salter, Sydney]

*** THE DAY 6 CIB Vulture Muluc fell asleep remembering the marriage feast of the king's son: chocolate, roast peccary, roasted birds, stewed deer, potatoes, tomatoes, tamales, coconut, chocolate ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]

Chapter Nineteen FALL 1880 BABY CORA TODDLED about on fat little legs, shaking her head and saying "no, no" when you told her she couldn't do something. I fed her, ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]

Chapter Nineteen "QUANTRILL WANTS to establish a winter camp in Texas," Bill Anderson was telling me. "That's what I'm supposed to be doing now. Heading to cross the Red River ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]

12 WHEN I AWOKE the next morning, it was to the smell of coffee as I lay in a feather bed in a room with a crackling fire and no ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Theodore Taylor [Taylor, Theodore]

PART II Shoot the Boy Down 1 THE HOUNDS BARKED at Billy as he rode through the open gateway of the Double W, and then they sniffed, remembering him. Tails ...
( Category: Historical Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Elizabeth George Speare [Speare, Elizabeth George]

Chapter 12 HOURS BEFORE the dance Felicité came in search of Miriam. "Come," she ordered. "Lucille is to dress my hair now, and while it is being done one of ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Ann Rinaldi [Rinaldi, Ann]

CHAPTER ELEVEN WHAT HAPPENED next was that David and Mama and Mrs. Wade went upstairs, as if someone were directing them to do so, as if some angel on temporary ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )
epub |eng | | Author:Han Nolan

TWENTY-ONE I was miserable on the train ride home. Not only had I lost King-Roy and my dream of an exotic, summer romance, which, I realized, had been a flop ...
( Category: Literature & Fiction August 31,2017 )