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1950s Edinburgh is the setting for this murder mystery. Young reporter Rosa's friend and former colleague, Patricia, returns from London to marry her fiance but tragedy soon strikes.

Seattle, 1960's. Joe Sutter, the engineer who spearheaded the design and construction of the Boeing 747, tells the story of the world's first jumbo jet.

In this humorous story, the court magician thinks a quest will cure Prince Roger's unkinglike tendency to laugh constantly.

Disgraced journalist turned true-crime writer Frank Corso disappears into the upper Midwest with his photographer (and former lover), Meg Dougherty after a snowstorm and car accident strands them i

Fred Shedd and his parents accompany their dog, Duz, to Hollywood, where his new career as a movie star is almost ended before it begins when Duz is kidnapped.

Now in his seventies and retired, Doc Hata still resides in his large home of thirty years in Bedley Run, New York.

Both young adults and adults will find appeal in this Oregon Trail novel. Lovisa and the rest of the extended King family join a wagon train in 1845.

In 1940, Varian Fry, with only three thousand dollars and a list of names, went on a secret mission to Marseilles, to help those who had fled Nazi Germany and were now trapped in southern France.

Each story reflects the impact of historical events on the day-to-day lives of children. Stories are linked by the travels of a wooden toy horse who is passed from child to child. Grades 3-6.

Trinidad. Mr. Mohun Biswas, a tenderhearted fellow with a thirst for books, struggles for independence from his wife's domineering family.

Eighth-grader Mia has been keeping a secret---even from her best friend, Jenna--ever since third grade, when she realized that not everyone sees a color for each name, number, and sound.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ is a novel by Lew Wallace published on November 12, 1880 by Harper & Brothers.

The devastating fire tore through the horse farm, destroying everything it touched. Picking through the wreckage, Dr.

Nothing in her cultured East Coast upbringing prepared Elizabeth for a teaching position on the Canadian frontier. Yet, despite the constant hardships, she loves the children in her care.

Life stories of two Métis sisters who suffer the breakdown of family relations and the injustices of the social services system. Culleton has made April Raintree the spokesperson for the Métis.