Michaela MacColl
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
“MacColl’s fidelity to Austen’s biography and family, with a bit of creative license woven in, results in a charming historical mystery.” —School Library Journal
Jane Austen’s family is eager to secure her future by marrying her off. But Jane is much more interested in writing her novels, and finds every suitor lacking—until the mysterious Mr. Lefroy arrives. Could he be the...
Jane Austen’s family is eager to secure her future by marrying her off. But Jane is much more interested in writing her novels, and finds every suitor lacking—until the mysterious Mr. Lefroy arrives. Could he be the...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
When fifteen-year-old Emily Dickinson meets a charming, enigmatic young man who playfully refuses to tell her his name, she is intrigued--so when he is found dead in her family's pond in Amherst she is determined to discover his secret, no matter how dangerous it may prove to be.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A young adult historical mystery that gives "a tantalizing glimpse of the real Louisa May Alcott's life." -Kirkus Reviews
Louisa May Alcott can't believe it-her mother is leaving for the summer to earn money for the family and Louisa is to be in charge of the household. How will she find the time to write her stories, much less have any adventures of her own? But before long, Louisa finds herself juggling her temperamental father, a mysterious...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Emily and Charlotte Brontë are about as opposite as two sisters can be. Charlotte is practical and cautious; Emily is headstrong and imaginative. But they do have one thing in common: a love of writing. This shared passion will lead them to be two of the first published female novelists and authors of several enduring works of classic literature. But they're not there yet. First, they have to figure out if there is a connection between a string of...
Author
Series
Hidden histories volume 3
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"Despite her father's warnings that their tribe is always in danger, Casita, a ten-year-old Lipan Apache girl, has led a relatively peaceful life with her tribe in Mexico, doing her daily chores and practicing for her upcoming Changing Woman ceremony, in which she will officially become a woman of the tribe. But the peace is shattered when the U.S. Cavalry invades and brutally slaughters her people. Casita and her younger brother survive the attack,...
Author
Series
Hidden histories volume 1
Publisher
Calkins Creek
Pub. Date
�2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Rory Fitzpatrick loves her younger sister, Violet, more than anyone in the world. She has been Violet's only family ever since their parents died and they went to live at the Sisters of Charity Foundling Hospital in New York. Rory promised she would always protect her sister, would never leave her. So when Rory learns that the nuns are sending Violet to an adoptive family out West, Rory is determined to follow and keep her family together...