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	Runestone (Viking Magic #1) Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Anna Ciddor Publisher Allen & Unwin Genre(s) Historical Fiction Set in a small Viking village, this story tells of Thora and Oddo who were switched at birth. Now a grown child, Thora is beginning to figure out that she doesn’t belong; the daughter of a spellmaker, Thora can’t seem to get her magic to work. Across the valley, Oddo,... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	The Secret of the Rose Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Sarah L. Thomson Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	4.0 0.0 (0)
	Wolfspell (Viking Magic #2) Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Anna Ciddor Publisher Allen & Unwin Genre(s) Historical Fiction The second mystical installment of the Viking Magic series begins after the corrupt Sheriff has imposed harsh taxes on the village. Neither Thora’s nor Oddo’s families can afford to pay the new taxes, and they are afraid they will have to forfeit their land. Left behind as his parents hunt... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	The Traitors' Gate Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Avi Genre(s) Historical Fiction John Huffam is sure the tall man's beard is false. He's sure of little else in November 1849, the year he is fourteen, the year his father is sentenced to London's Whitecross Street Prison. Maybe the man following John -- who claims to be one Inspector Copperfield -- can explain... Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 0.0 (0)
	Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Ying Chang Compestine Publisher Henry Holt & Company Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 4.5 (2)
	Time Spies: Secret in the Tower Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Candice Ransom Publisher Mirrorstone Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Time Spies: Bones in the Badlands Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Candice Ransom Publisher Mirrorstone Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Time Spies: Giant in the Garden Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Candice Ransom Publisher Mirrorstone Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Time Spies: Magician in the Trunk Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Candice Ransom Publisher Mirrorstone Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	The Man with the Silver Oar Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Robin Moore Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)
	Gentle's Holler Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Kerry Madden Publisher Puffin Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	5.0 5.0 (1)
	The Last Girls of Pompeii Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Kathryn Lasky Publisher Viking Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 3.0 (1)
	Ties That Bind, Ties That Break Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Lensey Namioka Genre(s) Historical Fiction Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 5.0 (1)
	A Deadly Distance Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Heather Down Publisher The Dundurn Group Genre(s) Historical Fiction "Startled, Mishbee gasped, frozen with horror. She was staring down the barrel of a musket and was familiar with the sound those weapons made. The young girl knew muskets meant death." At the beginning of the nineteenth century in Newfoundland, the Beothuks, a First Nations people, have been decimated... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 5.0 (1)
	Captain's Command Books » Kids Fiction 0 Author(s) Anna Myers Publisher Yearling Books Genre(s) Historical Fiction Everyone in Gail’s small town believes her father is dead when his plane is shot down in World War II. Everyone but Gail’s mother, who has faith that he’s still alive. Gail’s Uncle Ned has lost his faith after being blinded in the war. Though Gail promised her father to... Read more Read reviews Write review	0.0 0.0 (0)

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