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Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky A book about Queen Marie Antoinette's youth written in diary format. Makes you feel very close to little Antonia as she has doubts, and excitement, too about her upcoming marrige and journey to Franc… OL121829W
The death-defying Pepper Roux The death-defying Pepper Roux Geraldine McCaughrean Pepper's fourteenth birthday is a momentous one.It's the day he's supposed to die.Everyone seems resigned to it—even Pepper, although he would much prefer to live. But can you sidestep Fate? Jump sid… OL15051615W
Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris Victor Hugo In fifteenth-century Paris, a disfigured man named Quasimodo, who was abandoned as an infant in the cathedral of Notre-Dame and now lives in its bell tower, must come to the aid of a beautiful gypsy … OL15202030W
Alexandre Dumas's The three musketeers Alexandre Dumas's The three musketeers Jan Fields In seventeenth-century France, young d'Artagnan initially quarrels with, then befriends, three musketeers and joins them in trying to outwit the enemies of the king and queen. OL15300110W
Grave Mercy Grave Mercy Robin LaFevers Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the g… OL16318158W
Luces de Septiembre Luces de Septiembre Carlos Ruiz Zafón "When fourteen-year-old Irene Sauvelle moves with her family to Cape House on the coast of Normandy, she's immediately taken by the beauty of the place--its expansive cliffs, coasts, and harbors. The… OL16415274W
The hunchback of Notre-Dame The hunchback of Notre-Dame Victor Hugo A tale, set in medieval Paris, of Quasimodo, the hunchbacked bellringer of Notre Dame Cathedral, and his struggles to save the beautiful gypsy dancer Esmaralda from being unjustly executed. OL17737062W
Pagan's scribe Pagan's scribe Catherine Jinks Pagan's Scribe, the fourth novel in the brilliant Pagan Chronicles, is an engrossing story played out during one of the most brutal religious wars in history. 'Brimming with wit and fascinating detai… OL2247562W
Pagan's Vows Pagan's Vows Catherine Jinks Pagan's Vows is an engrossing, marvellously written medieval thriller, a brilliant sequel to Pagan's Crusade and Pagan in Exile. 'The Pagan Chronicles are a kind of medieval version of Tin Tin...told… OL2247563W
Day of vengeance Day of vengeance Johnny O'Brien Teenage time-traveller Jack Christie is back, this time with a mission to stop World War Two from going nuclear. Jack travels to a crucial turning point in history where the Nazis threaten world domi… OL24259565W
Astérix chez les Bretons Astérix chez les Bretons René Goscinny,Albert Uderzo Asterix and Obelix, warriors of the last village in Gaul still free after the Roman invasion, set out on a mission to deliver a barrel of their druid's famous magic potion to help Asterix's cousin in… OL267617W
Le Devin Le Devin René Goscinny,Albert Uderzo During a violent thunderstorm, a strange fortune-telling soothsayer turns up in the Gaulish village, drawing Asterix's friends into his web of enticing deception. In the midst of general confusion, A… OL267640W
Curse of a Winter Moon Curse of a Winter Moon Mary Casanova Twelve-year-old Marius promised his mother on her deathbed six years earlier that he would look after his little brother, Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre carries the curse of the loup-garou, the werewolf be… OL29841W
Elvina's mirror Elvina's mirror Sylvie Weil In 1097 Troyes, France, fourteen-year-old Elvina reaches out to a shunned family of German Jews, eventually drawing her grandfather, Bible and Talmud scholar Solomon ben Isaac, into helping her new f… OL3080999W
Touch wood Touch wood Renée Roth-Hano,Renée Roth-Hano In this autobiographical novel set in Nazi-occupied France, Renée, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee their home in Alsace and live a precarious existence in Paris until Renée and her sister … OL3913603W
Trail of fate Trail of fate Michael P. Spradlin In the Middle Ages, young squire Tristan of the Knights Templar, King's Archer Robard, and Muslim assassin Maryam work together to protect the Holy Grail as they travel across France toward England, … OL5708818W
Warrior girl Warrior girl Pauline Chandler Although surrounded by treachery, Mariane, a young mute, battles alongside her cousin, Joan of Arc, for the liberation of France from the English. OL5819208W
The road to vengeance The road to vengeance Judson Roberts Hafdan's training as a Viking warrior leads him to fight in bloody battles between nations--and gives him conflicted feelings about his killer instincts. OL5836300W
Rashi's daughter Rashi's daughter Maggie Anton In eleventh-century Troyes, France, Joheved, the eldest daughter of a respected teacher and Bible commentator, studies Talmud after her days of helping run a household and the family winemaking busin… OL5894367W