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The wreckers The wreckers Iain Lawrence Shipwrecked after a vicious storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where they are stranded. OL116318W
The Eagle of the Ninth. 1400 Grundwörter. The Eagle of the Ninth. 1400 Grundwörter. Rosemary Sutcliff,C. Walter Hodges A young centurion ventures among the hostile tribes beyond the Roman Wall to recover the eagle standard of the Ninth, a legion which mysteriously disappeared under his father's command. OL1417723W
The curse of the night wolf The curse of the night wolf Paul Stewart,Chris Riddell BARNABY GRIMES IS a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and "highstacking" around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked… OL14960158W
The ghost of Crutchfield Hall The ghost of Crutchfield Hall Mary Downing Hahn In the nineteenth century, ten-year-old Florence Crutchfield leaves a London orphanage to live with her great-uncle, great-aunt, and sickly cousin James, but she soon realizes the home has another re… OL15100444W
A ghost tale for Christmas time A ghost tale for Christmas time Mary Pope Osborne,Sal Murdocca,BookSource Staff Jack and Annie travel back to Victorian London when Merlin asks them to use their magic to inspire Charles Dickens to write "A Christmas Carol." OL15131139W
Black Beauty Black Beauty Anna Sewell One of the most beloved animal characters of all time comes to life in Black Beauty. Although originally dismissed as a trite children’s novel because it is written in the voice of a horse, the novel… OL15170554W
Just Henry Just Henry Michelle Magorian When Henry develops an old camera film he uncovers a mystery and events spiral until his life resembles the drama of the big screen. OL15173512W
The body at the tower The body at the tower Ying S. Lee As a nearly full-fledged member of the Agency, the all-female detective unit based in Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls, Mary Quinn, disguised as a poor apprentice builder, must brave the sinister u… OL15413385W
Twin's daughter Twin's daughter Lauren Baratz-Logsted In Victorian London, thirteen-year-old Lucy's comfortable world with her loving parents begins slowly to unravel the day that a bedraggled woman who looks exactly like her mother appears at their doo… OL15506866W
Beswitched Beswitched Kate Saunders,Paola Escobar On her way, reluctantly, to a boarding school in present-day England, Flora suddenly finds herself in 1935, the new girl at St. Winifred's, having been summoned via a magic spell by her new dormitory… OL15916303W
The FitzOsbornes in exile The FitzOsbornes in exile Michelle Cooper,Michelle Cooper In January 1937, as Sophia FitzOsborne continues to record in her journal, the members of Montmaray's royal family are living in luxurious exile in England but, even as they participate in the social… OL15998728W
The wild man The wild man Mark Barratt In Victorian England, Joe Rat has escaped the clutches of the criminal mastermind, Mother, and is trying to make an honest living in a better part of London, but when a rich philanthropist tracks dow… OL16484302W
Freaks Freaks Kieran Larwood In Victorian London, a lonely band of misfits trapped in a sideshow decides to put their extraordinary talents to use to solve the mysteries that no one else cares about, starting with the stealing o… OL16546987W
Black ice Black ice Andrew Lane In 1868, teenaged Sherlock Holmes faces danger in a train station for the dead, a museum of curiousities, and downtown Moscow as he helps his brother, Mycroft, who has been framed for murder. OL16564067W
All my noble dreams and then what happens All my noble dreams and then what happens Gloria Whelan As Rosalind continues to straddle the proper English world of her family and the culture of 1920s India where they live, her support of Gandhi and his followers in opposing British rule grows and sh… OL16672018W
Palace of Spies Palace of Spies Sarah Zettel In 1716 London, an orphaned sixteen-year-old girl from a good family impersonates a lady-in-waiting only to discover that the real girl was murdered, the court harbors a nest of spies, and the handso… OL17714573W
Treason Treason Berlie Doherty "Will Montague is a page to Prince Edward, the son of King Henry VIII. As the King's favorite, Will gains many enemies in Court. When his enemies convince the King that Will's father has committed tr… OL17745341W
Delusion Delusion Laura L. Sullivan "Two beautiful teenage sisters, Phil and Fee Albion, descendents of a long line of stage illusionists, are sent from London to the countryside during World War II, only to discover a hidden college o… OL17918974W
Flambards in Summer Flambards in Summer K. M. Peyton Christina returns to Flambards in 1916, only to find the estate overgrown, deserted, and desolate. With the First World War still raging and most of the men she knows absent, Christina decides to use… OL1850130W
Long Lankin Long Lankin Lindsey Barraclough A compelling, atmospheric story inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge. OL19859440W
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