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The history of Henry Milner, a little boy The history of Henry Milner, a little boy Mrs. Mary Martha (Butt) Sherwood Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. OL1087659W
Climbing the stairs Climbing the stairs Margaret Powell The only escape from being a kitchen maid is to get married, but with just one evening off a week, Margaret has no time to lose. Her initial prospects are hardly the stuff of dreams, but then she mee… OL11333935W
The Help The Help Kathryn Stockett Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi… OL11999891W
Pirate's Promise Pirate's Promise Peter Burchard,Clyde Robert Bulla Against his will, a young boy is separated from his sister and sold as a bonded servant, but the good-hearted pirate captain who rescues him makes possible a happier future. OL12644W
Le dilemme de Jackson Le dilemme de Jackson Iris Murdoch On the eve of their wedding, Edward Lannion and Marian Berran are led away onto dark and strange paths, while their friends and lovers are forced to make new and surprising choices. Watching over all… OL1326326W
Robber baron's daughter Robber baron's daughter Jamila Gavin Twelve-year-old Nettie's sheltered and privileged life changes after her beloved tutor mysteriously disappears and Nettie, aided by the son of a household employee, begins to learn the truth about he… OL15038905W
Clover Twig and the magical cottage Clover Twig and the magical cottage Johanna Wright,Kaye Umansky Capable and hardworking ten-year-old Clover Twig takes a job as housekeeper for a messy witch, Demelza, but while Demelza is away Clover and an accident-prone neighbor boy must defend the weird cotta… OL15082418W
By royal command By royal command Mary Hooper As a reward for saving Queen Elizabeth's life, teenaged Lucy, now firmly established in Dr. Dee's household, is asked to secretely work as a spy for the queen but strange ghostly cries in the house p… OL15443991W
Possessed Possessed Kate Cann Sixteen-year-old Rayne escapes London, her mother, and boyfriend for a job in the country at Morton's Keep, where she is drawn to a mysterious clique and its leader, St. John, but puzzles over whethe… OL15468461W
The Golem's latkes The Golem's latkes Eric A. Kimmel Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel visits the Emperor, leaving a new housemaid to prepare for his Hanukkah party, but returns to find that she has misused the clay man he created. Includes historical and c… OL15473095W
Consumed Consumed Kate Cann A new manager brings many changes to Morton's Keep, capitalizing on its gothic atmosphere and history, but Rayne sees ominous signs indicating that the one thing that has not changed is the evil pres… OL15571398W
Sins of the House of Borgia Sins of the House of Borgia Sarah Bower Violante isn't supposed to be here, in one of the grandest courts of Renaissance Italy. She isn't supposed to be a lady-in-waiting to the beautiful Lucrezia Borgia. But the same secretive politics th… OL16163229W
Ellis Island Ellis Island Kate Kerrigan "In 1920s New York, a young Irish woman must choose between her new life and her husband back home in Ireland"-- OL16317691W
Servants Servants Lucy Lethbridge From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, serv… OL17188371W
Tell us we're home Tell us we're home Marina Tamar Budhos Three immigrant girls from different parts of the world meet and become close friends in a small New Jersey town where their mothers have found domestic work, but their relationships are tested when … OL17269630W
Undermajordomo Minor Undermajordomo Minor Patrick deWitt "Lucien (Lucy) Minor is the resident odd duck in the bucolic hamlet of Bury. Friendless and loveless, young and aimless, Lucy is a compulsive liar, a sickly weakling in a town famous for producing br… OL17361235W
The new countess The new countess Fay Weldon "England, 1903. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate, with its hundred rooms, are busy planning for a visit from Edward VII and Queen Alexandra just a few months a way. Pr… OL17783978W
Amelia Bedelia and the Baby Amelia Bedelia and the Baby Peggy Parish Amelia Bedelia follows to the letter the list of instructions for looking after the Lanes' baby. OL1932969W
Strange star Strange star Emma Carroll One stormy June evening, five friends meet at Villa Diodati, the summer home of Lord Byron. After dinner is served, they challenge each other to tell ghost stories that will freeze the blood. But one… OL19733979W
Otherbound Otherbound Corinne Duyvis A seventeen-year-old boy finds that every time he closes his eyes, he's drawn into the body of a mute servant girl from another world--a world that's growing increasingly more dangerous, and where ma… OL19980928W
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