- Location(s): Torrington, Devon
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): 19th century.
‘Burn ’em! Burn ’em!’ It is 1879, and a disorderly crowd of three thousand people are burning effigies of a local man and woman on Torrington Common in an unprecedented incident of Devon’s ‘rough music’. Lucy Jones, the free-spirited...
- Location(s): Washington DC
- Genre(s): Time Slip, Fantasy
- Era(s): Present Day and Ancient Egypt
Anastasia and Edward Upton are eleven years old twins who are different in almost every way. Despite this they are inseparable and the best of friends. They tackle the highs and lows of sixth grade together whether they are...
- Location(s): The Galápagos Islands (Galapagos), Ecuador
- Genre(s): Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
Roger and Suzanne take a vacation cruise through the Galapagos Islands, 600 miles west of Ecuador. Suzanne discovers a dead body with a couple of bullet holes in its back floating in the Pacific Ocean and we’re off to...
- Location(s): Egypt, England
- Genre(s): Young Adult, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern day
Emily Renzi thinks she’s going crazy. After her parents move to a quiet village, she senses that something is off about the house they’re living in. Dreams of strange creatures invade her sleep, and mysterious shapes appear in the...
- Location(s): Traverse City
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
At forty-five, Jane McArdle has experienced her share of life’s twists and turns. Yet she’s shaken by the sudden death of her estranged half sister and the news that she’s now the guardian of her orphaned niece, Lucy. Still...
- Location(s): Kyiv
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
A devastating story of the struggle of civilians caught up in the conflict in eastern Ukraine If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The...
- Location(s): Lavenham
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Late 1940s
This is the first book in a five-part post-war series set in the pretty village of Lavenham in Suffolk Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1948. She was their only hope. Now they are hers. A gritty, heartbreaking and unforgettable story...
- Location(s): London, Canada
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1910/1919
‘These heartbreaking but also inspirational tales are full of the grit and hardship that have become hallmarks of a storyteller who writes straight from the heart.’ – Lancashire Evening Post London, 1910 When Amy is chosen to be a...
- Location(s): London
- Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
- Era(s): WW1
The Orphanage Girls come back together in The Orphanage Girls Reunited, the second installment of a moving wartime saga set in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Jam Factory Girls, Mary Wood. Ellen Abandoned by her...
- Location(s): Manhattan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1663
From a debut novelist, a gripping historical thriller and rousing love story set in seventeenth-century Manhattan It’s 1663 in the tiny, hardscrabble Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, now present-day southern Manhattan. Orphan children are going missing, and among those...
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