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"Assured and alluring, this beautiful tale of women, witchcraft and the fight against power is a delight." —Jessie Burton, New York Times–bestselling author
In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch . . .
But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.
Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill's Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious...
In 1612 Lancaster, England, the hunt for witches has reached a fever pitch . . .
But in a time of suspicion and accusation, to be a woman may be the greatest risk of all.
Fleetwood Shuttleworth, the mistress of Pendle Hill's Gawthorpe Hall, is with child. Anxious...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Relive Jane Austens "Emma"--from Mr. Knightleys point of view. When a handsome newcomer arrives and catches Emmas attention, Mr. Knightley is shocked by his reaction, for his unreasonable dislike of the handsome newcomer seems suspiciously like jealousy.
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Series
Barnaby Grimes volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
While searching out adventure in the streets of 19th century London, Barnaby Grimes finds himself on the trail of a mad chemist with a talent for disappearing into thin air.
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Enola Holmes mysteries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
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While fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes endeavors to save her friend Lady Cecily Alistair from an unwelcome arranged marriage, she meets with some assistance from her older brother, Sherlock, and interference by the eldest, Mycroft.
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Series
Enola Holmes mysteries volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
8) Sorceress
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Eighteen-year-old Agnes, a Mohawk Indian who is descended from a line of shamanic healers, uses her own newly-discovered powers to uncover the story of her ancestor, a seventeenth-century New England English healer who fled charges of witchcraft to make her life with the local Indians.
9) The season
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Alexandra must adjust her personality for her mother's expectations of an aristocratic lady--in order for her to attract a suitable husband--but when Alex decides to help the brooding and handsome Gavin solve the mystery behind his father's death, she risks her heart along with her reputation.
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Series
Lady Julia Grey novels volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Nicholas Brisbane investigates the seemingly-innocent death of Sir Edward Grey, who collapsed and died while attending a dinner party in his home, and uncovers shocking papers that allude to murder.
12) Born wicked
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Series
Cahill witch chronicles volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.
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English
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The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a "vibrant medieval mystery...[it] outdoes the competition."
In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country's churches,...
In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia's investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country's churches,...
14) The Marvels
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
In 1807, having survived a typhoon in the East Indies, Jacky Faber makes her way to London to seek a pardon for herself and her betrothed, Jaimy Fletcher, who, posing as a highwayman, is trying to avenge her supposed death.
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Emmaline Black has a secret. She can hear the rhythm of heartbeats. Not just her own, but others' too. It's a rhythm she's learned to control, and that can only mean one thing . . . Emma's a witch. In a world where a sentence of witchcraft comes with dire consequences and all children who have reached the age of thirteen are tested to ensure they have no witch blood, Emma must attempt to stamp out her power before her own test comes. But the more...
Author
Series
Cat Royal volume 1
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008, c2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Orphan Catherine "Cat" Royal, living at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist, and involves her in the street gangs of Covent Garden and the world of nobility.
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Series
W.A.R.P volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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FBI agent Chevie Savano escapes into the past to elude the secret police after they kill Charles Smart just as he is telling her of the WARP program, and she and Riley team up to find Colonel Clayton Box before he can launch missles at the capitals of Europe.
19) Warlight
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Language
English
Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • From the internationally acclaimed, Booker Prize-winning author of The English Patient: “an elegiac thriller [with] the immediate allure of a dark fairy tale” (The Washington Post) set in the decade after World War II that tells the dramatic story of two teenagers and an eccentric group of characters.
In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as...
In a narrative as beguiling and mysterious as...
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
As the widowed master of an elegant house in Victorian-era London slips slowly into madness and his tyrannical housekeeper takes on more power, a ghostly presence distracts a teenaged maidservant with clues to a deadly secret.
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