Books with author D. Anne Love

Mouse, a timid orphan growing up in medieval England, has little happiness in the world. But then, when she comes across a puppeteer so talented that he can make the puppets talk and dance as if they were little humans, Mouse realizes that true happiness is within reach -- and the key is learning how to make the puppets dance! What she doesn't realize, however, is just how much she and her prospective mentor have in common?and how much, one day, they will share.

It's finally summer and Jill is thrilled to return to her grandmother's Texas ranch. It's here she and her good friend B.J. ride bikes, climb trees, and share secrets. But Jill is stunned when she sees the "new" B.J., who is interested in boys, cheerleading tryouts, and rock music. What's worse is Jill thinks B.J. won't be her friend if she doesn't change her immature ways. But whether Jill is ready or not, the changes will keep on coming during that lone star summer.

It’s a hot July in 1941 rural Georgia. Plucky Mae Lee, almost eight, feels overshadowed by her beautiful, sultry teenage sister, and barely noticed by her sick mother and preoccupied father. But when a handsome Army paratrooper comes courting her sister, the kindness he shows Mae Lee makes her feel valued. While the lieutenant risks death to spy and sabotage in Burma, Mae Lee finds she must spy and sabotage in her own house so that her beloved soldier has someone to come home to. When the soldier returns a hero, wounded in body and spirit, he marries the girl he thinks he knows. Mae Lee, growing into a teen, faces the biggest challenge of her life as the marriage spectacularly unravels. She must make a choice that will change her life forever. Rubies from Burma explores the many sides of beauty, true and lasting love, and the sacrifices that families must make both for their country and for each other.

Julian, a school boy on a trip to a museum, meets Mr. Callisthenes who offers to teach him about Alexander the Greata hero who is nothing more than a name to most modern children who know anything of him. They are to go back in time to visit Alexander at various points in his lifetime. In the first episode, Alexander shows his father, King Philip, that he understands horses better than his elders. In the second vignette, Philip is assassinated and Alexander becomes ruler. Julian witnesses Alexander going to Troy and honoring Achilles, and making his claim as Achilles successor. Julian is at The Battle of Issus when Alexander defeats Darius, King of the Persians, and begins to subdue the Persian Empire. Julian comments on the taking of Tyre and the slaughter. Julian sees Alexander going to consult the Oracle of Ammon in Siwa, and he and his sister Melanie are present when Darius is killedwhen Alexander decides to return to Macedoniaand when he dies. This is vivid history!