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The cannons have finally stopped booming, and the Civil War is over. Hannalee Reed is home from the North, where she and her little brother, Jem, had been taken by Union soldiers to work in a Yankee mill. But the plucky quick-witted heroine of Patricia Beatty’s best-selling novel of the Civil War South, Turn Homeward, Hannalee, must leave again. This time it is for Atlanta, where her older brother, Davey is determined to make a new life for his family.However reluctant she is, Hannalee faces this new upheaval and the hardships it brings with the same indomitable spirit and ever-hopeful optimism that saw her through her darkest hours up North. She finds work in a dry-goods store to help support her family She thwarts the efforts of a persistent Yankee officer who is searching for her. And when Davey is arrested for a crime he did not commit, Hannalee unhesitatingly puts herself in danger to prove his innocence.Patricia Beatty weaves drama and suspense into her evocative, historically accurate picture of postwar Atlanta. Be Ever Hopeful, Hannalee is alive with the same type of emotional power, sweeping background, and unforgettable people as its companion volume."In her sequel to Turn Homeward, Hannalee, Beatty describes the life of her plucky heroine and her family in postwar Atlanta, once again giving her readers a vivid picture of a little-known aspect of the Civil War and its aftermath. When Hannalee’s brother, Davey, returns one-armed and embittered from his service in the Confederacy, he decides that the family must leave the Roswell home for Atlanta’s booming economy. They arrive to find high prices and no place to live—except a refugee camp. Everyone must work, mostly for the hated Yankees, and this—added to the fact that Davey’s disability forces him to train for something other than his carpentry trade—further embitters Davey. His anger, his loneliness for the girl he thinks he has lost, and his involvement with a group of ex-Confederates lead to a near-tragic climax—during which Hannalee’s courage and that of two new friends (one a Yankee and the other a freed black girl) come to the rescue…Beatty’s use of period detail and her well-turned plot give the book texture and excitement. For fans of the brave Hannalee, this will be a welcome follow-up." KIRKUS REVIEW

Mrs. Scott decides to take her children Ann Katie and Jemmy to the Idaho territory in the 1880s. She is certain she will make a fortune in a hurry. There’s just one problem—Mrs. Scott is a schoolteacher, and teachers aren’t in demand in the gold and silver camps. But what the miners do want is good food. Before they know it, the Scotts are running their own restaurant. All they have to do now is find some food to cook, learn to deal with customers who like to fight with each other as much as they like to eat—and survive an avalanche.“Fast-paced story, exciting, engrossing, and told with a light touch… Silver fever, gunplay, an avalanche, and the machinations of an even mule driver get top billing in the story.” New York Times

Crossing over the border is a dangerous business......But Lupita must cross from Mexico to America. After her father dies in a fishing boat accident in the seas near their small Mexican village, Lupita’s family is left in poverty. Lupita and her big brother, Salvador, must smuggle themselves into the United States to earn money to support their mother and young siblings. America is not the land of opportunity they had hoped. A new language, hard labor, and the constant threat of la migra—the immigration police—make every day a difficult challenge. But for feisty Lupita, there is always hope for a better mañana—tomorrow.

Cannons blazing, homes burning, soldiers fighting and dying—against this Civil War backdrop, two thousand Georgia textile workers are shipped north by the Union Army against their will to work in Yankee mills. Twelve-year-old Hannalee Reed is one of these mill hands, and this is the story of her fulfilling a promise to make her way home again to Georgia and the family she was forced to leave behind.This powerful novel, based on historical events, is alive with the places and personalities, the sights, sounds, and issues of that era; and it reveals a scarcely known side of our most significant American conflict.Turn Homeward, Hannalee graphically captures the horror of warfare; the lasting changes war makes in the lives of all those caught up in it; and the differing ways in which people fight to survive. Hannalee is a quick-witted, plucky heroine, who is sure to join the ranks of Patricia Beatty’s most memorable characters; and the sweep, drama, and emotional impact of her story is one readers will long remember.

Bethany Brant is the daughter of a preacher, but she finds it hard to live up to her fathers high expectations for her, especially with her natural bent for finding trouble.When Bethany and her younger brother, Abel, are sent to live with relatives after their mother dies in childbirth, the plucky eleven-year-old tries to act like a minister’s child is expected to—she helps around the farmhouse with the endless chores; uncomplainingly tutors her tomboy cousin, Mattywill, in reading; and agrees to be the angel in the Christmas pageant to help raise money for her father’s church, even though she hates the thought of flying across the stage on ropes. But sometimes being truly good just is not possible. Wouldn’t even the best-behaved preacher’s daughter be sorely tried if her resentful cousin put frogs in her bed, or if she found out that the man in charge of raising the church money ended each of his fund-raising campaigns in the nearby saloon?Set in turn-of-the-century rural Texas, Behave Yourself, Bethany Brant is by turns hilarious and touching, and always entertaining. Bethany is one of Patricia Beatty’s spunkiest and most human heroines, and her story will long be remembered by readers."Beatty is noted for feisty heroines in carefully researched novels set in frontier America. Here, Bethany, doing her best to conform to her preacher father’s expectations, may seem at first like a new departure; but the way she follows her conscience demands a special, courageous independence, much in Beatty’s usual vein. When Mama dies in childbirth, Pa takes Bethany and Abel to stay with relatives on a Texas ranch while he becomes a circuit rider. Since tomboy cousin Mattywill prefers outdoor work, Bethany is left to help Aunt Revs with housework and the baby. Uncomplaining but pining for the outdoors, she is repeatedly cast by adults as the good gift and, inevitably, is resented by Mattywill and the other children in school. But because Bethany is also fundamentally kind, honest, and (when driven to it) outspoken, she eventually wins their respect… Bethany's story is briskly told and vividly evokes turn-of-the-century Texas." Kirkus Review

“A companion volume to the exceptional The Lady and the Linden Tree, this illustrates once again Miss Picard's knack of wrapping new story fabric around traditional material. The fourteen fairy tales presented here have ingenious plots and imaginative characterizations (worldly or otherwise); witness Count Bertrand and his strange triumph over Death; Count Alaric's Lady in which the Count meets the demands of perfect love, Tiger Lily and the Dragon, where poetry finds more than its own reward, and the title story's vivid climax. Fourteen tale-spinning delights.” Kirkus ReviewBarbara Leonie Picard was born in England in 1917 of mixed German-Venezuelan and French parentage. A longtime resident of Lewes, Sussex, England, she died in 2011 at the age of 93. Several of her books were short-listed for the Carnegie Medal and were selected as Notable Children’s Books by the American Library Association.

“This delightful tale of the Old West stars 13-year-old Parker Quiney, his companion Nate and Parker’s dog, J.E.B. Stuart. Boys and dog go on a journey to bring back the body of Parker’s brother from Whiskey Creek. On the way they have escapades with a lady blacksmith and her preacher husband, and a Mexican fortune teller and her charlatan husband. The “Texas talk,” and the vivid descriptions of people and places make this book a very entertaining one.” Library Journal"Take an ornery illiterate, Parker Quiney, and the tenderfoot son of a wisdom-bringer, Nate Graber, headed 400 miles north to fetch the body of Parker's brother; cross their path through 1879 Texas with a gospel shark and his blacksmith wife, a Mexican witch, “saloon” ladies, stampeding cattle, a bookish Eastern family homesteading, an old reprobate making restitution—and you have a recipe that, in practiced hands, can't fail. Not, of course, that Parker and Nate, skinny and fat. Rebel and Yankee, cowboy boots vs. “sodbuster shoes” and the rest, can help but learn from each other and become more alike, the one who prides himself on his know-how (and everything else) doing most of the learning. But if the taming of Parker is the point, there are distractions aplenty, not the least being the very distractions the boys devise to get out of towns in a hurry. One of these, the dodge of the slavering dog, the Author's Note attributes to her teenage daughter…" Kirkus Review

The model Viking ship lay in the window of a little old shop in an unfamiliar back street, and Peter, on his way to the dentist, lost his heart to it at once. It cost him all the money in hist pocket, including the fare home. That was how he came to take the way along the beach which led him into grave danger, but also opened his eyes to the magic properties of the little ship in his hand—the ship that flew."When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to different countries, and to different times." GoodReads.comIn addition to The Ship That Flew, Hilda Lewis also wrote three other wonderful historical fiction for teens: The Gentle Falcon — the exciting story of Isabella of Valois, child bride of King Richard II; Harold Was My King — the exhilarating story of William the Conqueror's arrival in England; and Here Comes Harry — a wonderful story of life with King Henry VI.

But 15 years of age, Isabella Clinton is brought from her country manor to be gentlewoman to the little Queen Isabella, child-wife of England’s King Richard II. She is able to comfort and befriend the little girl through all the political intrigues and dangers of court life, and to share with her the bitterness of Richard’s overthrow by his cousin Bolingbroke. The tragic story of Isabella of France is beautifully told through the sharp, but gentle eyes of Isabella Clinton and the book gives a vivid picture of life in England at the court of Richard II.Recommended for readers 12 and above.“Exceptional … I can well imagine it awakening a life-long passion for history … I cannot imagine a better introduction to medieval life and the complicated history of those times.” Margaret Lane in The Observer“**A child bride, a child queen, seven-year-old Isabella of France, who was married to Richard the II of England in a marriage of convenience, lives again in Hilda Lewis' spirited, sparkling, poignant fictionalized biography. Here are portraits of "Richard, tender and cruel, faithful and false, betraying and betrayed", seen through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Isabella Clinton, raw from the country and Woman to the Queen. The author has selected with a sure instinct for the dramatic, incident and dialogue depicting the fate of the "French King's daughter" in her marriage to the British monarch who early in his reign was devoted to peace, to learning and to beauty and the arts. The pleasure and haven he found in his child Queen amidst the plotting of false friends and open enemies at court is perfectly credible in this portrait of a man who delighted in "a flower, a little painting or a small song". Her loyalty to her King and husband as he became more intent on power and finally blind to prudence and justice, the fortitude with which she bore for France characterize a stout-hearted heroine. Almost as fascinating as the Queen's story is that of the narrator, whose romance with Gilles Cobham is interwoven with Tyler's rebellion, the abduction of the Duke of Gloucester, the banishment of Henry Bolingbroke and Richard's defeat and death. The story of the small queen, the gentle falcon who loved her cage and her captor, is princely reading fare.” Kirkus ReviewsIn addition to The The Gentle Falcon, Hilda Lewis also wrote three other wonderful historical fiction for teens: The Ship That Flew — the exciting time travel story; Harold Was My King — the exhilarating story of William the Conqueror's arrival in England; and Here Comes Harry — a wonderful story of life with King Henry VI.

Patricia Beatty specializes in spunky heroines, and in this high-spirited tale of the Arizona Territory in 1882 one of the most impressive makes her lively debut. Damaris Boyd is distinguished by her innate business sense, surprising in a fourteen-year-old girl. However, it turns out to be the salvation of the family when Mr. Boyd deserts them for the siren lure of the goldfields.The emergency began when Papa lost all the Boyds’ money in a poker game. True to character, Damaris made her outrage known, and as a mollifying gesture the winner bequeathed to her his traveling tent-hotel called the Nomad. Willy-nilly the Boyds were plunged into the intricacies of the hotel business. Despite the hard work, the family prospered, but still the time came when Damaris realized that they could not continue without her father.What happens when she finds him provides a thoroughly satisfying climax to a story studded with memorable characters and comical situations. Irrepressible Damaris carries all before her, and Patricia Beatty scores again.

Now, a brand new edition from the folks at Beebliome Books! This edition corrects some mismatched pages and contains small edits.“That is past. A crown is only a weight. You have several and you are not a happy man. Aunt Josephine is not a happy woman. King Louis is morbid. Queen Hortense is miserable. The queen of Naples is feverish and dissatisfied. Queen Catherine is wretched. King Jerome is wretched, too. No, keep your crowns. To love, to be loved, this is the most precious thing in the world.” “Love!” he answered sharply. “It alone would never satisfy me. To live in splendor, to win battles, that is my destiny.”It is early 19th century France and Stephanie de Beauharnais, the beloved adopted daughter of Napoleon Bonaparte, ruler of Europe, is crowned Princess Imperial. She relishes her title and basks in the glory of a court that sees her as the most adorable thing they have ever laid eyes upon. But she is soon to marry Charles of Baden, yet another one of Napoleon’s tactics to dominate Europe. She abhors him and does not love him — is she blinded by the glitter of France’s court? Will she ever accept the humble and kind ways of her husband? Colorfully written, gloriously described, readers will find themselves immersed in the world of the Bonapartes and feeling for his “little pickle” — Stephanie is a must read!For young adult readers ages 12 and above.

“Two Union kids outsmart Southern sympathizers—this time in California, where Will and Eugenia Kinmont have been sent by their Delaware parents for safety… forgotten in their aunt and uncle's San Francisco toy shop—but not for long. Aunt Amanda has these stuffed dolls, dressed in magenta, which are sold regularly to the same man, and conducts temperance society meetings where the members drink champagne but the kids still don't get the picture; then an acquaintance from Delaware drifts in, enlists Will as a spy (code name: Blue Stars, for Eugenia’s eyes!) and smashes the gold smuggling “Chivalry,” aunt and uncle included…” KIRKUS REVIEW