Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 4 November 2010
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A Sea Queen Sailing
Reverend Charles Watts Whistler MRCS, LSA, (1856-1913) was a writer of historic fiction that plays between 600 and 1100 AD, usually based on early English/Saxon chronicles, Norse or Danish Sagas and archeological discoveries. He studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London, and was a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries. The story takes place around ca. 935 AD.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 4 November 2010
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A Summer in a Canyon
Set in a beautiful California canyon, Camp Chaparral is as glorious as its young inhabitants can make it -- with bedrooms of bright canvas, a game room, and a "sky parlour" high in a tree. Bell, Poly and Margery explore the woods, while their brothers, cousins and friends Geoffrey, Philip and Jack are out fishing and cavorting . . . but Little Dicky! Where has he disappeared -- ? The author of "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm" offers this charming tale of youth and adventure in the sunny California of a more innocent time.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 4 November 2010
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A Tale of Three Lions
A thrilling Allan Quatermain story. In this thrilling tale of danger and adventure, young Harry joins his father, the famous Alan Quatermain, on a hunt for lions deep in Africa.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 4 November 2010
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A Thane of Wessex
This book is historical fiction, placed in early England. The hero is a young man who has inherited some property, after his father dies. The young man, Heregar, unwisely says things against the king of England. A neighbor with covetous eyes encourages the young man to say more, and then brings this to the attention of the local authorities. As punishment Heregar is kicked out of society. He is outside the protection of the law, he is now an outlaw. At this point in time an outlaw didn't always mean a criminal. An outlaw was someone who was on his own.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Kids, Fiction literature | 4 November 2010
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The Secret of Killimooin
What a wonderful, exciting adventure they have—Nora, Mike, Peggy and Jack—on their summer holidays. They go to Prince Paul's magnificent castle at Killimooin, high up in the mountains of Baronia. Little do they suspect that these mountains hold a dangerous band of robbers who are intent on capturing them and Prince Paul!
