Kids Book Index
Janet B. Taylor
Following her mother’s death in an overseas earthquake, sixteen-year-old Hope Walton is sent from California to a manor in the Scottish Highlands belonging to her aunt. There, she discovers that her mother belonged to a covert group of time travelers and is stranded in the twelfth century, during Eleanor of Aquitaine’s era. Hope has three days to save her mother and return to her own time.
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The Magic Mirror: Concerning a Lonely Princess, a Foundling Girl, a Scheming King, and a Pickpocket SquirrelSusan Hill LongMaggie is a disabled foundling who lives with a crutch and longs to know the father she has never met. A magic mirror offers a glimpse of what she desires and sets her on a magical quest. Her striking resemblance to Princess Petranilla points toward unexpected family connections while raising further questions about her past. The tale turns on loneliness, destiny, and the possibilities suggested by the mirror.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
The Girl from EverywhereHeidi HeiligSixteen-year-old Nix travels across centuries and around the world aboard her father’s time-traveling ship. She can help him return to Honolulu in 1868, where he hopes to reunite with his wife, who died long ago. But changing that past may erase Nix’s own birth. The novel moves among modern New York City, nineteenth-century Hawaii, and places of myth and legend.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Irena’s Children: A True Story of CourageTilar J. MazzeoThis nonfiction account documents Irena Sendler’s work with the underground movement in Warsaw during World War II. Sendler and others help save 2,500 Jewish children from Nazi persecution, many from the Warsaw Ghetto. The narrative follows their efforts in chronological order and also introduces several of the people who work alongside Irena, including Jewish participants. Many children are placed with Polish Christian families. The book concludes by following the later fates of Irena and key collaborators and includes an adapter’s note and endnotes.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details