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The Horrors -- Book Two: terrifying tales (Terrifying Tales Ser. #2)
By Peter Carver. 2006
More original short horror stories by Canadian authors. Tales of ghosts, werewolves, and vampires, including "Prince Sandred," about a necrophiliac…
prince searching for his perfect love. Other stories deal with aspects of teen life, like how do you deal with an abusive parent, or what happens if your teacher is a psycho murderer? Sequel to "The horrors - book one: terrifying tales" (DC28947). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The Horrors -- Book One: terrifying tales (Terrifying Tales Ser. #1)
By Peter Carver. 2005
A collection of 15 horror stories by Canadian young adult writers. A yearbook editor makes psychic predictions about students' futures;…
when one girl is killed in an accident as foretold, the students realize they could be next. In another, a girl can't understand why her family has locked her out of the house and why no one will talk to her, but when she overhears her friends talking about a train crash, she realizes that she was the victim. Followed by "The horrors - book two: terrifying tales" (DC28948). For senior high readers. Some descriptions of sex, violence and strong language. 2005.The Horus road (Lords of the two lands. #3.)
By Pauline Gedge. 2000
By the middle of the Seventeenth Dynasty of ancient Egypt, the country has been ruled by the foreign Setui, who…
only care to plunder it, for two hundred years. One family in Thebes, descendants of the last true Egyptian king, vow to overthrow the Setui. Ahmose, continuing the struggle that has claimed his father and brother, knows that he need a miracle to take the Setui capital and defeat his enemies. Sequel to "The oasis". 2000. (Lords of the two lands ; 3)The hourglass
By Barbara Metzger. 2007
Crusader Sir Coryn of Ardsley dies and becomes one of many beings known as "Death", but after hundreds of years…
he tricks Satan into giving him a chance to regain his mortality, as long as he finds a specific hourglass within six months. Meanwhile, Genie Macklin is a widow and an outcast, finding her calling helping wounded soldiers. They meet at Waterloo and marry - with nothing to her name, Genie has nothing to lose, and with his soul on the line, Coryn has everything, including love, to gain. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. c2007.The horse goddess
By Morgan Llywelyn. 1982
Rich tapestry of Celtic lore and culture in a rousing, romanticized tale of love, adventure, and magic set at the…
turn of the Iron Age. Epona, daughter of a Celtic chief, avoids being forced into the priesthood, and runs away with Kazhak, leader of a small band of horsemen from Asia Minor's Sea of Grass. Some descriptions of sex. 1982.The house: a novel
By Teresa Waugh. 2002
Sydney Otterton returns from the war penniless and moves into his crumbling family home with his wife, children and servant.…
What follows is a murder mystery evolving through the eyes of four characters who narrate the events in a variety of formats (journal, letters, research). Some strong language. 2002.The house girl
By Tara Conklin. 2013
Intertwining the story of an escaped house slave in 1852 Virginia with that of an ambitious young lawyer in contemporary…
New York, the novel asks questions of justice, love and family, in slave-holding Virginia and today. 2013.The house at Pooh Corner
By A. A Milne. 2003
The horseman's graves: a novel
By Jacqueline Baker. 2007
Set in the farmland on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border. The Schoffs are immigrant farmers fractured by the tragedy that has marked…
their son forever. Métis farmhand Lathias becomes the unofficial guardian to the boy. Both boys are drawn to young Elisabeth. When she falls into the river, no one can foresee how this event will mark everyone. 2007.The home front: collected stories
By Margaret Craven. 1981
Collection of 25 stories including accounts of young women working diligently on the home front during World War II; tales…
about near-quitters who finally succeed, and descriptions of missionary work in British Columbia. 1981.The hollow tree
By Janet Louise Swoboda Lunn. 1997
In 1777, fifteen-year-old Phoebe Olcott is thrown into the turmoil of the American Revolutionary War when her cousin Gideon is…
hanged as a British spy. When she finds a secret message from Gideon, containing the names of Loyalist families to be protected by British soldiers, she must deliver it to the British general at Fort Ticonderoga. Grades 5-8. Winner of the 1998 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. 1997.The homecoming (Suffolk Trilogy ; #2)
By Norah Lofts. 1975
A story of fifteenth century rural England. tale unfolds the new adventures of Sir Godfrey Tallboys and the two women…
who love him. His wife, Sybilla, welcoming him home after six long years, learns she must now share their home with the exotic young creature, Tana, who has saved Godfrey's life. It does not take a second glance to see that Tana is about to bear a child. What Sybilla does not know is that the child is Godfrey's. Sequel to: "Knight's Acre" (DC31546). Followed by "The lonely furrow" (DC31547). 1975. (Suffolk trilogy ; 2)The holy innocents
By Kate Sedley. 1994
Roger the Chapman is once again eager for the open road after settling down for more than a year in…
Bristol. It is early April 1475 as he approaches the thriving village of Totnes. However, Roger senses danger in the air. He learns that two of the village children have mysteriously disappeared, and a band of cutthroat wanderers is on the loose. Sequel to "The hanged man", followed by "The eve of St. Hyacinth". 1994.The holder of the world
By Bharati Mukherjee. 1993
When Beigh Masters travels to India from the United States in search of a rare gem the last thing she…
expects to find is a historical record of a distant relative she never knew existed. Beigh discovers that in the seventeenth century one of her female American relatives travelled to India on her own quest and became wrapped up in the history and culture of the country. Beigh finds herself becoming more and more involved in her relative's story as she continues her own search. 1993.The hand of Robin Squires
By Joan Clark. 1981
The historian: a novel
By Elizabeth Kostova. 2005
Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters…
addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'. Her discovery plunges her into a world she never dreamed of - a labyrinth where the secrets of her father's past and her mother's mysterious fate connect to an evil hidden in the depths of history. 2005.In the summer of 1143, Elave arrives at the Benedictine Abbey of St Peter in Shrewsbury. His mission is to…
have William of Lythwood buried in the Abbey grounds. Elave and William have completed a pilgrimage, but the dead pilgrim has been condemned as a heretic. The detective who seeks to unravel the causes of Elave's subsequent death is Brother Cadfael. 1989. (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael ; 16)It is 1142 and England is in the grip of civil war. In the Benedictine Abbey of St. Peter and…
St. Paul begin a chain of events no less momentous than the political upheavals of the outside world. Ten year old Lord of Eaton, Richard Ludel refuses to marry to increase his lands, as is his grandmother's wishes, and when Richard disappears and a corpse is found in Eyton Forest, Brother Cadfael is forced to track down the murderer. 1987. (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael ; 14)The hills: more tales from the Blue Stacks, stories of Ireland
By Robert Bernen. 1983
The hidden folk: stories of fairies, dwarves, selkies, and other secret beings
By Lise Lunge-Larsen. 2004
This collection of short stories explores the so-called hidden folk, such as selkies, fairies, gnomes, hill folk, and river sprites,…
and how they can be linked to many parts of our everyday life and our history. Including tales about how parsley was created, and how Lord Nelson learned a strict lesson. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4. 2004.