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Retellings of Greek and Roman myths with explanations of vocabulary and setting. Includes tales such as "Jason and the Golden…
Fleece," "The Riddle of the Sphinx," and "Baucis and Philemon," which is about an elderly couple who were favored by the gods for being hospitable. For grades 3-6. 1989Warrior woman: a novel : based on the life of Nonhelema, Shawnee woman chief
By James Alexander Thom, Dark Rain Thom. 2004
Fictionalized account of Shawnee women's peace chief Nonhelema, who attempts to negotiate an armistice with both the Americans and British…
during the Revolutionary War. Nonhelema's loyalties are divided as her white allies betray her and she is alienated from her people. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2003See Delphi and die: a Marcus Didius Falco novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Ser. #17)
By Lindsey Davis, St. Martin`s Press. 2006
Olympia, Greece; A.D. 76. Roman investigator Marcus Didius Falco travels with his wife, Helena Justina, and assorted other relatives to…
the site of the Olympic games. Falco is studying the deaths of two young Roman women who've died under suspicious circumstances while sightseeing with a shady first-century travel agency. 2005The naked savages
By Fred Mustard Stewart, Tom Doherty Associates, Fred M. Stewart. 1999
New York businessman Johnny Savage follows his friend Teddy Roosevelt into battle in Cuba, where he loses a leg. Returning…
home, Johnny takes a mistress and struggles to control his extended family's excesses. Sequel to The Young Savages (DB 46483). Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 1999Saint Patrick's Battalion: A Novel
By James Alexander Thom. 2006
Private John Riley and scores of fellow Catholic immigrants desert the army and defect to the Mexican side during the…
1846 war. Camp boy Padraic Quinn keeps a diary recalling the prejudice and abuse they suffered at the hands of Protestant officers--and the resulting mutiny. Violence and strong language. 2006Bachelor boys
By Kate Saunders, St. Martin`s Press. 2005
London. Thirty-one-year-old literary magazine editor Cassie agrees to fulfill the final wish of her terminally ill childhood neighbor--to find wives…
for her grown sons. Cassie plays matchmaker for unemployed actor Fritz and pianist Ben while falling for Fritz. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2004From slave to soldier: based on a true Civil War story (Ready-to-Read)
By Deborah Hopkinson, Brian Floca. 2005
Tennessee, Civil War. Young Johnny hates being a slave and chooses freedom by joining the Union Army. Johnny proves his…
bravery by driving the mule team and supply wagon by himself at night to bring food to hungry soldiers. Short chapter book. For grades 2-4. 2005Small island
By Andrea Levy, Picador. 2005
1948. Following the war, Jamaican Gilbert Joseph and his wife, Hortense, move to England. They lodge with Queenie, whose racially…
prejudiced husband, Bernard, eventually returns from overseas. The men have difficulty adjusting to England's size, which seems small after their wartime experiences. Some strong language. Whitbread Award; Orange Prize. 2004Author of The Kennedy Curse (DB 56880) assesses the New York senator and her aspirations for the presidency. Comments on…
Mrs. Clinton's successes and failures as First Lady and her ambitions for the 2008 Democratic nomination. Covers the Lewinsky scandal. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Anthology of more than one hundred folktales from twenty Spanish-speaking countries, including the United States. The tales include narratives based…
in pre-Columbian myths, colonial legends with European and Oriental origins, and dynamic stories from twentieth-century oral traditions of native populations. Includes notes and glossary of indigenous peoples. Spanish language. 2003The revenant: A Novel of Revenge
By Michael Punke, Perseus. 2002
Missouri River tributaries, 1823. When a trapper is mauled by a grizzly, he is left behind with two volunteers who…
soon abandon him. Deserted, defenseless, and enraged, he vows to survive--and exact his revenge. Based on the real life of fur trapper Hugh Glass. Some violence and some strong language. 2002Lords of the white castle
By Elizabeth Chadwick, St. Martin`s Press. 2002
Twelfth-century England. A youthful rivalry between Prince John and courtier Fulke FitzWarin resurfaces when John, as king, refuses to grant…
Fulke's rightful fiefdom. Fulke is also denied love: tempestuous Maude marries another. Renouncing his loyalty, Fulke becomes an outlaw determined to restore his legacy. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2000The dolphins of Laurentum (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #4)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2003
Italy, A.D. 79. Following The Assassins of Rome (DB 57894) Flavia Gemina's family is bankrupt after their trading ship sinks.…
Flavia and her friends Lupus, Nubia, and Jonathan plan to retrieve sunken treasure, but the slave dealer who killed Lupus's parents is also after the loot. For grades 5-8. 2003The assassins of Rome (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #5)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2003
Rome, A.D. 79. Jonathan, from Pirates of Pompeii (DB 57213), on a twofold quest to find his long lost mother…
and warn the emperor of an assassination plot, joins Jewish uncle Simeon. Danger lurks in the palace, where Jonathan's friends Nubia, Lupus, and Flavia Gemina follow him. For grades 5-8. 2002A presumption of death (Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriet Vane Mysteries Ser. #2)
By Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton Walsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
Hertfordshire, England; 1940. Harriet, wife of Lord Peter Wimsey, is living in the country with her children while her husband…
is away fighting. After an air raid drill in the village, a glamorous city-bred girl doing wartime farmwork is found murdered. Harriet assists the police superintendent with the investigation. 2002Great lion of God
By Taylor Caldwell. 1970
A novel of the life of Saul, later to be St. Paul, who, as the pious and intellectual son of…
a wealthy Roman Jewish family, was both a scholar and a poet with a sense of sin and desire for forgiveness that overshadowed his entire life. 1970Greek gods and heroes
By Robert Graves. 1965
The man with the silver Oar
By Robin Moore. 2002
In 1718, fifteen-year-old Quaker Daniel Collins leaves his uncle's household in colonial Philadelphia to stow away on a ship whose…
mission is to track down a notorious pirate. Daniel is later surprised to discover the buccaneer's true identity. For grades 5-8. 2002The pirates of Pompeii (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #3)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2003
In the chaos after Mt. Vesuvius has erupted, burying Pompeii, Flavia Gemina and her friends seek shelter in a refugee…
camp where children begin disappearing. Flavia's investigations reveal that a powerful citizen may be involved. Sequel to The Secrets of Vesuvius (DB 57214). For grades 5-8. 2002The secrets of Vesuvius (The Roman Mysteries Ser. #2)
By Caroline Lawrence, Roaring Brook Press. 2001
Flavia Gemina, from The Thieves of Ostia (DB 55246), and her companions journey to her uncle's farm after rescuing Roman…
admiral Pliny from a capsized boat. On the farm there is a riddle to solve and signs that Mt. Vesuvius nearby will soon erupt. For grades 5-8. 2001