Graeme Malcolm
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
An unforgettable story of children in wartime, of heroism at sea, and--above all--of courage and the power of the human spirit.
On September 17, 1940, at a little after ten at night, a German submarine torpedoed the passenger liner S.S. City of Benares in the North Atlantic. There were 406 people on board, but the ship's prized passengers were 90 children whose parents had elected to send their boys and girls away from Great Britain to escape the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
With her renowned storytelling gifts in full force, Colleen McCullough delivers a breathtaking novel that proves once again that she is the top historical novelist of our time.
Grand in scope and vivid in detail, McCullough's gripping narrative thrusts readers headlong into the complex and fascinating world of Rome in the tumultuous last days of the Republic. At the height of his power, Gaius Julius Caesar becomes embroiled in a civil war in Egypt,...