Carolyn Meyer
Author
Series
Young royals volume 2
Language
English
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Description
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 3
Language
English
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Description
In 1520, thirteen-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will kneel at her feet.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Convicted of plotting against her cousin Queen Elizabeth I of England and awaiting execution in 1587, Mary Stuart, queen of Scotland, recounts her life story, including becoming a widow at age eighteen and her brutal campaign to regain her sovereignty after being stripped of her throne.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
This “rewarding historical novel” recounts the dramatic story of Catherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII’s six wives (Booklist).
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine’s parents...
England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine’s parents...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
Award-winning author Carolyn Meyer's ANASTASIA is back in print with a gorgeous new package!Anastasia is the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II, ruler of Russia. Anastasia is used to a life of luxury; her major concerns are how to get out of her detested schoolwork to play in the snow, go ice-skating, or have picnics. She wears diamonds and rubies, and every morning her mother, the princess, tells her which matching outfit she and her three...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Formats
Description
When renowned beauty Helen runs off to Troy with Prince Paris, her enraged husband, King Menelaus, starts the Trojan War, leaving their plain daughter, Hermione, alone to witness the deaths of heroes on both sides and longing to find her own love and place in the world. Includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 6
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
Description
The dizzying rise and horrific downfall of the last queen of France from the New York Times bestselling author of Duchessina.
From the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie-Antoinette. Desperate for affection and subjected to constant scrutiny, this spirited young woman can't help but want to let loose with elaborate parties, scandalous fashions, and
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
204 pages : illustrations, map, geneological table ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabella, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.
13) Victoria rebels
Author
Series
Young royals volume 8
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Through diary entries, reveals the life of Britain's strong-willed and short-tempered Queen Victoria from the age of eight through her twenty-fourth birthday, up to her third wedding anniversary with her beloved Albert in 1843.
14) White lilacs
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First Harcourt paperback edition.
Physical Desc
242 pages : map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1921 in Dillon, Texas, twelve-year-old Rose Lee sees trouble threatening her black community when the whites decide to take the land there for a park and forcibly relocate black families to an ugly stretch of territory outside the town.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 1
Publisher
Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
First Gulliver books paperback edition.
Physical Desc
227 pages : geneological table ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.
Author
Publisher
Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
348 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1926, droves of Americans traveled by train across the United States to visit the West. They ate at Harvey Houses, where thousands of well-trained waitresses provided first-class service. [This novel] tells the first-person story of one spunky girl, Kitty Evans, as she faces the often funny and painful experiences she and fellow waitresses Cordelia and Emmy endure"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 6
Publisher
Graphia
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
420 pages, 1 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In eighteenth-century France, Marie-Antoinette rails against the rules of etiquette that govern her life even as she tries to fulfill her greatest obligation, giving birth to the next king, but she finds diversion in spending money on clothing, parties, and gambling despite her family's warnings and the whispers of courtiers.
Author
Series
Young royals volume 5
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages : geneological table ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de Medici is raised in convents, then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII, arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.