Anne Nesbet
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Maya, in Paris with her family for a year, lands in the middle of the mysterious La Societé's quest for immortality when the magical Cabinet of Earths chooses her as its next Keeper, promising to restore her mother's health. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Lights! Camera! Kidnapping? It's 1914, and twelve-year-old Darleen Darling has the most exciting job in the world--she gets to dangle from cliffs and stop moving trains and soar through the sky in runaway balloons! Yes, that's right: Darleen is a hero and a star--in the make-believe world of the movies. With her worried Paper, her studio, and the whole Darling family all depending on her, Darlee has to make the world believe in her stunts and film...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After she is sent to her grandmother's orphanage in Maine when her father becomes a fugitive from the law in 1940s America, Augusta Neubronner has to deal with her classmates' suspicions over her German name and tries to find comfort in playing in the orphanage band.