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New Additions 2005

This bibliography is being continually updated. Below are the titles of all books added in 2005. Click on the link and you will be taken to the note on the book except where the book is one of a series. In this case you will be taken to the first book of the series and you can then scroll down.

The Abbey Mysteries. The Buried Cross, Cherith Baldry

In section Middle Ages. Younger children 2.

The first in a series of medieval mysteries for readers from eight to twelve.

Green Jasper, K.M. Grant

In section Middle Ages. Teenagers.

This is a sequel to Blood Red Horse. King Richard is in prison in Austria and Prince John is trying to take the throne of England. And John has promised the evil Constable de Scabious that he can marry Ellie.

Click on the link and you will be taken to the review on Blood Red Horse and can scroll down

Brind and the Dogs of War, Christopher Russell

In section Middle Ages. Younger Children 2.

A young English kennel boy at the Battle of Crecy.

Three Blind Eyes, Alison Prince

In section Nineteenth Century. Adventure in London.

A young girl who has led a sheltered and comfortable life finds that her father is addicted to gambling. He loses his house which is taken over by a gang of criminals and his daughter is forced to help them.

Blitz Boys, Linda Newbery

In section Twentieth Century. The Second World War. Britain. Younger children.

A young boy in London during the blitz makes friends with a runaway and learns some serious lessons about the true nature of courage.

Hitler’s Canary, Sandi Tosvik,

In section Twentieth Century. The Second World War -- Europe.

The German occupation of Denmark as seen through the eyes of a young boy.

The Balloon Boy of San Francisco, Dorothy Kupcha Leland

In section America 1.

A young newspaper boy in San Francisco during the gold rush.

Weather Boy, Steve McCoy-Thompson

In section Twentieth Century -- The Second World War -- D-Day.

Modified fantasy. A ten-year-old American boy receives an electric shock and is able to see what the weather is going to be. He is taken to England and works with the army metereologists and General Eisenhower himself to try and find the right day for the D-Day invasion. Highligths an often overlooked fact about D-Day, namely the importance of the weather.

Victrix. Triumph in the Roman Arena, Frances Hendry

In section Roman Times -- Older Children

This is the second book in the trilogy about Victoria, the half Roman half Iceni gladiatrix. Click on the link and you will be taken to the first book of the trilogy

Secrets of the Fearless, Elizabeth Laird

In section Nineteenth Century -- The Navy

Adventure story set during the Napoleonic Wars. A young boy is pressed into the Navy and has to learn to be a powder monkey. Then he finds a new career in espionage.

The Lady Grace Mysteries. Exile, Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler

In section The Sixteenth Century -- Queen Elizabeth. The Lady Grace Mysteries.

The fifth in the Tudor mystery series about Lady Grace, maid of honour and secret Lady Pursuivant to Queen Elizabeth.

Click on the link and you will be taken to the first book in the series and scroll down.

Mudlark, John Sedden

In section Twentieth Century -- First World War

Two urchins try to discover who is committing a series of murders in Portsmouth at the beginning of the First World War.

Under a War-Torn Sky, L. M. Elliott

In section Twentieth Century -- Second World War -- Europe

A young American pilot is shot down in Alsace and, with the help of the French Resistance, tries to make his way home.

Stella, Catherine R. Johnston

In section Nineteenth Century -- General

London, 1898. The guardian of a sixteen-year-old girl dies leaving her to fend for herself.

Blitzed, Robert Swindells

In section Twentieth Century -- Second World War -- 10--14

A boy visits the WWII museum at Eden Camp and finds himself transported back to London in 1940.

The Dragon's Head Company, Alan Childs

In section Sixteenth Century -- General

A group of strolling playeras give a performance of George and the Dragon before Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Then the actors are accused of stealing a valuable jewel.

Nicola and the Viscount, Meg Cabot

In section Nineteenth Century -- General

A teenage romance story set in London. Also contains some interesting information about the beginnings of the railways.

Victoria and the Rogue, Meg Cabot

In section Nineteenth Century -- General

A teenage romance story set in London in 1810.

Generals die in Bed. A Novel from the Trenches, Charles Yale Harrison

In section Twentieth Century -- First World War

The experiences of a young Canadian soldier in the trenches. 14 to adult

The Charioteer's Son, Stephanie Baudet

In section Roman Times -- Younger Children

Bath in the 4th century AD. A young boy gets the opportunity to rescue the young daughter of his master from kidnappers and win freedom for himself and his family.

Feast of Fools, Bridget Crowley

In section Middle Ages -- Teenagers

A medieval mystery set against the background of a cathedral choir school just before the expulsion of the Jews from England in 1290.

Henry of York and the Secret of Juan de Vega, Kent Holsather

In section America 2 -- Twentieth Century

Bellingham near Seattle in 1908. Two thirteen year-olds, a murder mystery and a search for an ancient treasure.

The Lady Grace Mysteries. Deception, Jan Burchett and Sara Vogler

In section The Sixteenth Century -- Queen Elizabeth -- The Lady Grace Mysteries.

The fourth book in the Tudor mystery series about Lady Grace, Maid of Honour and Lady Pursuivant to Queen Elizabeth. Murder during a frost fair.

Click on the link and you will be taken to the first book in the series.

 

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