Fourteen-year-old Jess relates her sea voyage with other English families to Roanoke Island in 1587, their attempt to make a permanent settlement, and Jess’s contact with the Croatoan Indians.
Secret of the Lost Colony (Impossible Dreamers)
Galileo and the Magic Numbers
Awakening of Europe (Story of the World #3)
Book III in The Story of the World series by M. B. Synge, “The Awakening of Europe” covers the reformation in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and England, as well as the settlement of colonies in America. The rise of England and the Netherlands as sea powers, and the corresponding fall of Spain, as well as the rise of Russia, Austria, and the German states are also presented. Suitable for children ages 11 and up to read to themselves and for children as young as 8 as a read-aloud. The Story of the World series, by M. B. Synge, comprises a set of five volumes, written at a middle school reading level, that cover all major events in the history of Western Civilization, from earliest recorded history to the close of the nineteenth century. With fifty or so short chapters in each volume, the series links the great eras in time and place together by a chain of stories of individuals who played principal parts in the events related. While statesmen and military commanders figure heavily in the narrative, stories of explorers, scientists, artists, authors, and religious figures are also presented. The author writes in an engaging fashion, using dialog frequently to bring scenes to life. She juxtaposes events happening at the same time in different parts of the world in a style reminiscent of the books of Genevieve Foster. This series is an excellent introduction to world history for adult readers as well as for children.
Michelangelo
When he was born, Michelangelo Buonarroti was put into the care of a stonecutter’s family. He often said it was from them that he got his love of sculpture. It certainly didn’t come from his own father, a respectable magistrate who beat his son when he asked to become an artists apprentice.
But Michelangelo persevered. His early sculptures caught the attention of Florence’s great ruler, Lorenzo de’ Medici, who invited the boy to be educated with his own sons. Soon after, Michelangelo was astonishing people with the lifelike creations he wrested from marble–from the heartbreaking Pieta he sculpted when he was only twenty-five to the majestic David that brought him acclaim as the greatest sculptor in Italy.
Michelangelo had a turbulent, quarrelsome life. He was obsessed with perfection and felt that everyone–from family members to his demanding patrons–took advantage and let him down. His long and difficult association with Pope Julius II yielded his greatest masterpiece, the radiant paintings in the Sistine Chapel, and his most disastrous undertaking, the monumental tomb that caused the artist frustration and heartache for forty years.
With her thoroughly researched, lively narrative and superbly detailed illustrations, Diane Stanley has captured the life of an artist who towered above the late Renaissance–and whose brilliance in architecture, painting, and sculpture amazes and moves us to this day.
Children’s Books 2000-NY Public Lib., Books for Youth Editor’s Choice 2000 (Booklist), Lasting Connections 2000 (Book Links), Best Books 2000 (School Library Journal), Top 10 Youth Art Books 2000 (Booklist), and Notable Children’s Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies 2001, National Council for SS & Child. Book Council
Leonardo Da Vinci (World Landmark Books W-27)
Unknown to History: Captivity of Mary of Scotland
Fictional story of Mary Queen of Scotland. Story is woven around a second daughter who has been unknow until now.
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Under Drake’s Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main
The struggle between Great Britain and Spain for supremacy of the high seas, as seen through the eyes of a sixteenth-century teenager, Ned Hearne. Along with three friends, young Ned is swept up in one adventure after another as he accompanies the daring English mariner Francis Drake on amazing voyages of discovery across the Pacific. An eyewitness to the great naval battle between the English fleet and the Spanish Armada, Ned has firsthand views of England’s rise as the world’s most powerful sea-going nation.
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Lady Flirts with Death (Simon & Elizabeth #3)
In this third book of the Simon & Elizabeth Mysteries‚ Elizabeth Tudor is declared a traitor and imprisoned in the Tower of London. Visiting the princess secretly‚ her friend Simon Maldon discovers another cause for worry. His friend Peto the Pope has been arrested for a murder he swears he did not commit.
As Simon frets over Elizabeth’s peril and Peto’s certain execution‚ his wife Hannah deals with her own mystery after taking in a frightened pregnant girl who‚ she later learns‚ is not as she first seemed. Neither Simon nor Hannah pays attention to the other’s problems‚ although they should. Matters spin quickly into grave danger‚ and they both might die as they try their best to save the lives of others.
Seraglio (Famous Women)
He is the most envied man in the world, yet he can no find peace. History itself records how Suleiman resolved all these dilemmas; but what he did in the end defies rational explanation.
So what really happened behind the doors of the Sublime Porte?
But there are wheels within wheels; in the Italian colony, two men and a woman inextricably enmeshed in the politics of the Harem struggle with similar questions of life and the passions of the heart; how far should we go to make someone love us?
This is the astonishing conclusion to the story begun in HAREM; from the shadowed cloister of the seraglio to the mountain fastnesses of Persia; from the private steam baths of pashas to the dusty battlefields of the steppe; from the Sultan’s palace to the midnight docks at Galata this is a tale of vengeance and devotion, ruthlessness and compassion, as astounding as it is true.
Original Title: The Sultan’s Harem
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