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Author
Series
Epona sequence volume 1
Pub. Date
c1998
Description
A towering saga of the dawn of history filled with heart-stopping adventuer, passionate romance, turbulent action, and unbridled desire.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 18
Description
A devious military officer schemes to infiltrate a hidden city deep in the heart of the Upper Egyptian desert, where bands of artisans prepare the tombs of the Pharaohs and a legendary stone of magical powers is protected by elite soldiers.
5) Kukum
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"A Quebec bestseller based on the life of Michel Jean's great-grandmother that delivers an empathetic portrait of drastic change in an Innu community. Kukum recounts the story of Almanda Sǐmon, an orphan raised by her aunt and uncle, who falls in love with a young Innu man despite their cultural differences and goes on to share her life with the Pekuakami Innu community. They accept her as one of their own: Almanda learns their language, how to live...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
"Wind: To match one's body with one's heart. Sand: To take the bearer where they wish. Song: In praise of the goddess Bird. Bone: To move unheard in the night. The Surun' do not speak of the master weaver, Benesret, who creates the cloth of bone for assassins in the Great Burri Desert. But Uiziya now seeks her aunt Benesret in order to learn the final weave, although the price for knowledge may be far too dear to pay. Among the Khana, women travel...
9) Whisperwood
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
When curious nomad Anna hears about Whisperwood, a town that’s not on any maps, that nobody goes to, and nobody comes from, she sees an opportunity to hide from her violent witch-hunting ex. But not everything is peaceful in the isolated community. A vanishing town, a gruesome funeral rite, an emergency field surgery—these surprises and more test Anna's resolve. Prevented from leaving the frontier settlement by folk magic she doesn’t understand,...
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 7
Description
Born deformed, Anibus is considered cursed and is left in the desert to die, but after being rescued and raised in secret, she leads a nomadic life, finding acceptance with a colony of artists which includes Kamal al-Din Bihzad, the most famous master of Persian painting.
Series
Woodbridge Trilogy volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Anne Yancy is a young vagrant who, despite suffering abuse all of her life, has grown strong and determined even as she secretly harbors a deep longing to belong. Nathan Woodbridge is a rich, Harvard-educated Puritan. Set in the year after the Salem Witchcraft Trials, Blood, Flesh, And Flame is the story of a Puritan town under attack. Anne knows the source. Nathan has no patience for superstition or anything smacking of the paranormal yet is assigned...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Secretly raised as a boy in her father's caravan and schooled in languages and the fine art of negotiation, Adira rejects the looming changes of womanhood that threaten her nomadic life and independence. With the arrival of two mysterious Northmen, rumored to be holy men, Adira's world unravels. She loses everything she values most, including the "Angel" who has awakened her desires. Caught between her culture and freedom, and tormented by impossible...
Pub. Date
2022
Description
Powerful motives drive Lady Amila and two serfs-siblings Rein and Eva-to forge an unlikely alliance and join the first German emigrants. Following a perilous escape and year-long journey, they learn the true intent of the Empress' Gift. To survive, the naïve trio and fellow colonists must utilize keen instincts and rapidly develop new skills to fight powerful enemies determined to see them fail.
Sparks fly as the intense drama unfolds. The pioneers...