Audience: 11 and up
Rating: A-
Synopsis:
Lady Saren is faced with a tough choice: marry the man her father has chosen or be locked in a tower for seven years. Saren, who knows a dreadful secret about her betrothed, chooses the tower and is locked inside with a supply of food and a single maid, [...]

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Chronicles of Prydain: Book 2
Audience: 9 and up

Rating: B
Synopsis:
Taran, Eilonwy, Gurgi and the others are all back in the second part of this adventure. Gwydion has led them into a new adventure: seize the cauldron that Arawn has been using to create his corpse-warriors. This second book does much to advance the [...]

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The Shakespeare Stealer Series: Book 2
Audience: 10 and up
Rating: B
Synopsis:
Widge is finally beginning to feel comfortable with his role in the theater group when something arrives to upset everything. The plague is appearing in the city and all theaters must be closed until the illness passes. The Lord Chamberlain’s Men, the acting [...]

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