The Shakespeare Stealer Series: Book 1
Audience: 10 and up
Rating: B
Synopsis:
This is an interesting book that takes place in Shakespeare’s England. Widge is an orphan, who’s been trained in a special secret form of writing. When Widge is hired to steal the play Hamlet, he begins to wonder, for the first time, if [...]

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The Gemma Doyle Trilogy: Book 1
Audience: Young Adult
Rating: A
Synopsis:
This fantastic story is set in Victorian England. Gemma has just moved back to England from India after her mother dies in mysterious circumstances. At her new finishing school, Spence Academy, Gemma makes new friends and learns more about herself and the mystical other [...]

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Audience: Young Adult (mature content)
Rating: B
Synopsis:
Set at the turn of the twentieth century in upper crust Manhattan, The Luxe follows the lives of privileged teenagers as the discreetly, and not-so-discreetly break all the rules of etiquette and decorum. In a time when social conventions dictated behavior, these characters are breaking all the rules [...]

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