The Old Willis Place

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Ghosts

Haunted Houses

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Diana and her little brother Georgie live in the woods behind an old decaying mansion. Why are they scared to leave the property? Why aren't they allowed to be friends with the caretaker's daughter? Why are they afraid to enter the Old Willis Place? Shivery - don't read this one alone at night.

Hahn, Mary Downing. The Old Willis Place. Clarion Books, ©2004

The Anybodies

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Identity

Magic

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Swapped at birth. A series of magical events. A mysterious man and strange occurences. Who are the Anybodies? Fantasy lovers will enjoy this one - told with tongue-in-cheek Snickety style humor.

Bode, N. E. The Anybodies. HarperCollins, ©2004

The Ravenmaster's Secret

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Tower of London

Ravens

Yoeman Warders

Jacobites

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Off with their heads! In 18th century England, people dressed in their finest flocked to the town square to watch prisoners be executed. Forrest befriends a Scottish Jacobite prisoner who is his age and she is about to be executed. Will he just go watch? Or will he risk his life to save a friend? Woodruff makes you feel like you're there - in the filth, squalor, torture and bravery of another time.

Woodruff, Elvira. The Ravenmaster's Secret. Scholastic, ©2003

Listening for Lions

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East African History - 20th Century

Orphans

Influenza

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Rachel loves Africa - it's the only home she has ever known. Her missionary parents have let her run as wild and free as the animals she has come to love but an influenza epidemic changes everything. A stuffy old English mansion with a dying old man and criminals who force her to stay there contrast like sunshine and rain with the life she had before. Can she escape a life of deception and find her way home? A little girl grows up to be a strong and admirable woman in a time when it wasn't easy for women to succeed.

Whelan, Gloria. Listening for Lions. HarperCollins, ©2005