Jane Louise Curry
Author
Language
English
Description
Poor Tom's Ghost-dramatic, wholly convincing, a fascinating intermingling of the centuries-portrays a family whose uncertain bonds are tested and strengthened by a threat from the past. When the Nicholas family first sees the derelict old house near London that has been left to them in Aunt Deb's will, they are sadly disappointed. Thirteen-year-old Roger is the most disappointed, since, having moved place to place all his life with his gifted actor-father,...
7) Ghost Lane
Author
Series
Publisher
Atheneum
Pub. Date
1979
Language
English
Description
Three children in an English village face danger as they try to track down the criminals responsible for burglaries in a strange old house.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
As the child of two musicians, twelve-year-old James has no interest in music until he discovers a portal to seventeenth-century London in his uncle's basement, and finds himself in a situation where his beautiful voice and the fact that he is biracial might serve him well.
14) A stolen life
Author
Publisher
McElderry Books
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
In 1758 in Scotland, teenaged Jamesina MacKenzie finds her courage and resolution severely tested when she is abducted by "spiriters" and, after a harrowing voyage across the Atlantic, sold as a bond slave to a Virginia planter.