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Bibliography: Lee, Y. S. (2012). The Agency: The Traitor and the Tunnel.  Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: 978-0763653163 Plot Summary:  Petty thefts have been reported at Buckingham Palace, and Mary Quinn is working undercover as a maid to try to catch the thief in action.    In between domestic chores and fending off the prince, little seems [...]

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Bibliography: Larkin, Jillian.  (2010).  Vixen: The Flappers #1. New York: Delacorte Books for Young Readers. ISBN:  978-0385740340 Plot Summary:  Gloria’s country cousin Clara comes to Chicago help with her wedding to society’s favorite son Sebastian Grey.  She catches the eye of debonair Marcus which raises the hackles of Gloria’s best friend Lorraine.  All three girls will be [...]

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Bibliography: Levine, Kristen. (2012). The Lions of Little Rock.  New York: Putnam Juvenile. ISBN: 978-0399256448 Plot Summary: In 1958 Little Rock, 12 year old Marlee becomes friends with new girl Liz.  Brave and never at a lack for words, she helps Marlee overcome her fear of speaking in class.  But when Liz is gone from school, [...]

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Bibliography: Hooper, Mary. (2011). Fallen Grace.  New York, Bloomsbury USA Children’s. ISBN: 978-1599905648 Plot Summary:  Penniless orphans Grace and her sister have just barely managed to avoid starving or freezing to death in Victorian London.  When Grace gives birth to a still born baby and sneaks it into the coffin of a well to do [...]

Bibliography: Oliviera, Robin. (2010).  My Name is Mary Sutter.  New York: Viking Adult. ISBN: 978-0670021673 Plot Summary:   Young Albany midwife Mary Sutter wants nothing more then to study to be a surgeon.  But the idea of female doctors is still foreign to most, and no one will take her as a student or apprentice.  At [...]

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