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Bibliography: Patterson, James. (1976). The Thomas Berryman Number. New York: Little, Brown. ISBN: 978-0446600453 Plot Summary:  The story of the investigation of Nashville reporter Ochs Jones into the murder of Jimmie Lee Horn, one of Nashville’s first black mayors. Jones meets with friends and family of an assassin named Thomas Berryman and discovers everything people thought they knew about [...]

Bibliography:  Harvey, Alyxandra. (2010).  Blood Feud.  New York: Walker Books for Young Readers.  ISBN: 978-0802720962 Plot Summary:  Continuing where Hearts at Stake left off, vampire clans are converging for the coronation of a new queen, Helena Drake.  The Drake family is working hard to negotiate peace and alliances with other clans.  A delegate from the much [...]

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 [...]

Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010). The Agency Book 2: The Body at the Tower. Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN: Plot Summary:  On her second case for the Agency, Mary Quinn finds herself in the seamy side of Victorian London, pretending to be a boy while she spies on the construction site of the clock tower of [...]

Bibliography:  Baratz-Logsted, Lauren. (2010).  The Education of Bet. New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN: 978-0547223087 Plot Summary:  In 19th century England, Bet and Will, childhood friends though she is a daughter of a maid and he the son of  wealthy family, concoct a plan so both can get what they want.  Bet, an education, and [...]

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