Showing results by publisher "----RM Alexander" in Historical Fiction

Bloodied and barely conscious, a teenage boy wakes up at the side of a railway track in the middle of nowhere. It’s night and the dead of winter–bone-chillingly cold. Where he is and how he got there, he doesn’t remember. Nor does he remember anything else for that matter–not even his own name. The only clue left behind is a backpack covered in a foot of snow lying next to him. The one thing he knows for sure is that if he doesn’t get up and start moving, he’s going to freeze to death.

The 15th birthday is a huge event in Latin culture. When a young boy turns 15th, he is a man. On Ramon's 15th birthday a chain of events sets him on course for an adventure on the Caribbean and Atlantic filled with pirates and slavers.

Part dark gothic fantasy, part journey into the bizarre, this delicious blending of tall tales and Latin American surrealism will haunt you as you devour it! "Highly imaginative and powerfully affecting."—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review 1836, Wisconsin. Catalina lives with her pa and brother in...

Ethel Rosenberg's story is seldom told and not widely known. What tends to be told is the life of a convicted spy who was killed for her beliefs, a victim of social injustice. Barbara Krasner pays tribute to this complex and misunderstood woman and lets her sing—sing out about her childhood, her dreams to perform on stage, her love for a college boy with shared ideals, her tender love for her husband and sons, and her deep love for what she felt was right for her country and the world.

Mit aufgebundenen Helmen und hocherhobenen Speeren nahten die beiden Kämpfer auf ihren Streitrossen der Stelle der Schranken, wo der König mit der Königin saß. Hier verneigten sie sich und baten den König noch einmal, das Gottesurteil zwischen ihnen stattfinden zu lassen. Der König nickte Gewähr; die Trompeten schmetterten, die Ritter banden sich die Helme zu und sprengten jeder an ein Ende des weiten Platzes, um auf das gegebene Zeichen der Kampfrichter aufeinander los zu stürzen.

Der Kaiser Konstantin von Kostenopel war ein griesgrämiger und bärbeißiger Tyrann. Die Kaiserin, seine Gemahlin, und seine schöne Tochter Oda hatten viel unter den üblen Launen und unter dem Zorn des bösen Kaisers zu leiden. Wenn etwas nicht nach seinem Willen ging, dann ergrimmte Kaiser Konstantin und brüllte in seinem Zorn fast ebenso wie der zahme Löwe, den er immer als Wächter bei sich hatte. Wehe, wenn der Zorn des Königs erst bis zum Gebrüll gekommen war und der Löwe mitbrüllte.

Ger, der König des Irenlandes war gestorben. Witwe wurde seine Gattin Ute, und beider Sohn Siegband besteig den Königsthron des Irenlandes. Sieben Fürsten mit viertausend Recken waren untertan dem jungen Könige. Unter all diesen Recken aber war im Kampf-Spiel der beste Jung-Siegband, des Landes König. Als nun die Trauerzeit vorüber war, mahnte Frau Ute ihren königlichen Sohn, nach den Sitten des Landes ein Weib zu freien. Genug Trauer sei im Lande gewesen, und in Freude sollte sich der Schmerz verkehren.

515 d.C. Il regnum Italiae è sotto il controllo del goto Teodorico e solo Vaèl, la terra dei salvanes, ancora resiste all’invasore. Quando la spietata Amala riesce a guidare l’esercito gotico oltre le sue porte e a sottomettere la popolazione, il giovane Dola viene incolpato dell’accaduto. Di aspetto umano, ma cresciuto a Vaèl, lui è disposto a tutto pur di dimostrare di essere ancora degno del Nesso, il sacro legame che unisce le anime dei salvanes. Anche a imbarcarsi in un’impresa suicida.

Los chicos de Huaxia sueñan con ser emparejados con una chica para poder convertirse en pilotos de crisálidas, los gigantes mecanizados que se usan para luchar contra las criaturas que acechan al otro lado de la Gran Muralla. El mayor honor para una chica de Huaxia es que la seleccionen como piloto-concubina, aunque esto signifique una muerte segura. Cuando su hermana muere en una crisálida, Zetian le toma el relevo para vengarla.

El poder es embriagador, como el primer amor puede dejarte sin aliento. Desde su nacimiento, la princesa Beatrice lo posee. La princesa Samantha nació con menos. Algunos, como Nina González, se sienten atraídos por él. Otros se abrirán camino para conseguirlo. Sí, estamos pensando en tí, Daphne Deighton. Mientras América intenta acostumbrarse a ver a una mujer en el trono... Beatrice lidia con todo lo que perdió cuando ganó la corona; Samantha está ocupada haciendo honor a su fama de princesa fiestera.

Edith still has much to learn about the art of ruling a kingdom, but when her parents, sisters, and mentor are murdered, she is faced with the much harder challenge of staying alive long enough to get her revenge.

As the clock ticks forward to midnight during Wendy Davis’s historic filibuster of the abortion bill HB2 in June 2013, an Austin teen grapples with his past mistakes, the complex issue of abortion, and the kind of person he wants to be. It’s been a rough year for Alex Collins. In the past...

Eine Begegnung, die dein Leben verändert "Ihr seid mein engster Vertrauter. Worum ich Euch bitte, darf niemand erfahren." Kjar ist Leibwächter der Königin. Sie befiehlt ihm, einen Jungen namens Jorin in ihre Festung zu holen. Kjar tritt die weite Reise nur widerwillig an: Mit Kindern kann er nichts anfangen. Warum nur hat die Königin ihm befohlen, Jorin zu ihr zu bringen? Und wieso hängt ein Königswächter am Galgen, als Kjar aus der Festung reitet? Tauche ein in ein spannendes Mittelalter-Abenteuer mit Helden, die ans Herz wachsen.

For siblings Henrietta and Clifton Nichols, life in colonial Savannah is happy and quiet. Their childhood is idyllic. But when beautiful but willful Henrietta dreams of marrying into high society, Clifton takes it upon himself to protect her from the philandering man who has set his sights on her.

Stepping Over Rooftops is the historical tale of a young Italian nurse trainee’s journey into adulthood as she works alongside patients, teachers, and other students to contribute to the promise of America through healthcare.

Barbara Henderson has woven a thrilling origin story around the enduring mystery of the Lewis Chessmen, their creation in Norway, and how they ended up buried in the Hebrides before being discovered on Lewis in 1831.

From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them...

A teenage boy becomes stranded in the remote woodlands of Northern Canada after his bush plane crashes and he is left as the sole survivor. With next to nothing, except the clothes on his back and a few items found from the crash site, he struggles to survive. He faces many dangers, but the biggest danger, one far greater than starvation, hypothermia or the threat of predators, is the danger he never sees coming until it’s almost too late.

In the Remixed Classics series, authors from marginalized backgrounds reinterpret classic works through their own cultural lens to subvert the overwhelming cishet, white, and male canon. This queer YA reimagining of The Secret Garden subverts the cishet and white status quo of the original in a...

In the early dawn hours of September 8, 1939, 10-year-old Dina Frydman sits at her bedroom window, watching storm clouds blacken the horizon. Nightmares have kept her awake all night. She hears a distant rumble as the tanks roll into Radom. The Nazis have conquered Poland and nothing will ever be the same. Dina and her family prepare for the worst. But they could never imagine what the worst would be.