The Review

Jan 31, 2022

The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope

Summary: Kate Sutton, lady-in-waiting to the Lady Elizabeth, thought her life had turned upside-down when her mistress was exiled to a...

Dec 22, 2021

Acts of Courage: Laura Secord and the War of 1812 by Connie Brummel Crook

Summary: The true-life story of one of Canada's most notable female heroines, Laura Secord, is riddled with conflict. Born just prior to...

Dec 4, 2021

Isabel: Taking Wing by Annie Dalton

Summary: London, England 1592. Twelve-year-old Isabel Campion will never be like her older sister Sabine, but no one seems to want to...

Nov 24, 2021

Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

Summary: Forced to labor in a German work camp alongside other Ukrainian prisoners, Lida often wonders if she will ever see her little...

Oct 30, 2021

Hard Gold by Avi

Summary: Early Whitcomb wants more than anything to head west to join the Colorado Gold Rush. With the family farm at stake if the...

Oct 18, 2021

Rescue by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Summary: It’s been two years since Meg last saw her father, on the day he left to join the Allied forces. When she receives news that he...

Jun 1, 2021

Regina Silsby's Secret War by Thomas J. Brodeur

Summary: Regina Silsby’s been dead for years, but now she's back. Enter 16 year-old Rachel Winslow, the niece of eccentric, long-dead...

Apr 16, 2021

Words on Fire by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Summary: Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She spends her life avoiding the occupying Russian Cossack soldiers,...

Apr 5, 2021

A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen

Summary: Gerta's life fell apart the day the Berlin Wall was built. Her father and brother, having crossed the border the day before,...

Feb 23, 2021

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle doesn't know what she's getting herself into when she boards the Seahawk, a ship under the...