As the daughter of a newspaper reporter, fourteen-year-old Libby keeps a diary account of the exciting events surrounding her during the building of the Transcontinental Railroad in the West in 1868.
Kristiana Gregory Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
Kristiana Gregoryová je uznávaná autorka, ktorá sa zameriava na pútavé historické romány, predovšetkým pre mladých dospelých čitateľov. Jej tvorba sa často ponára do tém ako imigrácia a spoločenské výzvy, odohrávajúce sa v detailne vykreslenom historickom prostredí. Gregoryová dokáže majstrovsky vtiahnuť čitateľov do svojich príbehov prostredníctvom pútavého rozprávania a precíznych opisov, ktoré oživujú minulosť. Jej schopnosť spájať napínavé dejové línie s hlbokým vhľadom do ľudskej skúsenosti ju robí dôležitou postavou v literatúre pre mladých dospelých.
3 JANUARIUS, MORNINGI could feel my insides shaking. Would this sister try to poison me? Yes, I believe so. As for my other older sister, Berenice -never! She and I adore each other even thought I am eight years younger.I keep the coup and raised it toward Tryphanea as if toasting for her, but really I was watching the liquid, looking for oil floating in its surface, or powder sticking to the sides of the cup. If I suspected poison and tossed it into the pool, she would have her guards behead me on the spot. If it was indeed poison, one sip and I could die...My eyes closed as I took the first sip, as if savoring such an excellent taste, but really my thought was, O Isis, I'm afraid... My stomach turned with nervousness, or was it for the fearsome death beginning in me?
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
- 164 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail
The Stowaway
- 144 stránok
- 6 hodin čítania
Kristiana Gregory's swashbuckling tale of a young boy's encounter with a true pirate is being repackaged with a new cover. This high seas adventure is full of historic facts and nefarious characters.The year is 1818, and the coastal village of Monterey, California, is a peaceful home for 11-year-old Carlito and his family ... until pirate ships appear on the horizon. Carlito and his friends are excited at first. They can't wait to see what real pirates look like. But once the ships drop anchor, they attack. And on one terrible night, Carlito witnesses a murder - his father's. When Carlito climbs on the pirate ship in search of revenge, the ship sets sail and he becomes a stowaway. Can Carlito bring his father's murderer to justice? Or will he suffer the same horrendous fate?
The Winter of Red Snow
- 173 stránok
- 7 hodin čítania
Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General Washington prepares his troops to fight the British.
Earthquake at Dawn
- 208 stránok
- 8 hodin čítania
Photographer Edith Irvine and her assistant survive the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906 and risk their lives to document the devastation through photography.