Rosie Jones
1) The Belles
Author
Series
Belles ; 1
Language
English
Description
"In a world where Beauty is a commodity only a few control, one Belle will learn the dark secrets behind her powers, and rise up to change the world"--
"In the opulent world of Orléans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. Camellia Beauregard wants to be the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orléans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as...
Author
Language
English
Description
Enduring privation when Japan declares war on England, a teacher at a British missionary school in China is sent to a distant internment camp, where she provides support and instruction to incarcerated children taken from their parents.
China, December 1941. Elspeth Kent left England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China. Ten-year-old Nancy Plummer has always felt safe at Chefoo School, protected by her British status. When...
Author
Series
Belles ; 2
Language
English
Description
Queen Sophia's Imperial forces will stop at nothing to keep the rebels from returning Princess Charlotte to the castle and her rightful place as queen. With the help of an underground resistance movement called The Iron Ladies-- a society that rejects beauty treatments entirely-- and the backing of alternative newspaper The Spider's Web, Camille uses her powers, her connections and her cunning to outwit her greatest nemesis, Sophia, and restore peace...
4) Iceberg
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Hazel Rothbury stows away aboard the Titanic and, with the help of a porter named Charlie and a first-class passenger named Sylvia, she sets out to explore the great ship, uncovering a haunting mystery--until the ship hits an iceberg and she must fight to save herself and her friends."--
5) Poisoned
Author
Language
English
Description
"In this adaptation of the fairy tale Snow White, the huntsman follows the queen's order to kill Sophie, but the princess is brought back to life by the seven men of the woods, who, along with other brave friends, help Sophie overcome the story's true villain and reclaim her throne." --
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A secret beats inside Anna Thatcher's chest: An illegal clockwork heart. Anna works cog by cog -- donning the moniker Technician -- to supply black market medical technology to the sick and injured, against the Commissioner's tyrannical laws. Nathaniel Fremont, the Commissioner's son, has never had to fear the law. Determined to earn his father's respect, Nathaniel sets out to capture the Technician. But the more he learns about the outlaw, the more...
Author
Series
Emry Merlin ; 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Emry, the daughter of the famed wizard Merlin, must disguise herself as her twin brother to learn magic in Prince Arthur's court, where she finds scandal, danger, and romance"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London) The New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists is back: They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely,...
Author
Series
Belles ; 3
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Rebellious and outspoken Edel Beauregard enters the Beauty Trials--a deadly competition to find the next Queen of Orleans."--
10) The sky weaver
Author
Series
Iskari ; 3
Language
English
Description
"Sworn enemies Safire and Eris journey from the port city of Darmoor to the fabled Sky Isles in an effort to track down Asha, the last Namsara. From the port city of Darmoor to the fabled faraway Star Isles, their search and their stories become woven ever more tightly together as they discover that the uncertain fate they're hurtling toward just may be a shared one -- in this world and the next." --
11) Emeralds & Ashes
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Formats
Description
For fans of Bridgerton, this finale concludes the tale of two worlds, utterly different yet entangled, where ruthless ambition, forbidden attraction, and unspoken dreams are hidden behind dutiful smiles and glittering jewels.
"A thoroughly satisfying romp...Breathless readers will look forward to the next sudsy chapter in this planned series." — Kirkus Reviews
The murmurs of war have turned into a bloody conflict that will
...Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
One house, two worlds... Rose Cliffe has never met a young lady like her new mistress. Clever, rich, and beautiful, Ada Averley treats Rose as an equal. And Rose could use a friend. Especially now that she, at barely sixteen, has risen to the position of ladies' maid. Rose knows she should be grateful to have a place at a house like Somerton. Still, she can't help but wonder what her life might have been had she been born a lady, like Ada. For the...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From award-winning author Deborah Hopkinson comes an utterly charming, deftly crafted mystery about an intrepid young girl's quest to foil a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth I.
Emilia Bassano is a girl who relishes the music of words. Although she plays the lute and writes poetry, Emilia nurtures a dream: to hear her words come alive on stage. Emilia wants to write soliloquies for heroes and kings and queens of old, fashion
...Author
Publisher
Disney Hyperion
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A house divided... London is a whirl of balls and teas, alliances and rivalries. Rose has never felt more out of place. With the Season in full swing, she can't help but still feel a servant, dressed up in diamonds and silk. Then she meets Alexander Ross, a young Scottish duke. She has heard the rumors about Ross's sordid past just like everyone else has. Yet he alone treats her as a friend. Rose knows better than to give her heart to an aristocrat...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"As World War II raged, millions of young Jewish people were caught up in the horrors of the Nazis' Final Solution. Many readers know of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi state's genocidal campaign against European Jews and others of so-called "inferior" races. Yet so many of the individual stories remain buried in time. Of those who endured the Holocaust, some were caught by the Nazis and sent to concentration camps, some hid right under Hitler's nose, some...
Author
Publisher
Chicken House, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the face of overwhelming grief and bullying, tech-savvy Lydia pours all of herself into creating the perfect AI, the perfect boyfriend-but will Henry turn out to be perfect, or a creation of her cruelest self?"--
18) The white tower
Author
Publisher
Chicken House/Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Livy's accepted at Temple College, a school for the very brightest, no one is more surprised than her, though she has always felt different. Recently, Livy's been drawn to the roof, where, among its towering stone angels, she has the strangest desire to fly. But her behaviour is noticed by others, for whom the ability to defy gravity is a possible reality ... one that they'll stop at nothing to use for their own ends.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Melody Bird is fascinated by the walled off 'plague' house she discovered near the the graveyard, but she is even more fascinated by the mysterious boy, Hal, she finds living there in secret; he tells her he is a spy-in-training, a story that Melody's friends Matthew and Jake do not believe, and they set out to find out more--and uncover a riddle even more confusing than Hal's spy story." --
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Trial of the Amazons is an epic crossover event where all the Wonder Woman tribes will collide and compete for leadership. Discover who guides the Amazons into the future and who is trying to destroy them in the process! After the events of Nubia & the Amazons, the dangers of Doom's Doorway have found their way to Man's World and garnered the attention of not one, but all three Amazonian tribes. Tempers rise and swords are brandished as the women...
