Hey, Didi Darling1 review S.A. Kennedy Houghton Mifflin (Juv), 1983 Fast, fun and clever This is a GREAT pre-teen novel that entertains without condescending (a tough job for this age group!). It's great reading for adults too, actually, although it's certainly a fast read. It's funny and snappy and the characters are so much fun and so easy to feel for at the same time. I'm not ...             Runaway to Freedom: A Story of the Underground Railway (Harper Trophy Books)2 reviews Barbara Smucker HarperTrophy, 1979 An indepth look at the horrible world of slavery. + Runnin for freedom We think that this book was a good way for kids to get a look at what history was like. The book was so amazingly detailed that you really could relate to how the characters felt. We belive that anybody interested in history, adventure, or just plain like to read would enjoy this book.             The Ballad of Mulan2 reviews Song Nan Zhang Pan Asian Publications (USA), 1998 Beautifully Done + Ballad Review This version of the original Mulan poem includes both the English translation and the original Chinese Characters. The artwork is beautiful, with lots of detail to look at on each page. There is also a short history of the poem included. I love this book because it is a great way to really share ...             The Minstrel's Tale15 reviews Berit Haahr Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2000 Best book ever + This Book is awesome! + Freedom of Music this book is the best book in the world. Robin is what makes the book good. The ending is grate. I would give this book ten stars. ** --             Riding Freedom84 reviews Pam Munoz Ryan Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999 I read this every year to my fourth graders! + great read for kids + Wonderful! + Taut and Mythic + emotional             Betrayal (Lady Grace Mysteries)6 reviews Grace Lady Cavendish Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2004 Queen Elizabeth I's Lady Pursuivant to the Rescue! + Betrayal + Really good! + fun and well-done + Surprisingly accurate medieval fiction             Far Traveler3 reviews Rebecca Tingle G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2005 The Wait Is Over + Okay book, but could be better This is Tingle's second book about 10th century England; I eagerly await a third. Once again, the central figure is a young girl making her way in a man's world -- in this case, Aelfwyn of Mercia, who disguises herself as a boy "scop" (wandering storyteller and singer) to escape the political ...             Sovay3 reviews Celia Rees Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2008 Courtesy of Teens Read Too + Good, But Could Be Much Better It's England, 1783. America has recently won independence and a revolution is going on in France. Anyone and everyone in England is suspect for treason, and spies are everywhere. Sovay Middleton donned a man's cloak and posed as a highway robber in order to prove her lover disloyal. But ...             Dove and Sword: A Novel of Joan of Arc (Point Signature)18 reviews Nancy Garden Point, 1997 absolutely breathtaking! + Fantastic Tale...but not about Joan of Arc + This book is GREAT!! I first read this book when i was in sixth grade and read it twice then, once in seventh, and once this past year in eighth. This book is wonderful and is my all-time favorite book. It changed my outlook on certain things in life and definatly caused an epiphany. The book is enrichened by ...             The Misadventures of Maude March10 reviews Audrey Couloumbis Yearling, 2007 Great for good elementary readers too + My eleven year old daughter loved this book. + Fun on the Western Frontier + Wow! + This is what a western should be!             The Storytelling Princess (Picture Puffins)3 reviews Rafe Martin Puffin, 2003 A Brand New Fairy Tale + A Prince and Princess Who Love to Read + A spunky, literate princess Once upon a time, a King told his son that the time had come for him to marry and he had arranged for the Prince to marry a Princess from a far off kingdom across the sea. The Prince, not happy with his fate and lack of choice declared, "I will only marry the Princess I pick for myself." But the ...             Nobody's Princess11 reviews Esther Friesner Random House Books for Young Readers, 2008 Who might Helen have been? + I'd always thought of Helen as just a pretty face, this book potrays her in a different light... + A Contemporary Mythology Lesson Helen of Sparta, more commonly called Helen of Troy, who possessed the face that launched a thousand ships. But who might she have been before her abduction started the ten year Trojan War? Esther Friesner attempts to find out. Summarizing this book is pretty much useless since it doesn't really ...             Ghost Horses (An Avon Camelot Book)1 review Pamela Smith Hill HarperTrophy, 1999 A teenage feminist at the turn of the (20th) century Tabitha's the daughter of a *very* conservative minister in North Dakota in 1899, when anthropologists are just beginning to show up looking for dinosaur skeletons. Her father's convinced these skeletons have been planted there by the devil, and forbid's Tabitha from even trying to learn more about ...             Elena's Serenade (Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature. Commended (Awards))8 reviews Campbell Geeslin Atheneum/Anne Schwartz Books, 2004 great book + Thouroughly enjoyable + Great for Glassblowers! + Read Aloud Winner + Cute book             Frank Thompson: Her Civil War Story1 review Bryna Stevens MacMillan Publishing Company, 1992 Rather simplistic telling of the life of a fascinating woman Emma Edmonds ran away from home to escape her father and an arranged marriage. She eventually settled in Flint, Michigan, where she pretended to be a man, using the name of Frank Thompson, both to protect herself and to enable herself to make a decent living (she sold Bibles door-to-door). When ...             The Dream-Maker's Magic11 reviews Sharon Shinn Viking Juvenile, 2006 Excellent + Angieville: THE DREAM-MAKER'S MAGIC + The Stuff Dreams are Made Of + Courtesy of Teens Read Too             A Girl Called Boy6 reviews Belinda Hurmence Sandpiper, 2006 O BOY + A Girl Called Boy + Good Book The story "A Girl Called Boy" is about a young eleven-year-old black girl that hates her name. She disslikes her name because it's innitials spell "BOY" (Blanche Overtha Yancey). She also disslikes her name on the account that it is a direct connectionwith traditional names that her ancesters, ...             Nowhere to Call Home12 reviews Cynthia DeFelice Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 1999 Deeply touching + skippers review + Can't Put the Book Down or Call Anywhere Home + A Hook Book             Lara at Athenry Castle (Hoofbeats, Book 3)1 review Kathleen Duey Puffin, 2005 A Kids Review on Lara at Athenry Castle Nine-year-old Larach was captured by one of her father's tuath's worst enemies, the Normans. She is allowed only a few crumbs of bread and a handful of cheese each morning and night. She struggles to stay with her beautiful moon-colored filly, Dannsair. Lara is unsure of what her future holds, but ...             The Secret Soldier: The Story Of Deborah Sampson (Scholastic Biography)29 reviews Ann McGovern, Katherine Thompson Scholastic Paperbacks, 1990 Response to Literature by Edith, Marisel, Rodolfo, and Joseph Response to Literature: The Secret Soldier By Edith, Marisela, Joseph, & Rodolfo This book is about a woman named Deborah Sampson who wants to have adventure. She is 18 years old. The woman wants to join the army. She had to dress like a man. Deborah Sampson had to change her name to Robert ...