Esther Friesner
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 15
Description
It's 1910, and thirteen-year-old Raisa has just traveled alone from a small Polish shuttle all the way to New York City. It's overwhelming, awe-inspiring, and even dangerous, especially when she discovers that her sister has disappeared and she must now fend for herself. She finds work in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory sewing bodices on the popular shirtwaists. Raisa makes friends and even-dare she admit it?- falls in love. But then 1911 dawns, and...
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Determined to fend for herself in a world where only men have real freedom, headstrong Helen, who will be called queen of Sparta and Helen of Troy one day, learns to fight, hunt, and ride horses while disguised as a boy, and goes on an adventure throughout the Mediterranean world.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Still longing for adventure, Princess Helen of Sparta maintains her disguise as a boy to join her unsuspecting brothers as part of the crew of the Argo, the ship commanded by Prince Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 4
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Chased after by the prince and his soldiers for a crime she did not commit, Nefertiti finds temporary refuge in the wild hills along the Nile's west bank before returning to the royal court to plead her case to the Pharaoh.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 3
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Although she is a dutiful daughter, Nefertiti's dancing abilities, remarkable beauty, and intelligence garner attention near and far, so much so that her family is summoned to the Egyptian royal court, where Nefertiti becomes a pawn in the power play of her scheming aunt, Queen Tiye.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 6
Pub. Date
©2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 21
Description
As Himiko traverses ancient Japan in order to free enslaved members of her clan, she encounters members of many other tribes and emerges as the leader who will unify them.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 7
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Description
In Iron Age Ireland, Maeve, the fierce, willful youngest daughter of King Eochu of Connacht, is caught in a web of lies after rebelling to avoid fosterage with another highborn family and an arranged marriage.
Author
Series
Princesses of myth volume 2
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Description
Still longing for adventure, Princess Helen of Sparta maintains her disguise as a boy to join her unsuspecting brothers as part of the crew of the Argo, the ship commanded by Prince Jason in his quest for the Golden Fleece.