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(0)Rachel Field
Author
Language
English
Description
This number-one bestselling novel is based on the true story of one of the most notorious murder cases in French history. The heroine, Henriette Deluzy-Desportes, governess to the children of the Duc de Praslin, found herself strangely drawn to her employer; when the Duc murdered his wife in the most savage fashion, she had to plead her own case before the Chancellor of France in a sensational murder trial that helped bring down the French king. After...
3) Calico Bush
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.
Author
Publisher
Macmillan
Pub. Date
c1957
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Hitty, a doll carved from mountain ash in the nineteenth century, writes the story of her eventful life from the security of an antique-shop window which she shares with Theobold, a rather overbearing cat. Her career began in a quiet Maine village,