Kathleen Karr
3) Skullduggery
Author
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In 1839, twelve-year-old Matthew's job as assistant to the phrenologist Dr. Cornwall takes him up and down the Eastern Seaboard and to Europe, as they rob graves and try to find out who is following them and why.
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 6
Description
In medieval Germany, fifteen-year-old Conrad, a court jester, and his beloved Christa, a servant girl, escape from a cruel master and journey through the countryside on a quest to find a kind lord who will give them sanctuary.
5) The boxer
Author
Pub. Date
2000.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 4
Description
Having learned how to box while in prison, fifteen-year-old Johnny sets out to discover if he can make a d ecent living as a fighter in late nineteenth-century New York City.