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1) Grave mercy
Author
Series
His fair assassin volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts.
2) Echoes
Author
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
324 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On the shores of Lake Geneva in 1915, the Jewish beauty Beata Wittgenstein falls in love with a Catholic French officer and marries him despite the wishes of her family, but when Hitler's terror arrives, Beata has to undertake a harrowing journey of survival.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 15
Physical Desc
457 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Returning home from the Crusades, Hugh discovers that his wife has been abducted by relic-seeking knights, prompting him to pose as a court jester in order to infiltrate the castle where his wife is imprisoned.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
255 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Arriving in Paris on the eve of the Munich Appeasement in 1938, Hollywood star Frederic Stahl is unwittingly entangled in the region's shifting political currents when he discovers that his latest film is linked to the destinies of fascists, German Nazis, and Hollywood publicists.
7) Dark triumph
Author
Series
His fair assassin volume 2
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Physical Desc
387 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sybella's duty as Death's assassin in fifteenth-century France forces her return home to the personal hell that she had finally escaped.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
533 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.
Author
Series
Burning Chambers volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 578 pages : map, illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Circe France, 1562: Nineteen-year-old Minou Joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshop. Sealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: SHE KNOWS THAT YOU LIVE. But before Minou can decipher the mysterious message,a chance encounter with a young Huguenot convert, Piet Reydon, changes her destiny forever. For Piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need Minou's help if he is to stay alive."--
10) Mortal heart
Author
Series
His fair assassin volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 23
Physical Desc
444 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Annith's worst fears are realized when she discovers that, despite her lifelong training to be an assassin, she is being groomed by the abbess as a Seeress, to be forever shut up in the convent of Saint Mortain.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
It was D-Day and the Allies were firing from their battleships trying to crush the Nazi defenses on the cliffs. The Allies wanted to clear the way before their soldiers poured onto the beaches. I Survived the Battle of D- Day, 1944 brings to life the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II.
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 35
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Jack and Annie visit the Paris World's Fair of 1889 in an effort to protect four scientific pioneers from an evil sorcerer.
14) Enchantée
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 19
Physical Desc
449 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After smallpox takes their parents, seventeen-year-old Camille supports herself and her sister by magically transforming herself into a baroness in the court at Versailles, then faces difficult choices as the French Revolution looms.
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 26
Language
English
Description
When Sybella discovers there is another trained assassin from St. Mortain's convent deep undercover in the French court, she must use every skill in her arsenal to navigate the deadly royal politics and find her sister-in-arms before her time--and that of the newly crowned queen--runs out.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to unearth the treasure and use it to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment,...
Author
Series
Infinity ring volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
When thousands of Viking warriors descend on medieval Paris, Dak is captured and forced to work with the invaders while Sera and Riq defend the city, a situation that places them on opposing sides.