<div><P><B>From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel <I>Homeless Bird </I>comes &#8220;an absorbing saga&#8221;* about a young heroine coming of age in the tumultuous years leading up to the Russian revolution.</B></P><P>Gripping, accessible historical fiction that's perfect for schools and classrooms, as well as for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein. </P><P>In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees St. Petersburg as a magical place.</P><P>The daughter of a lady in waiting to the Empress, Katya spends all her time with the Grand Duchesses, and the royal family feels like her own. But outside the palace, a terrible war is sweeping through Europe, and Russia is beginning to crumble under the weight of a growing revolution.</P><P>Now, as Katya&#8217;s once-certain future begins to dissolve, she must seek to understand what is happening to her beloved country and, for the first time in her life, take charge of her own destiny. </P><P>With her trademark lyricism, spare prose, and strong young heroine, award-winning author Gloria Whelan has again taken a chapter from history and transformed it into  compelling historical fiction.</P><P><I>*Kirkus</I></P></div>

Angel on the Square

<div><B>An elderly woman and a young boy team up to save the countryside</B><BR /><BR /> Old Frances Crawford is looking for wild mushrooms when she hears the gunshot. A few minutes later, the teenage hunter blunders into her clearing, two dead rabbits over his shoulder. As an apology for hunting on her land, Wilson offers her one of the rabbits, and Frances is happy to take it. She hasn&rsquo;t been able to afford meat for some time. He is handing it over when she falls at his feet in a dead faint.<BR /><BR /> Wilson carries Frances home and the two get to talking&mdash;about fossils, about the woods, about the best way to cook rabbit with wild mushrooms. Soon this tough old lady is teaching Wilson everything she knows about the forests of Northern Michigan. When an oil company threatens to destroy the natural landscape, these unlikely friends will work to save the woods that brought them together.<BR /><BR />  </div>

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A Clearing in the Forest

<div><B>In the depths of the Depression, a young girl goes to live in the country</B><BR /><BR /> Although the Depression has destroyed Detroit&rsquo;s economy, Elsa cannot imagine living anywhere else. She loves her friends, her family, and the hustle and bustle of the great industrial city. But when a mysterious illness forces her to miss half of fifth grade, her parents take drastic action and send her to stay with her grandmama to heal. Not just for a week. Not just for a month. For the entire summer.<BR /><BR /> Elsa is frightened of her stern German grandmother and doesn&rsquo;t think she could ever feel at home in the peaceful Michigan countryside. The nights are too quiet and the days are too boring, and she has nothing to amuse herself with except her journal. But as the Lake Huron summer wears on, Elsa learns to take joy in empty places and live for the beauty of nature.</div>

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That Wild Berries Should Grow

<div><B>To save his family, a logger goes down the river&mdash;and brings along his wife and daughter</B><BR /><BR /> When Annabel&rsquo;s father sells their house in Detroit, she is thrilled by the idea of life on a farm. But when they reach their little plot of land, she sees that her daddy has been swindled. The rocky ground is hard and unforgiving, and nothing will grow there. Ruined, her father has no choice but to take the only job he can find: chopping down trees in the lush Michigan forest. For Annabel, life in the camp is dreary&mdash;but it is about to get a whole lot worse.<BR /><BR /> When her father is chosen to accompany the year&rsquo;s load of logs as it floats down the river, Annabel and her mother take up residence in the wanigan, the floating cookshack that follows the men. This rough-hewn one-room cabin will house them for three months. As uncomfortable as it is, Annabel learns that sometimes, a river can be a home.</div>

The Wanigan

<div><B>As the Soviet Union crumbles, one ballerina dreams of Paris</B><BR /><BR /> It is 1991, and revolution is coming to the Soviet Union, but in Leningrad, life goes on as it always has. Food is scarce and luxuries are few, but for a young dancer named Tanya, life is a beautiful dream. She dances all day and all night, performing on the stage of the greatest theater in Russia. Her family has sacrificed everything for her dream, and their efforts are finally paying off. Soon the company will tour Europe, and Tanya will see Paris&mdash;a city so beautiful that she has begun to contemplate the unthinkable: leaving the Soviet Union forever.<BR /><BR /> Paris offers a chance for defection, which would mean saying good-bye to her family. But as the group prepares for the trip, politics and romance tempt her to stay in Leningrad. Soon Tanya must choose her path. Does her future lie in Paris&mdash;or in a new Russia?</div>

The Turning

<div><B>At the dawn of the Young Turk Revolution, an English girl goes on the adventure of a lifetime</B><BR /><BR /> For years Julia has stared at her globe, dreaming of countries on the other side of the earth. In 1907, when her father is assigned to go on a diplomatic mission to the exotic Ottoman Empire, Julia begs him not to leave her alone in the house that has been empty since her mother died. Although Julia is only sixteen and young women rarely travel abroad, her father relents. She will accompany him on his trip&mdash;seeing sights she never dreamed of that will change her life forever.<BR /><BR /> The land of the Turks is in the first days of a rebellion, and Julia&rsquo;s father has come to assess the revolt. In the endless deserts of Syria, Julia encounters ruins too old to be imagined, fascinating people, romance, and a revolution that will move her in ways she never thought possible.</div>

Parade of Shadows

<div><B>After her father&rsquo;s death, a girl adjusts to life away from the river she loves</B><BR /><BR /> The river is where Lily&rsquo;s father taught her to fish; it is where she played all summer; it is what sang her to sleep at night in their cabin. But when her father dies while fishing, it is the river that Lily blames. Unable to make ends meet, she and her mother sell their cabin and move into town to live above the family hardware store. Even though she&rsquo;s angry, the river keeps calling her home.<BR /><BR /> With a pair of wire cutters she borrowed from the store, Lily snips the fence that&rsquo;s keeping her out of their old property. Living in their cabin is a mysterious man named T. R. Tracy, a veteran who lost his legs in the war. Together they bond over the river, and together they will learn to forgive. </div>

Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky

<div><B>Prince Albert comes up with a royally creative solution to Queen Victoria&#8217;s modesty concerns in this true story that reveals an overlooked splash of history.</B><BR><BR>Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can&#8217;t quite figure out how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing her swimming suit. (Because, of course, such a sight would compromise her regal dignity.) Fortunately for the water-loving monarch, it&#8217;s Prince Albert to the rescue with an invention fit for a queen!<BR><BR>This quirky tale about the longest reigning monarch in British history is as fun as it is authentic, and the book includes a picture of the actual bathing machine Prince Albert created.</div>

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Books By Gloria Whelan (8 Books)

Angel on the Square

A Clearing in the Forest

That Wild Berries Should Grow

The Wanigan

The Turning

Parade of Shadows

Forgive the River, Forgive the Sky

Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine

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