Lynn Cullen, Author . HarperCollins $15.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-06-029133-4
Set in 1821 Indiana, Cullen's (The Mightiest Heart) well-worn tale of a pioneer girl's hardships begins on a grim note and becomes increasingly dismal as characters wallow in their separate woes. Nelly, along with her older brother, is still
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Lynn Cullen, Author . Bloomsbury $16.95 (307p) ISBN 978-1-59990-046-9
This sensitively sketched first novel paints a compelling portrait of 14-year-old narrator Cornelia and her conflicted relationship with her father, the famous painter Rembrandt. Cullen ably conjures the anxiety and loneliness of Cornelia’s...
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Lynn Cullen, Author . Putnam $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-399-15610-6
The largely unknown story of female Renaissance painter Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532–1625) is beautifully imagined here in YA novelist Cullen's sparkling adult debut. In a page-turning tale that brings to life the undercurrent of...
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Lynn Cullen, Author HarperCollins Publishers $14 (128p) ISBN 978-0-380-97647-8
Cullen buries her novel's worthy message--the importance of taking responsibility for one's actions--in a story line that is consumed with a single incident. After seventh-grader Kenny passes gas during gym class and blames it on Alice, a shy girl...
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Lynn Cullen, Author Clarion Books $13.95 (149p) ISBN 978-0-395-64527-7
Cullen's first book combines an element of fantasy with the popularity goals of a seventh-grader. Eleanor, newly transferred to Sagamore School after ``moving across town,'' wants desperately to befriend Misty, the school's undisputed princess. But...
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Lynn Cullen. Penguin, $25.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-399-15709-7
Juana of Castile, the third child of Isabel and Ferdinand of Spain, was an unlikely heir to the throne. As a carefree 14-year-old living in Barcelona, she has no hope of inheriting the crown over her older siblings. But in 1496, at 17, Juana is sent
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Lynn Cullen. S&S/Gallery, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4767-0291-9
Cullen, whose previous novels have focused on obscure women from the past, such as Juana of Castile (Reign of Madness) and Sofonisba Anguissola (The Creation of Eve), now turns her attention to Frances Sargent Osgood, a mid-19th-century poet and...
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Lynn Cullen. S&S/Gallery, $26 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4767-5896-1
The extraordinary relationship between the popular, complicated author Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, and his longtime secretary Isabel Lyon is wonderfully reimagined in this absorbing novel. Cullen (Mrs. Poe) depicts an immensely talented and...
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Lynn Cullen, Author, Charles A. Peck, Author, Jacqueline Rogers, Illustrator , illus. by Jacqueline Rogers. Holiday $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8234-1772-8
Using colloquial language and folk tale elements, Cullen (The Mightiest Heart
) employs the story of Noah's Ark as a vehicle to explain the special relationship between people and dogs. The story begins "way, way back, long before your great-
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Lynn Cullen, Author, Laurel Long, Illustrator Dial Books $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-2292-7
Welsh legend has it that as a boy, 12th-century Prince Llywelyn was blessed with a faithful dog named Gelert, and this strange and sentimental retelling marks novelist Cullen's (Stink Bomb; The Backyard Ghost) picture book debut. Llywelyn and his...
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Lynn Cullen, illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Dial, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3038-0
Imagined letters from the daughter of portrait painter Gilbert Stuart transport readers to the creation of one of the most famous paintings of the first U.S. president. Young Charlotte Stuart begins her first missive to George Washington apologizing
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Lynn Cullen, Author, Kathryn Hewitt, Illustrator Golden Books $14.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-307-41175-4
When the cobbler's daughter marries the wealthy Lord Leofric, she soon sees that his greed is forcing the villagers into poverty. Says he, ""The day I lower taxes is the day you ride naked through the streets of Coventry."" Lynn Cullen's picture-
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Lynn Cullen, Author, Amy Young, Illustrator , illus. by Amy Young. Bloomsbury $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58234-958-9
Loosely based on a true story, this picture book chronicles the French queen's journey from an Austrian girlhood to royal motherhood, as narrated by her beloved canine companion. Perhaps in an attempt to better the reputation conferred on Marie
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Lynn Cullen. Gallery, $27 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5011-3416-6
In this evocative Depression-era novel from Cullen (Mrs. Poe), two sisters must contend with past mistakes after a long estrangement. June and Ruth have always been at odds. As children, Ruth wanted what June had, whether it was toys, friends, or...
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Lynn Cullen. Berkley, $17 trade paper (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-43806-0
Cullen’s winning historical (after The Sisters of Summit Avenue) draws on the life of Dorothy Hortsmann, a doctor whose contribution to the development of the polio vaccine helped eradicate the disease. In 1940, Dorothy is rejected from Vanderbilt’s
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