Staton Rabin, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.95 (294p) ISBN 978-0-689-85880-2
Rabin (Casey Over There
) takes the inspiration for her entertaining if far-fetched account of Napoleon Bonaparte's final years from the life of a real British 14-year-old, Betsy Balcombe. The story begins in the fall of 1815, as the defeated...
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Staton Rabin, Author . S&S/McElderry $17.99 (273p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0208-9
Rabin’s story takes a while to hit its stride, but once it does it becomes a fine historical time-travel adventure. The year is 1916 and 12-year-old Alexei Romanov is the last heir to the Russian throne; he is also a hemophiliac, kept under...
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Staton Rabin, Author, Greg Shed, Illustrator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $14.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-15-253186-7
Steeped in nostalgia, this affecting story of a boy's love for his brother illuminates both an era and a serious subject: war. Seven-year-old Aubrey's brother, Casey, has gone overseas to fight in the Great War. Aubrey misses his brother and the two
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