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Princess Celie loves Tuesdays at Castle Glower, because every Tuesday the castle adds a new room, a turret, or sometimes a whole new wing, and Celie likes to map the changes to the castle, but when her parents, King and Queen Glower, are taken captive, it falls to Celie and her knowledge of the castle to defend their home and save the kingdom.

Queen Cimorene turns to her friends Morwen, Telemain, and Kazul for help when troublesome wizards make their way back into the Enchanted Forest and begin to soak up its magic.

Explores how the characters and lives of King George III of England and George Washington affected the progress and outcome of the American Revolution.

Presents a short illustrated biography of Hatshepsut, first female Pharoah of ancient Egypt; and discusses her early childhood, how she became queen, and how she was able to become Pharoah.

A biography of Tutankhamun, Pharaoh of Egypt, including information on his burial and the discovery of his tomb.

Ten-year-olds Septimus Heap, the seventh son of the seventh son, and Jenna, the little girl Septimus's father found abandoned in the snow the night Septimus was born and taken away, are threatened by the evil wizard DomDaniel, who intends to finish off the entire royal line.

Twelve-year-old Kevin is quietly doing his homework in 1999 when a fully-armed archer tumbles through space and time and into his bedroom, and upon verifying that the intruder is Chu-mong, a Korean king and folk hero from the ancient past, he works to find a way to send Chu back before history is altered forever.

Prince Ardwin, known as Birdwing, the youngest of six brothers turned into swans by their stepmother, is unable to complete the transformation back into human form, so he undertakes a journey to discover whether his feathered arm will be a curse or a blessing to him.

Describes the battle for the crown of England in 1066 which was eventually claimed by William the Conqueror, and provides information about the workings of the monarchy during the Middle Ages, discussing royal succession, coronations and queens, the law, crusading, and other topics.

A biography of the French ruler including his military victories and failures, his exile and escape from Elba, and his final years on St.

Discusses the life and military accomplishments of the Macedonian hero and leader.

Describes life in ancient Rome and the succession of emperors, from Pompey to Justinian, who ruled this empire.

Contains twenty articles that provide accounts of political leaders and events that changed the course of world history,from Asoka, the Buddhist emperor c.

Describes the life, battle campaigns, influence on the ancient world, and mythological status of the champion of the Greeks who marched his armies as far as India.

In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.