A Lion To Guard Us
Left on their own in seventeenth-century London, three impoverished children draw upon all their resources to stay together and make their way to the Virginia colony in search of their father.
FIC
year: 1989
copies: 25
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 360
The Traitors' Gate
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: spies, poverty, family life, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction [X], london (england) [X], great britain, families
A Boy Called Dickens
Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 31
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
The Case Of The Left-handed Lady
Pursued by her much older brother, famed detective Sherlock Holmes, fourteen-year-old Enola, disguised and using false names, attempts to solve the kidnapping of a baronet's sixteen-year-old daughter in nineteenth-century London.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: kidnapping, hypnotism, characters in literature, mystery and detective stories, london (england) [X], great britain, characters and characteristics in literature, historical fiction [X], mystery fiction
Shadow In The North
In 1878 in London, Sally, now twenty-two and established in her own business, and her companions Frederick and Jim try to solve the mystery surrounding the unexpected collapse of a shipping firm and its ties to a sinister corporation called North Star.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], detective and mystery stories, london, lockhart, sally (fictitious character), historical fiction [X], lockhart, sally (fictional character)
Montmorency And The Assassins
After twenty years as a gentleman, Montmorency is glad to be free of Scarper, his wretched alter-ego, but when a young friend is caught in the middle of a murderous political plot, Montmorency may have no choice but to call upon Scarper for help.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 880
subjects: robbers and outlaws, identity, historical fiction [X], thieves, individuality, london (england) [X], great britain
The Ruby In The Smoke
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally, a recent orphan, becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: mystery and detective stories, orphans, mystery fiction, london (england) [X], readers rule, criminals, historical fiction [X], great britain, london
At The Sign Of The Star
In seventeenth-century London, Meg, who has little interest in cooking, needlework, or other homemaking skills, dreams of becoming a bookseller and someday inheriting her widowed father's book store.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: sex role, booksellers and bookselling, remarriage, historical fiction [X], london (england) [X], great britain
At The Sign Of The Sugared Plum
In June 1665, excited at the prospect of coming to London to work at her sister Sarah's candy shop, teenaged Hannah is unconcerned about rumors of Plague until, as the hot summer advances and increasing numbers of people succumb to the disease, she and Sarah find themselves trapped in the city with no means of escape.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1120
The Ravenmaster's Secret
The eleven-year-old son of the Ravenmaster at the Tower of London befriends a Jacobite rebel being held prisoner there.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 26
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
I, Coriander
In 17th century London, Coriander, a girl who has inherited magic from her mother, must find a way to use this magic in order to save both herself and an inhabitant of the fairy world where her mother was born.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: magic, mothers and daughters, fairies, london (england) [X], historical fiction [X], fantasy
The Case Of The Missing Marquess
Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 55
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: mothers, missing persons, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction [X], london (england) [X], characters in literature, great britain
The Diamond Of Drury Lane
Orphan Catherine "Cat" Royal, living at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, tries to find the "diamond" supposedly hidden in the theater, which unmasks a treasonous political cartoonist, and involves her in the street gangs of Covent Garden and the world of nobility.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 800
Cat Among The Pigeons
Catherine "Cat" Royal, an orphan who lives at the Drury Lane Theater in 1790s London, rallies her friends to try to save Pedro from the clutches of Mr.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
The Prince And The Pauper
Young Tom is a pauper, doomed to wander the streets begging for crusts.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 510
subjects: edward, princes, poor, lookalikes, adventure and adventurers fiction, england fiction, false personation, england, impostors and imposture, boys, london (england) [X], fiction, mistaken identity, adventure and adventurers, adventure fiction, adapted, princes and princesses, great britain, historical fiction [X], edward vi, king of england, twain, mark, 1835-1910, poor children, adventure stories, edward vi, king of england, social classes, kings, queens, rulers, etc, historical fiction