#WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Lost Ones

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness
Yellow writing on a red sky with a red sun in the background. In the foreground, two dark two-story houses with red windows, trees, and a gray street with a horse and single-person carriage in the foreground.

Mika is back! She stars in the award-laden Moonwind Mysteries, a gripping upper MG/YA historical series set in 1880s Sweden. The first two books in the series, The Night Raven and The Queen of Thieves, were filled with suspense, gritty details, fast pacing, and vivid  characters, including the city of Stockholm, which becomes a tangible … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: The Lost Ones

#WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady

Posted on by Nanette McGuinness

1808. The Napoleonic wars. In Ghent, a draft for the Emperor’s army is looming and the respectable Hoste family is in financial trouble.  From the very first sentence, Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady is the engaging story of the two oldest Hoste siblings, 18-year-old Constance ("Stance") and her entitled 14-year-old brother Pieter (Piers), whom … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: Ironhead, or, Once a Young Lady