Fox and Phoenix
The king of Long City is dying. For Kai Zu, the news means more than it does for most former street rats in the small mountain stronghold, because he and the king’s daughter are close friends. Then the...
View ArticleKing Matt The First
King Matt the First is the story of a boy who becomes king and sets out to reform his kingdom. He decrees that all children are to be given a piece of chocolate at the end of each day. He visits...
View ArticleQueen On Wednesday
On Wednesday, Thelma is bored—so she decides to become a queen. She makes the royal announcement on Thursday and chooses the royal pets on Friday. But she needs a castle to keep the pets, and royally...
View ArticleOphelia And The Marvelous Boy
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an...
View ArticleThe Second Guard
In the peaceful realm of Tequende, all second-born children at the age of fifteen must journey to the Alcazar to fulfill the mandate of the Oath of Guilds. While training to join the ranks of the...
View ArticleA Tangle Of Gold
Cello is in crisis. Princess Ko’s deception of her people has emerged and the Kingdom is outraged; the Jagged Edge Elite have taken control, placing the Princess and two members of the Royal Youth...
View ArticleSmile
King and Queen Grumpy, the rulers of GrumpyLand, are very worried when their new baby son, unlike his five brothers, seems to be disfigured by a strange expression on his face. The post Smile...
View ArticleSphinx’s Princess
Friesner (“Nobody’s Princess”) offers readers another fresh new look at an iconic figure–the Egyptian queen Nefertiti–by blending historical fiction and mythology in a thrilling concoction. The post...
View ArticleTarnish
King Henry VIII’s interest in Anne Boleyn could give her an opportunity to make a real impact in a world with few choices for women, but when poet Thomas Wyatt reveals he’s fallen for her, Anne must...
View ArticleFatal Throne
Seven award-winning young adult authors illuminate the lives of Britain’s King Henry VIII and his six wives from different viewpoints. The post Fatal Throne appeared first on ICCAL.
View ArticleThe King Who Barked: Real Animals Who Ruled
Could an animal really hold an important office? It’s happened: Incitatus the horse was made a consul in the Roman Empire. He had a marble stable, eighteen servants, and ate oats mixed with flakes of...
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