Blackwood, Gary

THE SHAKESPEARE STEALER A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to infiltrate Shakespeare’s acting troupe in order to steal the script of “Hamlet,” but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty. late 1500’s.

1998

216 p.

Blackwood, Gary

SHAKESPEARE's SCRIBE Book 2 in The Shakespeare Stealer series Danger, action, and mystery surround our scrappy young hero, Widge, as he returns to center stage. The plague has shut down the Globe Theatre--forcing the troop to take to the road. Treachery within the troupe, puts Widge with Shakespeare.

2000

265 p.

Blackwood, Gary

SHAKESPEARE's SPY Book 3 in The Shakespeare Stealer series Readers swept up in the first two adventures of Widge and Shakespeare's players will be enthralled by this third tale with its dramatic twists and turns and an ending worthy of the Bard himself.

2003

281 p.

Calhoun, Mary

WHITE WITCH OF KYNANCE 1550. In 16th century Cornwall, a young girl is apprenticed to a white witch to learn the art of herbs and healing.

1970

208 p.

Casanova, Mary

CURSE OF A WINTER MOON 1553. In sixteenth-century France, ruled by a Church that overtaxes peasants and burns heretics, Marius must postpone his apprenticeship to care for his six-year-old brother, whose birth took their mother's life, and who the villagers, backed by the Church, believe will become a "loup garou"--a werewolf.

2000

137 p.

Cheaney, J.B.

THE PLAYMAKER While working as an apprentice in a London theater company in 1597, fourteen year old Richard uncovers a mystery involving the disappearance of his father and a traitorous plot to overthrow Queen Elizabeth.

2002

307 p.

Dalton, Annie

ISABEL TAKING WING Girls of Many Lands - England series In 1592, twelve-year-old Isabel dreams of adventure and finds it, not only on her journey from her London home to her aunt's manor house in Northamptonshire, but also through the healing arts her aunt teaches her.

2002

170 p.

Finney, Patricia

ASSASIN THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES Book ONE When Margaret Cavendish, one of Elizabeth I’s Gentlewomen of the Bedchamber, lost her life in a bungled attempt to kill the Queen, her daughter, Lady Grace, became a protégée to the monarch, who takes Grace under her wing. Now Grace, a spunky girl who romps through the gardens with the laundry maids and court tumblers and rolls her eyes at her fellow ladies, chronicles the court intrigues that swirl around her. . . . It’s the spring of 1569 and 13-year-old Lady Grace, the youngest lady-in-waiting to the Queen, finds herself at a glittering ball choosing amongst three suitors. But the Queen’s generosity turns deadly as threats, dark secrets, and even murder descend on the Tudor court. And it is up to Grace to use her intelligence, stealth, and curious nature to solve the mystery that threatens the very lifeblood of England.

2004

194 p.

Finney, Patricia

BETRAYAL THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES Book Two. Lady Grace Cavendish, Elizabeth I's youngest maid of honor, finds herself in the midst of a battle at sea while posing as a boy aboard the ship of Francis Drake, where she and Masou stowed away in hopes of finding the kidnapped Lady Sarah.

2004

186 p.

Finney, Patricia

CONSPIRACY THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES Book Three 1569. When Margaret Cavendish, one of Elizabeth I’s Gentlewomen of the Bedchamber, lost her life in a bungled attempt to kill the Queen, her daughter, Lady Grace, became a protégée to the monarch, who takes her under her wing. Now Grace, a spunky girl who romps through the gardens with the laundry maids and court tumblers and rolls her eyes at her fellow ladies, chronicles the court intrigues that swirl around her. . . . The Royal Court is on its summer travels and Lady Grace is sure something strange is going on. As Queen Elizabeth narrowly escapes a series of mysterious accidents, Grace must investigate just who might be behind the conspiracy. Could it really be one of the Queen’s faithful friends—or even her latest suitor? Delve into the daybooke of Lady Grace, Queen Elizabeth’s favorite Maid of Honor, to discover a deadly dangerous plot. From the Hardcover edition.

2005

197 p.

Finney, Patricia

DECEPTION THE LADY GRACE MYSTERIES Book Four Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth I, has given Lady Grace Cavendish a brand-new daybooke, fresh quills, and a bottle of ink --- just in time for her to record the events of her fourth exciting adventure. Not only is Lady Grace a Maid of Honour in the Queen's service, she's also the monarch's personal pursuivant (otherwise known as a detective). Through entries in her daybooke Lady Grace recounts her latest investigation, which takes place during an icy London winter in 1569. The festivities at the annual Frost Fair, held on the frozen River Thames, are cut short when the body of a murdered waterman is discovered. A blindfold has been tied around his head, holding in place a coin over each eye. But these aren't just any coins --- they're almost identical to a newly minted coin not yet in circulation. Lady Grace has only five days to solve the mystery in secret or the Queen will take her off the case and authorize an official investigation. Along with assistance from her friends Ellie and Masou, Lady Grace once again finds her courage and her sleuthing skills put to the test. She delves into a dangerous and corrupt world to identify not only a ruthless killer but also a dangerous counterfeiter...someone who just might be close to the Queen.

2005

224 p.

Graham, Harriet

A BOY AND HIS BEAR Dickon rescues a bear cub friend from certain death at the hands of bear baiters in Elizabethan England.

1994

196 p.

Hawes, Louise

THE VANISHING POINT aPresents the story of a young girl of Bologna who worked in her father's all-male painting studio and came to enjoy more fame than any female artist before her.

2004

226 p.

Hilgartner, Beth

A MURDER FOR HER MAJESTY 1573. Horrified at having witnessed her father's murder and fearing that the killers are agents of Queen Elizabeth I, eleven year old Alice Tuckfield hides in the Yorkshire cathedral by disguising herself as one of the choirboys.

1986

241 p.

Hunter, Mollie

YOU NEVER KNEW HER AS I DID 1567. Will Douglas, a seventeen year old page, attempts to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from her island prison.

1986

241 p.

Horowitz, Anthony

THE DEVIL AND HIS BOY In 1593, 13-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London, where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger from several sources.

1998

178 p.

Lasky, Kathryn

ELIZABETH I, RED ROSE OF THE HOUSE OF TUDOR Royal Diaries series In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agonizes over her father's health. 1533.

1999

237 p.

Lasky, Kathryn

MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS QUEEN WITHOUT A COUNTRY 1553-55. Mary, the young Scottish queen, is sent a diary from her mother in which she records her experiences living at the court of France's King Henry II as she awaits her marriage to Henry's son, Francis.

2002

178 p.

Lawlor, Laurie

DEAD RECKONING A Pirate Voyage with Captain Drake 1578. Emmet, a fifteen-year-old orphan, learns hard lessons about survival when he sails from England in 1577 as a servant aboard the Golden Hind--the ship of his cousin, the explorer and pirate Francis Drake--on its three-year circumnavigation of the world.

2005

254 p.

Meyer, Carolyn

BEWARE, PRINCESS ELIZABETH After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.

2001

214 p.

Meyer, Carolyn

MARY, BLOODY MARY Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.

1999

227 p.

Napoli, Donna Jo

DAUGHTER OF VENICE Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, 14-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family's house to roam the streets of late 16th century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

2002

271 p.

O'Dell, Scott

THE HAWK THAT DARE NOT HUNT BY DAY Amid political turmoil and threats of plague, young Tom Barton accepts the risks of helping William Tyndale publish and smuggle into England the Bible he has translated into English. 1524.

1986

182 p.

Ortiz, Michael

SWAN TOWN THE SECRET JOURNAL OF SUSANNA SHAKESPEARE Restricted by the authorities from practicing Catholicism and forbidden by her parents from seeing a Puritan boy, Susanna, the daughter of William Shakespeare, vents her anger by writing in a journal and composing a play.

2006

197 p.

Pope, Elizabeth

PERILOUS GARD 1558. While imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl becomes involved in a series of events that leads to an underground labyrinth peopled by the last practitioners of druidic magic.

1974

280 p.

Pressler, Mirjam

SHYLOCK'S DAUGHTER Sixteen-year-old Jessica, who longs to be free of the restrictions of her father and life in the Jewish ghetto of sixteen-century Venice, falls in love with a Christian aristocrat and must make choices which will affect her whole family. Inspired by Shakespeare's play The merchant of Venice.

2001

266 p.

Stoltz, Mary

BARTHOLOMEW FAIR On an August day in 1598 six people, including Queen Elizabeth, a wealthy cloth merchant, a scullery maid, two schoolboys, and an overworked apprentice, attend London's Bartholomew's Fair and come away with unforgettable experiences.

1990

152 p.

Thomas, Jane Resh

THE COUNTERFEIT PRINCESS Vowing revenge when her parents are executed in 1553 by the duke of Norhtumberland, teenaged Iris becomes a messenger, spy, and stand-in for Princess Elizabeth during the volatile political times surrounding Edward VI's death.

2005

197 p.

Torrey, Michele

TO THE EDGE OF THE WORLD In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands.

2003

219 p.

Yolen, Jane and Robert Harris

QUEEN'S OWN FOOL When 12-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for Mary, Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals in both France and Scotland.

1998

178 p.