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BOSTON JANE

Name: BOSTON JANE
Author: Jennifer L. Holm
ISBN: 0-06-029043-9

WILDERNESS DAYS

by Jennifer L. Holm ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 1, 2002

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It’s now several months since Boston Jane (Boston Jane: An Adventure, 2001) arrived in Shoalwater Bay, Washington Territory, having traveled from proper Philadelphia to marry William and having found William married to another. She’s no longer puking on board during the long voyage and is resolved to try life on the rough frontier without a chaperone. What Jane needs, though, is more than the ability to bake pies and sew. She just doesn’t see that Jehu of the deep blue eyes loves her or that Mr. Russell of the flea-infested, tobacco-stained wardrobe cares so much about her well-being. And she doesn’t see that the well-dressed, polite Mr. Black, who arrives one morning at the settlement, is a dangerous killer out for revenge against Mr. Russell. Mourning the death of her dear sweet Papa, she resolves to board the next boat for a return trip to Philadelphia. At the very last moment, she turns back and runs after Jehu and Keer-ukso, one of the neighboring Chinook, who have set out to warn Mr. Russell that his life is in danger. He’s gone to a rendezvous between the whites who want all the Indians on a reservation and the Indians who want to continue living on their ancestral homeland. What follows for Jane, Jehu, and Keer-ukso is a perilous trip on water and land, with a snowstorm thrown in for good measure. There’s an exciting combination of danger, humor, misunderstandings, first kisses, and a growing awareness of the goodness of those who happily will be Jane’s territorial neighbors. She won’t return to Philadelphia. True love is here, and proper Miss Sally Biddle of the perfect blond corkscrew curls has arrived from Philadelphia. More to come? We can only hope that the endearing and occasionally improbable adventures of Boston Jane, with their nicely blended mix of real events and characters inspired by actual pioneers, will continue. (Fiction. 10-14)

Pub Date: Sept. 1, 2002

ISBN: 0-06-029043-9

Page Count: 256

Publisher: HarperCollins

Review Posted Online: June 24, 2010

Kirkus Reviews Issue: July 15, 2002

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THE SCHOOL FOR THIEVES

From the School for Thieves series , Vol. 1

by Peter Burns ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 26, 2025

A thrilling first installment in an adventurous new series.

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An orphaned street urchin is recruited into an elite school for thieves.

In an alternate world where France is the dominant world power, 13-year-old Tom Morgan has had to scrimp, starve, and steal on the streets of London to survive. Born into a workhouse, he doesn’t know anything about his father, while his mother may have been from North Africa. One thing he does know is the sort of cruelty that awaits the poor who are sent to the workhouse, and he’s determined not to go back. But when their camp is raided and his friends are captured by workhouse agents, the only thing Tom can think of is how to get them out. Enter the Corsair, a cunning and mysterious man with a proposition: He wants to recruit Tom into Beaufort’s School for Deceptive Arts. From nabbing treasures to forging identity papers, Beaufort’s promises to teach Tom everything he needs to know to become a Shadow Thief and a member of the Shadow League, the secret global organization that helps keep the world’s political power in balance. But Beaufort’s has its own rules and secrets, and if Tom is to survive long enough to help his friends, he’ll need to figure them out quickly. Clever and gripping, this fast-paced boarding school story will appeal to fans of the Mysterious Benedict Society and Spy School series.

A thrilling first installment in an adventurous new series. (Adventure. 10-14)