The True Confessions Of Charlotte Doyle
When 13 year-old Charlotte Doyle boarded the Seahawk in June of 1832, she never dreamed that the crew would mutiny and that her life would be in danger.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 188
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: transatlantic voyages, murder, sea stories, historical fiction, mystery and detective stories, homicide, large type books, mutiny, sex role [X], self-perception, ships, mystery fiction, ocean travel, compact discs, audiobooks, voyages and travels, adventure fiction, newbery honor book, sea stories, historical fiction, mystery fiction [X]
The Traitor In The Tunnel
The Agency, the all-female detective unit, assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: sex role [X], orphans, murder, household employees, london (england), great britain, historical fiction, murder investigation, detective and mystery fiction, quinn, mary (fictitious character), homicide, historical fiction, mystery fiction [X]
Secrets On 26th Street
Susan, eleven years old in 1914, encounters a mystery through an independent-minded female boarder and becomes involved in the growing suffrage movement in New York City.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: women, sex role [X], irish americans, mystery and detective stories, mystery fiction, new york (n.y.), detective and mystery stories, gender role, historical fiction, mystery fiction [X], historical fiction
The Detective's Assistant
"In 1859, eleven-year-old Nell goes to live with her aunt, Kate Warne, the first female detective for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lincoln, abraham, sex role [X], orphans, aunts, mystery and detective stories, chicago (ill.), pinkerton's national detective agency, gender role, mystery fiction [X], mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, electronic books
The Lie Tree
"On an island off the south coast of Victorian England, fourteen-year-old Faith investigates the mysterious death of her father, who was involved in a scandal, and discovers a tree that feeds upon lies and gives those who eat its fruit visions of truth"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 64
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: sex role [X], great britain, gender role, juvenile fiction / fantasy & magic, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, juvenile fiction / general, fantasy fiction, detective and mystery fiction, mystery fiction [X], historical fiction
A Spy In The House
Rescued from the gallows in 1850s London, young orphan and thief Mary Quinn is offered a place at Miss Scrimshaw's Academy for Girls where she is trained to be part of an all-female investigative unit called The Agency and, at age seventeen, she infiltrates a rich merchant's home in hopes of tracing his missing cargo ships.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: sex role [X], orphans, swindlers and swindling, household employees, mystery and detective stories, historical fiction, mystery fiction, gender role, london (england), great britain, mystery fiction [X], historical fiction, detective and mystery fiction