Keeping The Castle by Patrice Kindl

Keeping the Castle: A Tale of Romance, Riches, and Real Estate
Patrice Kindl
Viking Press
261 pgs.

In order to support her family and maintain their ancient castle in Lesser Hoo, seventeen-year-old Althea bears the burden of finding a wealthy suitor who can remedy their financial problems.

A Boy Called Dickens by Deborah Hopkinson

A Boy Called Dickens
Deborah Hopkinson, ill by John Hendrix
Schwartz and Wade
Unpaged


Narrates the tale of twelve-year-old Charles Dickens who, despite poverty and long hours of factory work, still has time to discover and share the stories of other residents of 1824 London. Includes author's note about Dickens' life and some of the books he wrote.

Cheshire Cheese Cat by Carmen Agra Deedy

The Cheshire Cheese Cat: A Dickens of a Tale by Carmen Agra Deedy
Peachtree Publishers
2011
228p.

 A community of mice and a cheese-loving cat form an unlikely alliance at London's Cheshire Cheese, an inn where Charles Dickens finds inspiration and Queen Victoria makes an unexpected appearance.

Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan

Small Acts of Amazing Courage by Gloria Whelan
Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers
2011
217p.

 In 1919, independent-minded fifteen-year-old Rosalind lives in India with her English parents, and when they fear she has fallen in with some rebellious types who believe in Indian self-government, she is sent "home" to London, where she has never been before and where her older brother died, to stay with her two aunts.