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2024

Texas: North

Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Indigo

Thirteen-year-old Enlil wants to train as a caravan driver's apprentice. However, he must fulfill his duties and work in the family's bakery business. In between his food deliveries, Enlil secretly watches his older brother, Lurs, train recruits for King Hummurabi's army. When he and a friend spot someone bury a clay tablet, they dig it up and discover a coded message from a Mari spy. Decoding the tablet, they leave their own deceptive message, hoping to throw off the spies.
Intrigue, half-truths,  and lies result in mistrust, kidnapping, and near death. Will Enlil live to reach his dream?

Clay Tablets & Mari Spies

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Having found a home with his adoptive family, fourteen-year-old Samsuluna (Sam) now moves to Egypt with Balashi and Amata where his quest to solve the mystery of the hidden tomb threatens to tear his new family apart.

The Alabaster Jar & The Hidden Tomb

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Samsuluna (Sam) needs to find his uncle. There's only one problem. His uncle, the one who gave him his bronze dagger, lives 800 miles away. With Sam's mother and brother dead, and his father... well, Sam wants to get as far away from his father as possible. The stolen jewels hidden within the folds of his tunic should be more than enough for passages on a caravan. But the secrets Sam keeps and the lies he tells endanger not only his life but also those of his new friends... especially when he violates Hammurabi's Code. Will Sam ever reach his uncle and discover the mystery behind the jewels?

The Bronze Dagger & the Stolen Jewels

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Tadzio and Magdalena weren't prepared for their Polish Scoutmaster's challenge. Not until their parents disappeared. A Young Adult historical novel, Underground Scouts brings to light the brave efforts of Polish Boy Scouts and Girl Guides who fought alongside the Polish Underground during World War II.

Underground Scouts

Join sixteen-year-old Daniel Whitcomb as he juggles a growing relationship with Virginia Reed, one of the survivors of the Donner Party, helps his Miwok friend learn how to read and write, and manages the account ledgers for his guardian, Jim Savage at his trading posts in the California gold fields. Should he join Jim and the Mariposa Battalion in finding the entrance into Yosemite to rout out the Ahwahneechee after they attack Jim's posts?  And will he ever make it back to Illinois to solve the mystery of his parents' deaths?

Yosemite Trail Discovered

All Daniel wants to do is get back to Illinois to find out who murdered his parents. He doesn't want to travel the Oregon Trail with his guardian, Jim. He doesn't want twelve-year-old Virginia Reed, a member of the Donner Party, as a friend. And he certainly doesn't want anything bad to happen to his little sister Hannah as they travel West. Confronted by both good and bad Indians, good and bad whites, how will Daniel be able to protect Hannah on the long trek? Will he ever discover the mystery behind his parents' deaths? Will he ever find a real family again?

California Trail Discovered

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