Ellen Rachlin’s Enheduanna’s Song From the Sands is set in Mesopotamia during the late third millennium BCE, where Enheduanna, born Ana, is sent by her brother King Rimush to take power as the high priestess in Ur, a city shaped by unrest and resistance to...

Essence of Life by Jackson McLean tells the story of Jack Green, a boy growing up in a new settlement where life is hard, and expectations are heavy. Jack’s father is in charge of the town, and people look up to him, but he’s tough...

Kelly River’s Elizabeth of Rosepath is an immersive, captivating, and skilfully crafted historical novel, set in a fictional medieval kingdom. When the king dies, a power struggle ensues for the throne. Elizabeth, 16, is a servant in Rosepath Castle, serving Lord Leo and Lady Eleanor,...

On March 4, 1977, Romania was hit by an earthquake that devastated the country. The earthquake destroyed much infrastructure and killed many people. At the time of the earthquake, Alex lived in the city of Zimnicea with his parents. They lose their house, and his...

Elijah: Fire From Heaven by Anthony Barbera follows Elijah, a prophet of Yahweh who lives in hiding during a severe drought, while King Ahab and Queen Jezebel consolidate power in Samaria through ruthless control. When God commands him, Elijah leaves his place of refuge and...

Escape to the Maroons by Mike Weedall is a historical novel that reveals the untold stories of fugitive slaves seeking freedom in the harsh terrain of the Great Dismal Swamp in 1791. Weedall skillfully combines thorough research with vivid storytelling to portray the struggles, bravery,...

Echoes From a Missing Generation by Christina Suzann Nelson is a “whodunit” with a difference. At the height of the Vietnam War, as America’s youth were being called up to serve their country, many questioned what America was doing, sacrificing their young men in a...

Entwined by Error is the first book in the Madcaps of Mayfair series by Angela E. Johnson. Set in Regency-era England, the story follows Myra Astley, a sharp-witted twenty-three-year-old who is determined to dance the waltz with a duke this season at Almack's. Instead, Myra...

Escape of the Grand Duchess by Susan Appleyard follows Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna, who is trapped in a marriage to Prince Peter of Oldenburg, who has made his preference for men known. Olga requests a divorce, which both Peter and her brother, Nicholas II, refuse....

In 1749, fifteen-year-old Lillian ‘Lilly’ Robinson, the daughter of a plantation farmer, was beginning to learn about the harsh realities of her wealthy family’s privileged life at Ironwood Manor, Virginia. Her father was a ruthless slave owner, and her mother was an arrogant, obsessive classist....