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Review: The Silent Songbird by Melanie Dickerson

By Kasey Giard | September 18, 2017 - 7:00 am |September 9, 2017 Book Review and Content, Christian World-View, Clean Fiction, Historical, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Silent Songbird (Hagenheim #7)
Melanie Dickerson
Thomas Nelson
Published on November 8, 2016

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About The Silent Songbird
Evangeline is the ward and cousin of King Richard II, and yet she dreams of a life outside of Berkhamsted Castle, where she might be free to marry for love and not politics. But the young king betroths her to his closest advisor, Lord Shiveley, a man twice as old as Evangeline. Desperate to escape a life married to a man she finds revolting, Evangeline runs away from the king and joins a small band of servants on their way back to their home village.

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Review: The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson

By Kasey Giard | January 15, 2015 - 7:00 am |January 10, 2017 Book Review and Content, Christian World-View, Historical, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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The Princess Spy
Melanie Dickerson
Zonderkids
Published November 4, 2014

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Despite her romantic dreams and wishes, Margaretha is determined to wed a man who will secure her family’s future as well as her own. When a handsome though bedraggled stranger warns her that Lord Claybrook, her latest beau, is a fraud, Margaretha at first thinks him delusioned by fever.

Gradually she comes to accept and respect Colin, the English stranger and even volunteers to spy on Lord Claybrook for him. When Claybrook’s men seize her castle at Hagenheim and threaten the lives of her family members, it’s up to Margaretha and Colin to stop the … Continue reading →

Four Familiar Fairytales Elegantly Retold

By Kasey Giard | June 9, 2014 - 7:00 am |July 11, 2016 Blogger's Favorites, Fantasy, Lists, Romance, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Ten Books I Can’t Wait to Read

By Kasey Giard | January 21, 2014 - 7:00 am |September 5, 2017 Blogger's Favorites, Book Review and Content, Christian World-View, Clean Fiction, Contemporary, Dystopian or Post-Apocalyptic, Fantasy, Historical, Lists, Middle Grade 8-12, Sci-Fi, Young Adult/Teen 12-18

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Outcasts by Jill Williamson

Release date: 1/7/14

Three brothers and a young girl fight for survival within the towering walls of the Safe Lands. Despite its name, the city is ravaged with disease and infested with corruption. Each brother follows a mission: to find a cure for the sick; to free the captives; to take down the Safe Lands in a rebellion.

The second in her Safe Lands series, Outcasts is quickly earning a reputation as an intense story set in a captivating world. As a fan of Williamson’s fantasy series, Blood of Kings, I’ve been eager to get lost in another story by this worthy author.