Frances M Hendry Book order (chronological)

Tanya haalde de steen uit haar broekzak. Voor het eerst had ze de kans hem eens goed te bekijken. "Ziet er nogal gewoon uit, vind je niet? Gek, trouwens. Hij voelt hardstikke koud aan, terwijl ik hem al een tijdje in zijn zak had." Ze grijnsde. "Hoe werkt-ie eigenlijk?" Ze tuude aandachtig naar de steen. "Is er iets aan de hand?" Verwonderd keek Beth haar aan. "Wat gebeurt er?" Ze durfde Tanya niet goed aan te raken, omdat die volkomen verstijfd naar de steen keek. "Hé Tanya, word eens wakker!" Tot Beth's opluchting bewoog haar nichtje zich eindelijk, waar ze zei: "De steen laat met iets zien..."

Il y a Juliet, fille d'un riche marchand ; Dand, jeune Ecossais embarqué de force sur un navire ; Gbodi, arrachée à son village d'Afrique, et Hassan, jeune Africain, fils d'un marchand d'esclaves. Quatre enfants que tout sépare... Quatre destins éparpillés... réunis par le hasard à bord du même navire, dans le même trafic. Le trafic d'esclaves.

Chandra was eleven and she was about to be married to a boy aged sixteen. What could go wrong to spoil her happiness?But out in the desert she realized she was alone and far from home. She sat in the darkness of her little room, unwilling to accept what had happened to her.She tried to remember who she was, she hung on to her name. `My name is Chandra, And I'll not let it be forgotten.'Chandra won The Writer's Guild Award for a children's novel and the Lancashire Book Award.

Historical intrigue for children 9-12, printed in large print. set in a Scottish fishing village in the days of Bonnie Prince Charlie. Jeannie Main will make a king, and break a king, come four times into the shadow of the gibbet, and risk her life by riding the Kelpie, the fearsome water monster. That's what wee Jeannie is told during the 1745 Rising, as Prince Charles Edward Stewart makes his desperate attempt to win back his grandfather's crown from the Hanoverian King George. Ach, blethers! But Jeannie's prophecy comes terrifyingly true. She must make bitter choices, where either way could bring death or ruin for herself or those around her, and then face the consequences of those decisions. This is not a comfortable, cosy story. 12-year-old Jeannie is no sweet little angel, but a tough, hardy little fisher quean. But she faces life with a lively humour, honesty, courage, and immense loyalty to her family and friends, which make her instantly likeable.