It is the summer of 1933 and young Haven Cattrell, seeking work, finds himself abandoned in the small northern Ontario town of Davisville. At an exclusive summer camp for girls he befriends Wetherby Moss and his son Jude who introduce...
Nineteen thirties
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Author:Misner, CarolineSummary: - Author:Hellmann, Libby FischerSummary:
Young Lena Bentheim is forced to flee Nazi Germany for Chicago in 1935, leaving her family and boyfriend behind. After learning English, she eventually finds a new life as a secretary in the Physics Department of the University of...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
When the Texas Star herself--aviatrix Miss Lily Dare, the fastest woman in the world--is threatened and her plane sabotaged, the Darling Dahlias must weed through the rumors to find the truth to take down a saboteur who may be propelled...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
It's the spring of 1933 and times are tough all over. The only businessman not struggling is moonshiner Mickey LeDoux, though he still has to steer clear of federal agents. But banks are closing all over the country, and the small...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
The Dahlias become suspicious of the newest visitors to Depression-era Darling, Alabama, rumored to be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked, and dig for the truth when one of the...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
The Darling Dahlias, a garden club of lady sleuths in Depression-era Alabama, have just inherited a new clubhouse and garden, complete with two beautiful cucumber trees. But before long, these genteel ladies must unravel the mystery...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
In the wake of the upcoming Confederate Day celebration, the Dahlias set out to solve a rash of mysterious occurrences. They're ready to tackle the secret code embroidered on a family heirloom and suss out why one local resident is...
- Author:Hamill, PeteSummary:
Haunted by the horrors ofWorldWar I, Dr. James Delaney's personal life is a nightmare. But everything changes when he returns home one day to find his three-year-old grandson on his doorstep.
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Author:Ruth, ElizabethSummary:Set in Spain and Mexico during the 1930s, Matadora tells the story of Luna Caballero Garcia, an impoverished and intrepid servant attempting to make her name in the bullring at a time when it was illegal for a girl to do so.
- Author:Martin, D.R.Summary:
An action-filled, 1930s ghost adventure for middle-grade readers. (And anyone else who enjoys a spirited yarn!) All that Johnny Graphic ever wanted was to be a star news photographer. But the story that puts the twelve-year-old and his...
- Author:Snyder, CarrieSummary:
Aganetha Smart, a former Olympic athlete was famous in the 1920s, but now, at age 104, lives in a nursing home, alone and forgotten by history. When her quiet life is disturbed by the unexpected arrival of two young strangers, Aganetha...
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Author:Wong, S. G.Summary:Enter the world of Crescent City, an alternate history 1930s "Chinese Los Angeles" and home turf of private investigator, Lola Starke... A simple job. A den of thieves. A woman committed to the truth. It’s a straightforward case: find a...
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Author:Gault, ConnieSummary:In a drought-ridden Saskatchewan of the 1930s, self-possessed, enigmatic Elena finds herself living alone in the small village of Trevna. Her mother has been dead for many years, and her father, burdened by the hardships of drought, has...
