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TITLES:
- CLEOPATRA VII, Daughter of the Nile; Egypt, 57 B.C. by Kristiana Gregor
- LADY OF CH'IAO KUO, Warrior of the South; Southern China, A.D. 531 by Laurence Yep
- SONDOK: Princess of the Moon and Stars, Korea, A.D. 595 by Sheri Holman
 LADY OF PALENQUE: Flower of Bacal, Mesoamerica, A.D. 749
by Anna Kirwan
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439409713
Ages 9-14
208 pages
A political marriage is arranged between the 33-year-old king of Xukpip and Princess Green Jay, the 13-year-old daughter of the king of Lakamha. The two are paired because of similar horoscopes --- and Green Jay possesses skills that will be valuable to her husband-to-be: she can read and write. Author Anna Kirwan relates fascinating aspects of ancient Mayan culture as she shares the young princess's physical and emotional state from the betrothal, with its distressing rituals, through her arduous journey to a foreign land and people, and a husband who is a complete stranger.
 ELEANOR: Crown Jewel of Aquitane; France, 1136
by Kristiana Gregory
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439164842
Ages 9-14
187 pages
Thirteen-year-old Eleanor lives in a palace in Poitier, France with her father, Count William of Aquitaine and younger sister Petronilla. Mischievous and daring, Eleanor's daily exploits are a constant source of frustration to her grandmother and ladies-in-waiting, who are the girls' caretakers. Eleanor's life is turned upside-down, however, as her father goes off to fight in the invasion of Normandy, and her safety, as well as that of her sister's, is at risk from his enemies.
Then, at age fifteen, Eleanor is forced into a new role when her father dies and she is betrothed to sixteen-year-old Prince Louis VII of France. When Louis's father, King Louis VI, dies suddenly, Louis VII becomes King --- and young Eleanor is now Queen of France!
- ISABEL, Jewel of Castilla; Spain, 1466 by Carolyn Meyer
 ANACAONA: Golden Flower; Haiti, 1490
by Edwidge Danticat
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439499062
Ages 9-12
192 pages
With her signature narrative grace, Edwidge Danticat brings Haiti's beautiful queen Anacaona to life. Queen Anacaona was the wife of one of her island's rulers, and a composer of songs and poems, making her popular among her people. Haiti was relatively quiet until the Spanish conquistadors discovered the island and began to settle there in 1492. The Spaniards treated the natives very cruelly, and when the natives revolted, the Spanish governor of Haiti ordered the arrests of several native nobles, including Anacaona, who was eventually captured and executed, to the horror of her people.
- ELIZABETH I, Red Rose Of The House Of Tudor; England, 1544 by Kathryn Lasky
- MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS: Queen Without A Country, France, 1553 by Kathryn Lasky
- NZINGHA, Warrior Queen of Matamba; Angola, Africa 1595 by Patricia McKissack
- JAHANARA: Princess of Princesses, India, 1627 by Kathryn Lasky
- KRISTINA: The Girl King, Sweden, 1638 by Carolyn Meyer
 WEETAMOO: Heart of the Pocassets; Massachusetts, 1653
Patricia Clark Smith
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439129109
Ages 9-14
203 pages
It is 1654 in New England, native land of Algonquin tribes --- among them the Pocasset, Wampanoag and Narrangansett people. The pilgrims --- called Coat-men by the Wampanoag --- have settled here in the natives' territory at Patuxit, a place that the Pilgrims have renamed Plymouth. Weetamoo's father Corbitant is sachem, or chief, of the Pocassets. He is mistrustful of the colonists and imparts his beliefs about them to his daughter, who is next in line to become chief. Weetamoo must learn the fundamental values and disciplines of a true Pocasset chief.
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 CATHERINE: The Great Journey; Russia, 1743
Kristiana Gregory
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439253853
Ages 9-12
176 pages
Fourteen-year-old Prussian princess Sophia finds herself entangled in her mother's efforts to arrange a marriage between Sophia and Charles-Peter, a young German duke and nephew of the Russian empress Elizabeth. As Sophia's mother moves to make the match, she and Sophia must travel from their humble home in Zerbst, Prussia, to Russia --- the kingdom of Elizabeth. There, Sophia is renamed Catherine and married to Charles-Peter, but she watches helplessly as her family is torn from her, her own mother is involved in a spying ring against the empress, and all that is familiar to her disappears.
- MARIE ANTOINETTE, Princess of Versailles; Austria-France, 1769 by Kathryn Lasky
- VICTORIA, May Blossom of Britannia; England, 1829 by Anna Kirwan
- ELISABETH OF AUSTRIA: The Princess Bride; 1853 by Barry Denenberg
 KAZUNOMIYA: Prisoner of Heaven, Japan 1858
by Kathryn Lasky
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439164850
Ages 9-14
156 pages
Kazunomiya, along with her royal family, is thought to be descended from the goddess of the sun, and she lives an extremely sheltered life. But when a Japanese general signs a treaty with the white-faced men from America, uncertainty and turmoil erupt in the kingdom. Still, these threats don't compare to the tangled intrigue, romance, and politics that dominate the imperial palace, as wives and queens plot to destroy Kazunomiya and her mother.
- KAIULANI, The People's Princess; Hawaii, 1889 by Ellen Emerson White
- ANASTASIA, The Last Grand Duchess; Russia, 1914 by Carolyn Meyer
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