Galloway, Priscilla

When Emily's father dies, leaving her an orphan, she is sent to live with a stern aunt in Prince Edward Island, where her resourcefulness and love of writing help her adjust to a new way of life.

From humble beginnings, Phano rises to become one of ancient Athens' most powerful citizens through her marriage to Theo, but they both have powerful enemies who don't share their political views.

Haunted by terrifying dreams of snakes, Dusa goes to a clinic in Greece where two mysterious doctors, the Gordon sisters, promise to cure her of her nightmares.

Popular children's writers discuss the impressions and feelings they had while growing up during World War II.

Provides accounts of journeys undertaken by three men along the Silk Road, including seventh-century Buddhist pilgrim Xuanzang, Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan, and thirteenth-century merchant Marco Polo.

A guilt-ridden prince with a foot fetish seeking his glass-slippered dance partner and a beauty contest winner as Snow White's murderous stepmother are featured in two of the original "grim" plots in this young adult collection loosely based on eight traditional fairy tales.

Describes a wide range of occupations in the Middle Ages in a humorous manner.

Retells the Greek myth of Daedalus, an inventor who flees Athens with his young son Icarus after being unjustly accused of murdering his nephew, and ends up in another dangerous situation when he is commanded by King Minos to build a labyrinth to hide a child monster, the Minotaur.

When her husband Odysseus leaves to fight at Troy, Queen Penelope is left to rule Ithaca for nineteen years.