The Calder Game

The Dark Unwinding

A Question of Holmes

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor

The Mystery of the Headless Horse

The Hired Girl

Zora and Me

Al Capone Does My Homework: A Tale from Alcatraz

Meg Moore

In Restoration London, sixteen-year-old Meg Moore is something of an anomaly. Unlike other girls her age, Meg pores over books. She spends long hours conversing with the famous authors and poets who visit her father's bookstore, and even writes her own stories, laboring over every word until her hand is black with ink. Without warning, however, Meg comes to learn exactly how powerful words can be. The day her best friend's brother Edward sets sail for Italy, Meg scoffs at his attempts at romance by answering him with a thoughtless jest. Soon news travels to London that Edward's ship has been captured and he has been sold as a slave in North Africa -- and Meg cannot shake the thought that her cruel words are the cause. Now Meg must use her fiery language to bring Edward home, imploring her fellow Londoners to give all that they can to buy Edward's freedom. But once Meg learns to direct the power behind her words, will she be able to undo the damage she has caused, and write freely the stories that she longs to put to paper?

This inspired sequel to At the Sign of the Star continues Meg's story with elegance and élan.



Discover Your Child's Next Read

The Calder Game

Brett Helquist, Blue Balliett, 2008

The Dark Unwinding

Sharon Cameron, 2012

A Question of Holmes

Brittany Cavallaro, 2021

Winterborne Home for Vengeance and Valor

Ally Carter, A Arter, 2020

The Mystery of the Headless Horse

Robert Arthur, William Arden, 1977

The Hired Girl

Laura Amy Schlitz, 2015

Zora and Me

Victoria Bond, T.R. Simon, 2010

Al Capone Does My Homework: A Tale from Alcatraz

Gennifer Choldenko, 2013