Most Popular Books by Eloise Jarvis McGraw

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This compelling story of adventure, romance, and intrigue, set in ancient Egypt, was written by the three-time Newbery Honor and Edgar Award winning author Eloise Jarvis McGraw. Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom in ancient Egypt, under the rule of Queen Hatshepsut. Mara is not like other slaves; she can read and write, as well as speak the language of Babylonian. So, to barter for her freedom, she finds herself playing the dangerous role of double spy for two arch enemies—each of whom supports a contender for the throne of Egypt. Against her will, Mara finds herself falling in love with one of her masters, the noble Sheftu, and she starts to believe in his plans of restoring Thutmose III to the throne. But just when Mara is ready to offer Sheftu her help and her heart, her duplicity is discovered, and a battle ensues in which both Mara’s life and the fate of Egypt are at stake. “Dangerous espionage, an unusual love story, and richly drawn background make this a book to capture quick and lasting interest.”—Horn Book “Thoroughly engrossing.”—Kirkus Reviews

A Newbery Honor Award-winning book Jim Keath has lived for six years as a Crow Indian when he learns that his two younger brothers and a sister are journeying west to take up land. Although Jim finds it difficult to fit in with the family he hasn’t seen since childhood, and though they are wary and distrustful of him, Jim feels his duty is at their side. But slowly, as they survive the dangerous trek west, the perils of frontier life, and the kidnapping of their younger brother, Jim and his family realize that the only way to survive is to accept each other and truly reunite the family. “A first-rate adventure story.”—The New York Times “The grueling hardships on the journey to Oregon and in making a home provide exciting reading. Characters are portrayed so fully and sympathetically they might be alive.”—Library Journal

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old must decide what direction his life should take.

With a great deal of practice and help from an already accomplished magician, Joel perfects his magic act. Afterwards he wonders if it is too perfect.

Orphaned at fifteen, Joe Lang, born and raised in the tradition of the circus, leaves the circus for a time and lives on a farm. Eventually, he returns to the life he loved best.

Having no money, a thirteen-year-old begins a series of swaps to get the child he babysits for a pair of cowboy boots.

The daughter of celebrities disguises herself as Greensleeves, a waitress, and spends her eighteenth summer gathering evidence for a lawsuit her uncle is handling.

A pioneer boy, brought up by Crow Indians, is reunited with his family and attempts to orient himself in the white man''s culture.

While staying with relatives who live in an old inn, twelve-year-old Nels finds a secret passageway to a part of the building that no longer exists and meets a strange boy whose family is trapped in a leftover pocket of time.

Poco, a living marionette, is on his own at Witheraway Castle, working for its master, the Whitherd, and must find the mysterious Rundelstone to see his friends again and to keep the hidden kingdom of Fyordi-Zik from darkness.

Twelve-year-old twins Andy and Kat think they are in for a dull summer at a remote resort in western Oregon, until the ghost of a nine-year-old boy appears demanding restitution for a crime committed over 100 years before.

Twelve-year-old Juniper Webb and her best friend Alison find themselves enmeshed in a tangled web when the two girls begin to investigate Juniper''s new stepmother''s background.