Carolyn Meyer Books In Order

Dog Vacations Books In Publication Order

  1. Book One: the First Four Dog Vacations (2020)
  2. Book Two: The Next Six Dog Vacations (2020)

Hotline Books In Publication Order

  1. Because of Lissa (1990)
  2. The Problem with Sidney (1990)
  3. Gillian’s Choice (1991)
  4. The Two Faces Of Adam (1991)

The Royal Diaries Books In Publication Order

  1. Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466 (2000)
  2. Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914 (2000)
  3. Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (By:) (2001)
  4. Kristina: The Girl King (2003)

Young Royals Books In Publication Order

  1. Mary, Bloody Mary (1999)
  2. Beware, Princess Elizabeth (2001)
  3. Doomed Queen Anne (2002)
  4. Patience, Princess Catherine (2004)
  5. Duchessina of Catherine de’ Medici (2007)
  6. The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette (2010)
  7. The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary Queen of Scots (2012)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. Eulalia’s Island (1982)
  2. The Luck of Texas McCoy (1984)
  3. Denny’s Tapes (1987)
  4. Wild Rover (1989)
  5. Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker (1992)
  6. White Lilacs (1993)
  7. Drummers of Jericho (1995)
  8. Gideon’s People (1996)
  9. Jubilee Journey (1997)
  10. Brown Eyes Blue (2003)
  11. Marie, Dancing (2005)
  12. Loving Will Shakespeare (2006)
  13. In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story (2008)
  14. The True Adventures of Charley Darwin (2009)
  15. Cleopatra Confesses (2011)
  16. Victoria Rebels (2013)
  17. Beauty’s Daughter: The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy (2013)
  18. Anastasia and Her Sisters (2015)
  19. Diary of a Waitress: The Not-So-Glamorous Life of a Harvey Girl (2015)
  20. Girl with a Camera: Margaret Bourke-White, Photographer (2017)
  21. Girl with Brush and Canvas: Georgia O’Keeffe, American Artist (2019)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. Rio Grande Stories (1994)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Miss Patch’s Learn-to-Sew Book (With: Mary Suzuki) (1969)
  2. Stitch by Stitch: Needlework for Beginners (1970)
  3. Milk, Butter, and Cheese: The Story of Dairy Products (With: Giulio Maestro) (1974)
  4. The Needlework Book of Bible Stories (With: Janet McCaffery) (1975)
  5. Amish People: Plain Living In A Complex World (1976)
  6. Coconut, the Tree of Life (1976)
  7. Eskimos: Growing Up in a Changing Culture (With: John McDonald) (1977)
  8. C. C. Poindexter (1978)
  9. Mask Magic (1978)
  10. The Center: From a Troubled Past to a New Life (1979)
  11. Rock Band: Big Men in a Great Big Town (1980)
  12. Music is for Everyone (With: Linda Allen) (1980)
  13. The Mystery of the Ancient Maya (1985)
  14. Voices of South Africa: Growing Up in a Troubled Land (1986)
  15. Voices of Northern Ireland: Growing Up in a Troubled Land (1987)
  16. A Voice from Japan: An Outsider Looks in (1988)
  17. Multicultural Sing and Learn: Folk Songs and Monthly Activities (With: Kel Pickens) (1995)
  18. In a Different Light: Growing Up in a Yupik Eskimo Village in Alaska (1996)

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Carolyn Meyer Books Overview

Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466

While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabella, the future Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life as a member of the royal family.

Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess, Russia, 1914

Award winning author Carolyn Meyer introduces readers to the unforgettable Anastasia Romanov, whose idyllic life is forever changed with the coming of World War I. In this fictionalized journal, Anastasia Romanov lives again. Through her eyes, we witness the day to day splendor the czar’s family experienced before the onslaught of the Russian Revolution. However, one senses also that crowding the outskirts of Anastasia’s ornate diary are hundreds of thousands of teeming serfs, just beginning to percolate.

Lady of Ch’iao Kuo: Red Bird of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (By:)

The Royal Diaries proudly presents two time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep, whose stunning diary of sixteen year old Lady of Ch iao Kuo takes readers on a remarkable adventure to Southern China in the sixth century A.D., where Ch iao Kuo, a born leader called Red Bird, is courageous and keenly intelligent.

Kristina: The Girl King

Upon discovering that their newborn infant was, in fact, female and not male as first thought, Queen Marie Eleonore wailed inconsolably and King Gustavus Adolphus declared, nevertheless, that the child be raised as a prince. At age six, upon the death of her father, the child Kristina, was proclaimed King of Sweden, with regents assigned to council until she assumes the throne at age eighteen. And indeed, her life followed her father’s plan. We meet Kristina when she’s almost twelve years old and eschewing feminine practices but reveling in the study of military tactics,

Mary, Bloody Mary

The story of Mary Tudor’s childhood is a classic fairy tale: A princess who is toinherit the throne of England is separated from her mother; abused by an evilstepmother who has enchanted her father; stripped of her title; and forced tocare for her baby stepsister, who inherits Mary’s rights to the throne. Believe itor not, it’s all true. Told in the voice of the young Mary, this novel explores the history and intrigueof the dramatic rule of Henry VIII, his outrageous affair with and marriage to thebewitching Anne Boleyn, and the consequences of that relationship for hisfirstborn daughter. Carolyn Meyer has written a compassionate historical novel about love and loss, jealousy and fear and a girl’s struggle with forces farbeyond her control.

Beware, Princess Elizabeth

Imprisonment. Betrayal. Lost love. Murder. What more must a princess endure? Elizabeth Tudor’s teenage and young adult years during the turbulent reigns of Edward and then Mary Tudor are hardly those of a fairy tale princess. Her mother has been beheaded by Elizabeth’s own father, Henry VIII; her jealous half sister, Mary, has her locked away in the Tower of London; and her only love interest betrays her in his own quest for the throne. Told in the voice of the young Elizabeth and ending when she is crowned queen, this second novel in the exciting series explores the relationship between two sisters who became mortal enemies. Carolyn Meyer has written an intriguing historical tale that reveals the deep seated rivalry between a determined girl who became one of England’s most powerful monarchs and the sister who tried everything to stop her.

Doomed Queen Anne

Though born without great beauty, wealth, or title, Anne Boleyn blossomed into a captivating woman. She used her wiles to win the heart of England’s most powerful man, King Henry VIII, and persuade him to defy everyone including his own wife to make her his new queen. But Anne’s ambition was her fatal flaw. This is the true story of the girl everyone loved to hate. Carolyn Meyer’s engrossing third novel in the award winning Young Royals series tells Anne’s fascinating story in her own voice from her life as an awkward girl to the dramatic moments before her death.

Patience, Princess Catherine

England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur’s betrothed the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon’s fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine’s parents arrange a marriage with Arthur’s brother, Henry, or will she return to Spain a widow? Through all this turmoil, the young princess’s resolve remains unshaken. She will one day be England’s queen…
no matter how long it takes.

Duchessina of Catherine de’ Medici

Young Catherine de’ Medici is the sole heiress to the entire fortune of the wealthy Medici family. But her life is far from luxurious. After a childhood spent locked away behind the walls of a convent, she joins the household of the pope, where at last she can be united with her true love. But, all too soon, that love is replaced with an engagement to a boy who is cold and aloof. It soon becomes clear that Catherine will need all the cunning she can muster to command the respect she deserves as one of France’s most powerful queens. Includes a family tree.

The Bad Queen: Rules and Instructions for Marie-Antoinette

History paints her as a shallow party girl, a spoiled fashionista, a callous ruler. Perhaps no other royal has been so maligned and so misunderstood as Marie Antoinette. From the moment she was betrothed to the dauphin of France at age fourteen, perfection was demanded of Marie Antoinette. She tried to please everyone courtiers, her young husband, the king, the French people but often fell short of their expectations. Desperate for affection and subjected to constant scrutiny, this spirited young woman can t help but want to let loose with elaborate parties, scandalous fashions, and unimaginable luxuries. But as Marie Antoinette’s lifestyle gets ever more recklessly extravagant, the peasants of France are suffering from increasing poverty and becoming outraged. They want to make the queen pay. In this latest installment of her acclaimed Young Royals series, Carolyn Meyer reveals the dizzying rise and horrific downfall of the last queen of France. Includes historical notes, an author s note, and a bibliography.

The Wild Queen: The Days and Nights of Mary Queen of Scots

Mary Stuart was just five years old when she was sent to France to be raised alongsideher future husband. But when the frail young king dies, eighteen year old Mary isstripped of her title as Queen of France and set adrift in the harsh world, alone. Determined to reign over what is rightfully hers, Mary returns to Scotland. Hopingthat a husband will help her secure the coveted English throne, she marries again,but the love and security she longs for elude her. Instead, the fiery young queen findsherself embroiled in a murder scandal that could cost her the crown. And her attemptsto bargain with her formidable sister queen, Elizabeth I of England, could cost herher very life.

Eulalia’s Island

Visiting the island of Saint Lucia with his parents, pudgy, insecure, thirteen year old Sam finds a needed friend in Eulalia, and comes to share her interests and positive attitude toward life.

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker

At the age of nine, Cynthia Ann Parker was captured in an Indian raid and taken to live as a slave with the Comanche. Twenty four years later, she is the wife of a chief and the mother of a young warrior destined to become the great chief Quanah Parker. But in 1861 Cynthia Ann Parker and her infant daughter are recaptured, and returned against their will to a white settlement. A skillful examination of how individual identity is determined by cultural and social structures, and of what happens when these are drastically altered. Kirkus Reviews

White Lilacs

Young Rose Lee Jefferson is shocked to learn that the white residents of Dillon, Texas, want to raze the city’s black enclave, Freedomtown, and build a park in its place. Rose Lee and the other residents of Freedomtown cannot bear the thought of losing their homes. But fighting the city s plans could be costly or even life threatening. Will the families of Freedomtown be able to save their thriving community? Includes a reader’s guide.

Drummers of Jericho

Pazit Trujillo begins her freshman year at Jericho High School and quickly realizes that people in this small suburban town aren?t used to Jewish girls with strange names. Despite the whispers and stares, Pazit wants to fit in and is determined to join the school?s marching band. But when she learns they will be playing hymns and marching in the formation of a cross, she objects. Only one person in the town, drummer Billy Harper, stands up for her, and in the end both Billy and Pazit learn something about friendship and the importance of exercising one?s rights.

Gideon’s People

Staying at an Amish farm for the summer, twelve year old Isaac Litvak meets sixteen year old Gideon, who takes an unusual interest in Isaac’s Jewish background and reveals to him his dangerous plans to run away.

Jubilee Journey

In this compelling continuation of the Jefferson family story, thirteen year old Emily Rose visits her extended family in Texas for the first time ever. Emily Rose, who grew up in a biracial family in the northeast, is surprised that racial attitudes are so different in the South. But as she grows closer to her great grandmother, Rose Lee, and learns more about her African American heritage, Emily Rose discovers a new dimension of herself.
Includes a reader’s guide.

Brown Eyes Blue

This story of three generations of independent minded women will resonate with mothers and daughters of all ages.

Marie, Dancing

Marie van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the famed Paris Opera, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only joy to counter the pain inflicted by hunger, her mother’s drinking, and her selfish older sister. But when famed artist Edgar Degas demands Marie’s presence in his studio, it appears that her life will be transformed: He will pay her to pose for a new sculpture, and he promises to make her a star.

As Marie patiently stands before Mr. Degas each week, she dreams about supporting her family without being corrupted like most young dancers. She dreams about a life as a ballerina on the stage of the Opera. And she dreams about being with her true love.

In this deeply moving, historically based account, Carolyn Meyer examines the life of the model for Edgar Degas’s most famous sculpture, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.

Includes an author’s note.

Loving Will Shakespeare

Poor Anne Hathaway is still living with her callous stepmother, and her prospects for marriage and a home of her own are becoming grim. However, she can’t seem to get charismatic Will Shakespeare out of her mind–even though he is much too young for her. But then one day Will impulsively kisses his childhood friend Anne, changing the course of their lives forever.
Here is the story of the childhoods of and tumultuous romance between the boy who became the world’s most famous playwright and the spirited farmer’s daughter who became his wife. Carolyn Meyer has delivered a riveting historical tale about love, family, the pursuit of one’s dreams–and the price one pays for each.

In Mozart’s Shadow: His Sister’s Story

Nannerl Mozart was a musical prodigy who seemed to have a brilliant future. But once her younger brother, Wolfgang, began composing symphonies at the age of five, her career and talents were utterly eclipsed. Here, at last, is Nannerl’s heart wrenching tale. It’s the story of her undying passion for music; her relationship with her ‘miracle boy’ brother; and her life as the ‘other Mozart,’ the one forgotten by history. The acclaimed Carolyn Meyer has written a powerful historical novel about a little known but gifted musician who never stopped dreaming. Includes an author’s note.

The True Adventures of Charley Darwin

The fascinating journey of a famous naturalistYoung Charley Darwin hated school he much preferred to be outside studying birds eggs, feathers, and insects. And so, at the age of twenty one, he boarded a ship called HMS Beagle and spent five thrilling but dangerous years sailing around the world, studying plant and animal life that was beyond anything he could have imagined. Here, just in time for Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his groundbreaking On the Origin of Species, historical novelist Carolyn Meyer tells the story of his unconventional adventures. It s the story of a restless childhood, unrequited teenage love, and a passion for studying nature that was so great, Darwin would sacrifice everything to pursue it.

Rio Grande Stories

The seventh grade class at Rio Grande Middle School in Albuquerque is a unique group. Coming from schools all over the city, the students are facing new challenges and wondering how they’ll fit in. When they are asked to raise money for the school, the kids decide to write and sell a book. They will all contribute something about their heritage that is personal and important. Filled with stories, traditions, and recipes, the book is a big success. Best of all, the kids learn something about themselves and about one another. Includes a new author’s note and a glossary.

In a Different Light: Growing Up in a Yupik Eskimo Village in Alaska

The author of Eskimos: Growing Up in a Changing Culture describes the changes that have occurred among the Yup’ik Eskimos during an eighteen year absence, focusing on the younger generation in an effort to demonstrate the traditional and cultural differences that developed during that time.

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