Search of the Moon King's Daughter

from RoseMarion

This is a wonderful book for historical fiction lovers. It tells the story of Emmaline Roke and her family in 1800s Victorian England. Emmaline experiences many tragedies in her young life, especially when her mother sells her brother for money to fund a drug habit. This selling leads to Emmaline...

from richiespicks

Richie's Picks: SEARCH OF THE MOON KING'S DAUGHTER by Linda Holeman In a horrific tale worthy of Dickens, fifteen year-old Emmaline's life in a British village in 1836 spirals rapidly downward when her mother's hand is mangled in a piece of factory machinery. Her mother becomes addicted to the la...

from Whisper1

A sad, shockingly accurate depiction of Victorian England in 1830 during the industrial age when the elite and upper echelon held sway and power over the lives of the poor, and wretched downtrodden. In a Charles Dicken's like fashion, rich in detail of the haves and have nots, Holeman takes us to...

from lilibrarian

After Emmaline's father dies, her mother must go to work in a mill where she injures her hand and becomes addicted to painkillers. She will do anything to get the drugs, and when nothing else is left, she sells Emmaline's deaf brother to a master sweep, who takes him to London where the little bo...

from RoseMarion

This is a wonderful book for historical fiction lovers. It tells the story of Emmaline Roke and her family in 1800s Victorian England. Emmaline experiences many tragedies in her young life, especially when her mother sells her brother for money to fund a drug habit. This selling leads to Emmaline...