The Secret of the Rose
by Sarah L. Thomson
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When her father is imprisoned in 1592 England for being Catholic, fourteen-year-old Rosalind disguises herself as a boy and finds an ultimately dangerous job as servant to playwright Christopher Marlowe.Tags
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When her father is imprisoned in 1592 England for being Catholic, fourteen-year-old Rosalind disguises herself as a boy and finds an ultimately dangerous job as servant to playwright Christopher Marlowe.
Appeals to girls, aged 12-16, homeschoolers. If you like "catherine called birdy" you would like this.
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I had to read it for a project! It was amazing! :)
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73+ Works 11,163 Members
Sarah L. Thomson attended college in Oberlin, Ohio. After graduation, she moved to New York and worked in publishing. She eventually became a senior editor at HarperCollins Children's Books. She became a full-time author shortly after her first book, The Dragon's Son, was published. Her works include Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American show more Flag; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- People/Characters
- Rosalind Archer; Christopher Marlowe (Kit); Edward Alleyn (Ned); Robin Archer; Will Green
- Important places
- Rose Theatre, Bankside, Southwark, London, England, UK; London, England, UK
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- Genres
- Kids, Fiction and Literature, Tween, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 813.6 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 2000-
- LCC
- PZ7 .T378 .S — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- (3.50)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 1
