Novels

The SmartNovels History Series from SparkNotes:

VOLUME 1: A TIME FOR WITCHES
by Lynne Hansen
As a teenager growing up in twenty-first-century Salem, Mindy Gold thinks she knows all about the town’s notorious witch trials. But when she wakes up in colonial Salem Village, she discovers it’s a more dangerous place than she’d ever imagined. In A Time for Witches, Mindy’s racing against the clock to uncover why she’s there—and whom she can trust—before she becomes the next victim of the Puritan hysteria.

Over 500 facts about Salem you won’t see in your history book, including:

• Profiles of Salem’s most wanted
• Crimes and punishments in colonial Salem
• Evil powers attributed to Salem’s witches
• 6 myths about the New England colonists
• Scary treatments for common ailments
• Choice eats and drinks of Salem citizens

Category: Young Adult Time Travel Historical
Formats: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-9671-2
ISBN-10: 1-4114-9671-X
Price: $7.95
Pages: 184
Reading Level: 8th grade and up

VOLUME 2: SHADES OF BLUE AND GRAY
by Lynne Hansen
Twenty-first-century teen Mindy Gold and time-cop Jasper Gordon travel back to 1861 Virginia to rescue Chad, the cutest guy in Mindy’s high school. In the meantime, they are still in pursuit of their alien nemesis Andros, who has kidnapped their friend Jonathan Hartthorne from 17th-century Salem. In Shades of Blue and Gray, Mindy and Jasper’s new mission leads them to a Union Army camp on the eve of the battle of Bull Run. Will they find Chad before the cannons fire at dawn?

Contains over 500 facts about the Civil War you won’t see in your history book, including:

• 5 errors that cost the South the war
• Little-known details about Abraham Lincoln
• Profiles of women soldiers
• Daily rations of Civil War soldiers
• 10 people who split the nation in half
• Sherman’s march: how to devastate a countryside in 6 easy steps.

Category: Young Adult Time Travel Historical
Formats: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-9674-3
ISBN-10: 1-4114-9674-4
Price: $7.95
Pages: 168
Reading Level: 8th grade and up

VOLUME 3: RECKLESS REVOLUTION
by Lynne Hansen
With an evil, time-hopping alien hot on their heels, twenty-first–century teen Mindy Gold and her new partner in time, Jasper, arein a race to rescue Mindy’s sister Serena from 18th-century Philadelphia. Along the way Mindy faces down rabble-rousing Whigs, an outbreak of smallpox, and a light lunch with Ben Franklin. In Reckless Revolution, Mindy and the gang play a treacherous game of cat and mouse as they struggle to keep the timeline of history intact.

Over 500 facts about the Revolution you won’t see in your history book, including:

• Little-known details about the founding fathers
• 7 biggest myths about the Revolutionary War
• 10 people who rocked the American Revolution
• Unexpected tidbits about the Declaration of Independence
• Life and times of Ben Franklin
• 6 things that made King George III . . . different

Category: Young Adult Time Travel Historical
Formats: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-9672-9
ISBN-10: 1-4114-9672-8
Price: $7.95
Pages: 184
Reading Level: 8th grade and up

RAVE NEW WORLD
By Lynne Hansen

It’s the year 2157, and every pleasure that doesn’t turn people into dutiful consumers has been classified as an addiction and outlawed. Jaden Emory’s job is to find out people’s hidden addictions–and root them out. But when rebellious raver Ally Fayre enters the picture, it’s Jaden who becomes addicted…to her.

SmartBooks are compelling, full-length novels with edgy and mature themes that will appeal to teens. Each book showcases more than 1,000 vocabulary words frequently included on the SAT. Brief definitions appear on the same page so that readers can quickly access and digest the meanings as they read along.

Category: Young Adult Science Fiction
Formats: Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-0440-3
ISBN-10: 1-4114-0440-8
Price: $7.95
Pages: 208
Reading Level: High School

HERITAGE OF HORROR BOOK 1: THE RETURN
By Lynne Hansen

After their brother dies in battle, sixteen-year-old twins Molly and Jacob Gray discover a way to bring him back to life. The side effects (including a marauding zombie arm) seem to disappear, so when Molly’s boyfriend is run over by a wagon, they decide to resurrect him as well. Only too late do they find out that they have turned the two people they love most into the living dead.

Category: Young Adult Historical Horror
Formats: Trade Paperback & E-Book
ISBN-13: 978-07599-0522-1
ISBN-10: 0-7599-0522-3
Price: $9.00
Pages: 102
Reading Level: Fifth Grade & Up
Teacher Resources Available: Free Teacher Activity Kit Available. E-mail Lynne for details.

HERITAGE OF HORROR BOOK 2: THE CHANGE
By Lynne Hansen

Although sixteen-year-old Hannah Gray hates everything about pioneer life on the Kansas prairie, becoming a werewolf is the absolute worst. Each night she changes into a fierce beast. Each morning she awakes to carnage she doesn’t remember. Can she find a cure before those she loves uncover her terrible secret?

Bitten one evening while walking with her new boyfriend Daniel Drumm, Hannah struggles to control the wolf inside her. Each night the pull of the rising moon grows stronger. Flashes of her missing hours haunt her. She worries that it’s her, and not the werewolf that attacked her, that’s destroying her town. Daniel tells her he loves her, but will he still feel that way if he discovers the dark beast hidden within her?

Category: Young Adult Historical Horror
Formats: Trade Paperback & E-Book
ISBN-13: 978-07599-4491-6
ISBN-10: 0-7599-4491-1
Price: $9.00
Pages: 108
Reading Level: 6th Grade & Up
Teacher Resources Available: Free Teacher Activity Kit Available. E-mail Lynne for details.

ALTDEATH.COM
By Lynne Hansen & Sally Bosco

An online murder mystery club for teens discovers they have a real murder to solve when one of their members is found dead under suspicious, perhaps even paranormal circumstances. The AltDeath Club knows that their friend Rachel didn’t commit suicide. Her blue lips and withered body are not the product of poison like the Rappahannock police believe. An energy vampire is prowling their isolated stretch of Northern Neck, Virginia. The AltDeathers must find the killer before they, too, fall prey to the vampire’s foul trap. Through their investigation, Tori St. James, her wheelchair-bound boyfriend Matt, and the rest of the AltDeath Club uncover the truth—that cyberspace…has fangs.

Category: Young Adult Horror
Formats: Trade Paperback & E-Book
ISBN-13: 978-07599-4572-2
ISBN-10: 0-7599-4572-1
Price: $9.00
Pages: 148
Reading Level: 7th Grade & Up
Teacher Resources Available: Free Teacher Activity Kit Available. E-mail Lynne for details.

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