Elizabeth 1: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, the Royal Diaries: Cleopatra, Dear America: The Girl Who Chased Away Sorrow, a Light in the Storm, My Nam

The Royal Diaries

by Kristiana Gregory, Karen Hesse, Ann Turner

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Childrens, Young Adult, Historical, Middle Grade

Paperback

About the author

Kristiana Gregory grew up in Manhattan Beach, California, two blocks from the ocean. She's always loved to make up stories [ask her family!], telling her younger siblings whoppers that would leave them wide-eyed and shivering. Her first rejection letter at age ten was for a poem she wrote in class when she was supposed to be doing a math assignment. She's had a myriad of odd jobs: telephone operator, lifeguard, camp counselor, reporter, book reviewer & columnist for the LA Times, and finally author.

Her award-winning books include STALKED, which earned the 2012 Gold Medal for Young Adult Mystery from Literary Classics and is hailed as "historical fiction with a thrilling twist." KIRKUS calls it "an atmospheric confection that will thrill YA readers ... Gregory achieves a realistic, rich atmosphere with insightful details about the immigration process and New York tenements in the early 1900s." Now available on Kindle and in paperback.

JENNY OF THE TETONS [Harcourt] won the Golden Kite Award in 1989 and was the first of two-dozen historical novels for middle grade readers. Several of Kristiana's titles are now available on Kindle including "Curiously Odd Stories: Vol. 1 and Vol. 2" with the celebrated 'Paper Monument', a futuristic book-banning with horrific consequences.

BRONTE'S BOOK CLUB [Holiday House] is set in a town by the sea and is inspired by the girls' book club Kristiana led for several years.

Her most recent title with Scholastic's Dear America series is CANNONS AT DAWN, a sequel to the best-selling THE WINTER OF RED SNOW, which was made into a movie for the HBO Family Channel.

New re-releases in ebooks and paperback on Amazon:
**PRAIRIE RIVER SERIES #1-4
**ORPHAN RUNAWAYS: THE PERILOUS ESCAPE TO BODIE
**CABIN CREEK MYSTERIES #7: THE PHANTOM OF HIDDEN HORSE RANCH
**THE WAITING LIGHT: CLEMENTINE'S STORY -- originally titled "My Darlin' Clementine" [Holiday House] this riveting historical mystery takes place in an Idaho mining camp of 1866, and was Idaho's representative for the 2010 National Book Festival in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the Library of Congress.

Kristiana and her husband have two adult sons, and live in Idaho with their two golden retrievers. In her spare time she loves to swim, walk, hike, read, and hang out with friends. She's trying to learn to knit, but isn't yet having much success.

Check out Kristiana's blogs at http://notesfromthesunroom.blogspot.com/ for behind-the-scenes stories about her books, and with photos from her childhood.

Reviews

[Xara Joy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A simply superb book in a simply superb series.

[Eevee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite the book lacking a clear climax or exciting storyline, the exciting writing style and characters of this book made me really appreciate it. Elizabeth I is so cool.

[Pinky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Learn about Elizabeth's precarious position in her early life under her volatile father Henry the 8th up to his death.

[Julia Koehn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not a fan of all the beheading in this one, but it's history. Right?

[Eve O. Spellman · Rating 4 out of 5]

My book only had the Elizabeth I diary. But, my, was it excellent! I loved it so very much. It was a bit easy to put down, which was good, but there was enough drama to keep me reading. Thank you so very much for this, Miss Kristiana. I just feel so bad for Elizabeth the First. So much trouble for the invisible princess. The only problem I found was that the dates of the years got mixed up twice. Funny.

[Nyssa Lunetta]

Love Love :)

[Sheila Read]

I remember the cover but just not the story