Plot to kill a queen : a royal spy story in three acts by Hopkinson, Deborah 

BTSB Prebound(Scholastic Press, 2023)

BTSB #: 463416 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.3 MG

Genres: Historical Fiction Mystery Fiction

Subjects: Elizabeth|bI, - Queen of England,|d1533-1603 - Fiction Mary, - Queen of Scots,|d1542-1587 - Fiction Walsingham, Francis, - Sir,|d1532-1590 - Fiction Lutenists - Fiction Assassination - Fiction Conspiracies - Great Britain - History|y16th century - Fiction Spies - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1558-1603, Elizabeth - Fiction

Summary: In 1582 thirteen-year-old Emilia Bassano is a lute player and aspiring playwright who stumbles on a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth, and is recruited by Sir Francis Walsingham to go to the castle where Mary Queen of Scots is being held and discover who is responsible for the plot.

Will Sparrow's road by Cushman, Karen 

BTSB Prebound(Clarion, 2012)

BTSB #: 254091 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
AR: 5.3 MG F&P: X

Genres: Historical Fiction Adventure Fiction

Subjects: Conduct of life - Fiction Freak shows - Fiction Runaway children - Fiction Great Britain - History|y1558-1603, Elizabeth - Fiction

Summary: In 1599 England, twelve-year-old lying, thieving Will Sparrow runs away, meets many colorful characters on the road, and then reluctantly joins a traveling "oddities" exhibit, where he learns to see beyond appearances.