Waiting for the Queen: A Novel of Early America (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781571317001)

Fifteen-year-old Eugenie de La Roque escapes the French Revolution with little more than her precious dog and the clothes on her back. Along with her family, she sails to America, hoping to find glorious French Azilum amid the wilderness of Pennsylvania. But when they arrive, they discover that the village awaiting them is nothing like the festive balls or carefully manicured gardens they've left behind.

Hannah Kimbrell is a young Quaker who has been chosen to help prepare the settlement for the arrival of the aristocrats. But in truth she wants nothing more than to be home with her mother and baby brother. Her homesickness is only deepened by the demands of the newly arrived French nobles, who are dismayed to find that simple log cabins are their only protection against the coming winter.

In this wild place away from home and the memories they hold dear, Eugenie and Hannah find more in common than they first realize. A story of friendship against all odds, Waiting for the Queen is a loving portrait of the values of early America, and a reminder that true nobility is more than a royal title.

Author: Joanna Higgins
ISBN-10: 1571317007
ISBN-13: 9781571317001
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Language: English
Published: 08/20/2013
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.1
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 161201 / Waiting for the Queen: A Novel of Early America


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2013
School Library Journal 08/01/2013 pg. 100
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2013 - Recommended - Readable
Publishers Weekly 08/12/2013
Foreword 08/31/2013
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2013 pg. 94
Booklist 11/01/2013 pg. 81
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2014 pg. 80 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw