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22) Barkskins
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English
Description
In the late seventeenth century two penniless young Frenchmen, René Sel and Charles Duquet, arrive in New France. Bound to a feudal lord, a "seigneur," for three years in exchange for land, they become wood-cutters -- barkskins. René suffers extraordinary hardship, oppressed by the forest he is charged with clearing. He is forced to marry a Mi'kmaw woman and their descendants live trapped between two inimical cultures. But Duquet, crafty and ruthless,...
23) Kushiel's avatar
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Phedre, accompanied by protector swordsman Joscelin, journeys down a fabled river in order to rescue a childhood friend.
25) The sea runners
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English
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The story of four indentured servants in Czarist Russia in 1853 who escape and travel to freedom by canoe. In 1853, four Scandinavian indentured laborers in Russian Alaska steal a canoe and begin to paddle south toward the mouth of the Columbia River, twelve hundred miles away.
27) Nobody's angel
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Publisher
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Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Ian Connelly, Marquis of Derne, is branded a criminal, sent to the Carolina Colony, becomes the indentured servant of Susannah Redmon, and eventually they fall in love.
28) Calico bush
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English
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In 1743, thirteen-year-old Marguerite Ledoux travels to Maine as the indentured servant of a family that regards her as little better than the Indians that threaten them, but her strength, quick thinking and courage surprise them all.
29) Servant mage
Author
Publisher
Tordotcom
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Kate Elliott's Servant Mage, a lowly fire mage finds herself entangled in an empire-spanning conspiracy on her way to discovering her true power. They choose their laws to secure their power. Fellion is a Lamplighter, able to provide illumination through magic. A group of rebel Monarchists free her from indentured servitude and take her on a journey to rescue trapped compatriots from an underground complex of mines. Along the way they get caught...
30) Amal unbound
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Amal's dream of becoming a teacher one day is dashed in an instant when she accidentally insults a member of her Pakistani village's ruling family. As punishment for her behavior, she is forced to leave her heartbroken family behind and go work at their estate. Amal is distraught but has faced setbacks before. So she summons her courage and begins navigating the complex rules of life as a servant, with all its attendant jealousies...
31) Unconquered
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Peace-loving Chris Holden is a militiaman who buys and then frees beautiful indentured servant Abby Hale. When a supplier of illegal firearms covets Abby for himself, he sparks a vicious battle between an Indian tribe and a few brave colonists.
33) Bound
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Held by the terms of her indentured servitude all her life, Alice Cole finds herself torn between her new master and a life-long friend, a situation that forces her to run away to Boston, where she learns a new trade at the side of compassionate friends.
34) Give me liberty
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, from May 1774 to December 1775, as he serves his indentureship with a music teacher in Williamsburg, Virginia, and witnesses the growing rift between patriots and loyalists, culminating in the American Revolution.
35) Kushiel's dart
Author
Series
Kushiel's legacy volume 1
Publisher
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Pub. Date
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Language
English
Description
The land of Terre d'Ange is a place of unsurpassing beauty and grace. It is said that angels found the land and saw it was good...and the ensuing race that rose from the seed of angels and men live by one simple rule: Love as thou wilt. Phèdre nó Delaunay is a young woman who was born with a scarlet mote in her left eye. Sold into indentured servitude as a child, her bond is purchased by Anafiel Delaunay, a nobleman with very a special mission...and...
36) The boy who fell off the Mayflower, or, John Howland's good fortune: Or, John Howland's True Story
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Author
Series
Hagenheim volume 2
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to Lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstances are made even worse by the proximity of Lord Ranulf's bailiff -- a revolting man who has made unwelcome advances on Annabel in the past. Believing that life in a nunnery is the best way to escape the escalation of the bailiff's vile behavior and to preserve the faith that...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Brie hates the Fae and refuses to have anything to do with them, even if that means starving on the street. But when her sister is sold to the sadistic king of the Unseelie court to pay a debt, she'll do whatever it takes to get her back--including making a deal with the king himself to steal three magical relics from the Seelie court. Gaining unfettered access to the Seelie court is easier said than done. Brie's only choice is to pose as a potential...
Author
Publisher
Redhook Books/Orbit, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In fifty years, Myrra will be free. Until then, she's a contract worker. Ever since she was five, her life and labor have belonged to the highest bidder on her contract--butchers, laundries, and now the powerful, secretive Carlyles. But when one night finds the Carlyles dead, Myrra is suddenly free a lot sooner than she anticipated--and at a cost she never could have imagined. Burdened with the Carlyles' orphaned daughter and the terrible secret...
Author
Series
American diaries volume 10
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
While working as an indentured servant on a plantation in Virginia in 1749, thirteen-year-old Summer must prove her innocence when her master's daughter accuses her of stealing.