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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All


School year: Year 10, Year 8, Year 9

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No. of pages 416

Published: 2018

Great for age 12-18 years

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"Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All" is a captivating novel that presents the lives of the six wives of King Henry VIII through their own voices. Each of the queens—Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr—narrates their experiences, revealing their hopes, ambitions, and struggles in a perilous court filled with power plays and betrayal. As they vie for the love and favor of Henry, readers gain insight into their personal sacrifices and the dangerous ramifications of being married to a king known for his ruthlessness and quest for an heir. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

 

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 12 years.

There are 416 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2018 by Schwartz & Wade Books .

Candace Fleming is the author of several picture books for children. She lives with her husband and two sons in a suburb of Chicago. Lisa Ann Sandell studies sculpture, is re-learning to play the trumpet, and, like Cora, has always found art and writing to be a driving force in her life. She is the author of THE WEIGHT OF THE SKY, which was named one of the New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age, and SONG OF THE SPARROW, which was a BookSense Summer 2007 pick and which Publishers Weekly called "unique and eloquently wrought" in a starred review. Lisa works as a children's books editor and lives in New York City with her husband, the author Liel Leibovitz, and their dog, Molly. Please visit her online at www. lisaannsandell. com Deborah Hopkinson's most recent book is the ALA Award-Winning Apples to Oregon . Her other titles include Under the Quilt of NIght (Also illustrated by James E. Ransome) and Fannie in the Kitchen . She lives in Oregon. Jennifer Donnelly lives in Brooklyn, New York. This is her first novel and marks the beginning of an incredibly assured and confident literary voice. M. T. Anderson is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult novels including Burger Wuss and Thirsty. He lives in Massachusetts, USA. Stephanie Hemphill is also the award-winning author of Wicked Girls: A Novel of the Salem Witch Trials, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist; Your Own, Sylvia: A Verse Portrait of Sylvia Plath, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Sisters of Glass; and Things Left Unsaid: A Novel in Poems. She lives in Chicago, Illinois. Linda Sue Park is the author of many books for young readers, including the Newbery Medal winner A Single Shard, and many other novels, poems and picture books. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family, and gave a popular TED talk called Can A Children's Book Change the World?

 

This book features the following characters:

Anne Boleyn
This book features Anne Boleyn.

Catherine Howard
This book features Catherine Howard.

Catharine Parr
This book features the character Catharine Parr.

Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour was the third queen of King Henry VIII. She died after giving birth to Edward VI from complications.

Catherine
This book features the character Catherine.

Henry
This book features the character Henry.

Anne
This book features Blyton's character, Anne.