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Book Suggestions Published in 2022 A Book, Too, Can Be a Star (2022, by: Jones Voiklis, Charlotte, LE, MG, Madeleine L'Engle, Poets and Writers) History Smashers: The Underground Railroad (2022, by: Messner, Kate, MG, UMG, Underground Railroad, Escaped Slaves) New From Here (2022, by: Yang, Kelly, MG, UMG, Asian Americans, COVID-19 Pandemic, Plagues) The Lucky Ones (2022, by: Williams Jackson, Linda, MG, UMG, Civil Rights, poverty) Wish Upon a Crawdad (2022, by: Condon, Curtis W., MG, UMG, electricity, Great Depression) Dream Annie, Dream (2022, by: Brown, Waka T., MG, UMG, Immigration, American Dream) Freewater (2022, by: Luqman-Dawson, Amina, MG, Antebellum South, Slavery, Maroon Community, Escaped Slaves) I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz (2022, by: Kor, Eva Mozes, MG, Holocaust, Nazi Occupation, Auschwitz) Yonder (2022, by: Standish, Ali, MG, UMG, WWII) Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II (2022, by: Levi, Lia, MG, WWII, Jews in Hiding, Nazi Occupation) Lines of Courage (2022, by: Nielsen, Jennifer A., UMG, WWI) The Prince of Steel Pier (2022, by: Nockowitz, Stacy, UMG, Jewish Life, Atlantic City, Mobsters) Ancient Eats: An Edible Exploration of the World (2022, by: Hanson, Stephanie, UMG, YA, World History) Charlotte Mason: The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder (2022, by: Gore, Lanaya, UMG, A, Education, Charlotte Mason, Victorian Era) Red Scare: A Graphic Novel (2022, by: Walsh, Liam Francis, UMG, YA, McCarthyism, Cold War) The Other Side of the River (2022, by: Dobbs, Alda P., UMG, Mexican Revolution, Mexican Immigration) The Star that Always Stays (2022, by: Johnson, Anna Rose, UMG, Ojibwe Nation, Indigenous Americans) Troublemaker (2022, by: Cho, John, UMG, LA Riots, prejudice and racism) Quiet Fire: Emily Dickinson's Life and Poetry (2022, by: Dommermuth-Costa, Carol, UMG, YA, Emily Dickinson, Poets and Writers) The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (2022, by: Leali, Michael, UMG, History Erasure, LGBTQ+, American Civil War) 24 Hours in Ancient Egypt (2022, by: Ryan, Donald P., YA, A, Ancient Egypt) The Red Palace (2022, by: Hur, June, YA, A, Joseon Era, Political Murder) Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix (2022, by: McLemore, Anna-Marie, YA, A, Jazz Age, LGBTQ+, Retelling) Daughters of a Dead Empire (2022, by: Tara O'Neil, Carolyn, YA, A, Russian Revolution) Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken (2022, by: Tyndall, Nita, YA, A, WWII, LGBTQ+) The Call of the Wrens (2022, by: Walsh, Jenni L., YA, A, WWI) This Rebel Heart (2022, by: Locke, Katherine, YA, A, Revolution, Hungarian Revolution, LGBTQ+) My Name is Selma (2022, by: van de Perre, Selma, YA, A, Holocaust, Jewish Resistance) Babel: or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History (2022, by: Kuang, R.F., YA, A, Colonization, Revolution, Oxford) The Turning Point: 1851 - A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World (2022, by: Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert, YA, A, Charles Dickens, Victorian Era) And We Rise (2022, by: Martin, Erica, YA, A, Civil Rights) Gold Mountain (2022, by: Yee, Betty G., YA, A, Westward Expansion, Chinese Immigration, Transcontinental Railroad) The Taste of Ginger: A Novel (2022, by: Shah, Mansi, YA, A, Immigration) My Imaginary Mary (2022, by: Hand, Cynthia, Ashton, Brodi, Meadows, Jodi, YA, A, Mary Shelley) Anatomy: A Love Story (2022, by: Schwartz, Dana, YA, A, Medicine, Graverobbers, Women in Science) What Moves the Dead (2022, by: Kingfisher, T., YA, A, Victorian Era, LGBTQ+, Fungi) A Million to One (2022, by: Jaigirdar, Adiba, YA, A, Titanic, Heists, LGBTQ+) I Must Betray You (2022, by: Sepetys, Ruta, YA, A, Cold War, Communism) Great or Nothing (2022, by: McCullough, Joy, Tung Richmond, Caroline, Sharpe, Tess, Spotswood, Jessica, YA, WWII, American Home Front, Little Women Retelling) Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts (2022, by: Hall, Rebecca, YA, A, Racism, Atlantic Slave Trade, Slave Revolts) History Comics: The Stonewall Riots (2022, by: Bongiovanni, Archie, Andrews, A., YA, Stonewall Riots, Activism, LGBTQ+) The Kitchen Front (2022, by: Ryan, Jennifer, A, WWII) Beautiful Little Fools (2022, by: Cantor, Jillian, A, Jazz Age, LGBTQ+) The German Wife (2022, by: Rimmer, Kelly, A, WWII, Operation Paperclip) The Mad Girls of New York: A Nellie Bly Novel (2022, by: Rodale, Maya, Adult, Gilded Age, Writing, Journalism, Nellie Bly) Take My Hand (2022, by: Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, A, Civil Rights, Reproductive Rights) The Woman They Could Not Silence (2022, by: Moore, Kate, A, women's rights, Institutionalization, Asylums) See also: 2021 | 2020 Featured Weekly Book Suggestion - 1/10/2022 Industrial Age Fingersmith Author: Waters, Sarah Buy at Amazon | BookShop.org Time Period: Industrial Age Time Frame: 1862 Geographic Area: Europe Country: Great Britain Topics: Victorian Era, LGBTQ+ Genre: Fiction Reading Age: Adult Format: Novel Published: 2002 World History > Industrial Age > LGBTQ+ Oliver Twist with a twist... Waters spins an absorbing tale that withholds as much as it discloses. A pulsating story.”—The New York Times Book Review Sue Trinder is an orphan, left as an infant in the care of Mrs. Sucksby, a "baby farmer," who raised her with unusual tenderness, as if Sue were her own. Mrs. Sucksby’s household, with its fussy babies calmed with doses of gin, also hosts a transient family of petty thieves—fingersmiths—for whom this house in the heart of a mean London slum is home. One day, the most beloved thief of all arrives—Gentleman, an elegant con man, who carries with him an enticing proposition for Sue: If she wins a position as the maid to Maud Lilly, a naïve gentlewoman, and aids Gentleman in her seduction, then they will all share in Maud’s vast inheritance. Once the inheritance is secured, Maud will be disposed of—passed off as mad, and made to live out the rest of her days in a lunatic asylum. With dreams of paying back the kindness of her adopted family, Sue agrees to the plan. Once in, however, Sue begins to pity her helpless mark and care for Maud Lilly in unexpected ways... But no one and nothing is as it seems in this Dickensian novel of thrills and reversals. Emily's Review This was such a great story! So many twists and turns, I never knew what was going to happen next! Sue Trinder grew up in London with a clan of thieves and was trained to become a Fingersmith. But the woman who raised her kept her sheltered and never let her practice what she'd learned. One day, a man called Gentleman comes and asks her to help him con a simple lady out of her fortune. Her job is to become the lady's maid and convince her to run away and marry Gentleman. Then after he marries her, they'll dump her in an asylum and share her fortune. On the surface, it seems like a fairly predictable story. Trust me, it isn't. This is the kind of story where the less you know going into it, the better. Fingersmith felt very Dickensian - I loved the Victorian setting and the story itself was fantastic. The writing is excellent. I was never quite sure what was going on but in the best way. It made me want to keep reading and unravel this wild mystery. The plot twists come at you out of nowhere, so when you think you are understanding what is happening, another twist will pull the rug out from under you. This was my first Sarah Waters novel, but it definitely won't be my last. I want to read all of her work and I can only hope it is all as good or better than Fingersmith! Other Similar Books Other suggestions on the subject of Victorian Era. You Wouldn't Want to Be a Victorian Miner (by: Malam, John, LE, MG) You Wouldn't Want to be a Victorian Schoolchild (by: Malam, John, LE, MG) You Wouldn't Want to be a Victorian Mill Worker (by: Malam, John, LE, MG) You Wouldn't Want to be a Victorian Servant (by: MacDonald, Fiona, LE, MG) Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (by: Auxier, Jonathan, MG, UMG) Charlotte Mason: The Teacher Who Revealed Worlds of Wonder (by: Gore, Lanaya, UMG, A) The Sherlockian (by: Moore, Graham, YA, A) Jane Steele (by: Faye, Lyndsay, YA, A) My Dear Henry: A Jekyll and Hyde Remix (by: Bayron, Kalynn, YA, A) The Victorian City: Everyday Life in Dickens' London (by: Flanders. Judith, YA, A) What Moves the Dead (by: Kingfisher, T., YA, A) The Turning Point: 1851 - A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World (by: Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert, YA, A) The Man Who Invented Christmas (by: Standiford, Les, YA, A) Fingersmith (by: Waters, Sarah, A) A Curious Beginning (by: Raybourn, Deanna, A) Miss Eliza's English Kitchen: A Novel of Victorian Cookery and Friendship (by: Abbs, Annabel, A) The Death of Jane Lawrence: A Novel (by: Starling, Caitlin, A) What's New: Books. Lots of Books. Other Links: HistoryBookByBook on Facebook History_BookByBook on Instagram History_BookByBook on Twitter Arrrghschooling on YouTube BuildYourLibrary.com BuildYourLibrary on Facebook