The Secret of the Rose
By Sarah L. Thomson
Ages: 10 and up
Category: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Greenwillow
Pub. Date: August 2006
ISBN: 978-0060872502,
Hardcover Trade, $16.99
ISBN: 978-0060872519,
Hardcover Library, $17.89
Fourteen-year-old Rosalind Archer has secrets to hide, so she disguises herself as a boy and takes a job as a servant for a playwright named Christopher Marlowe. But she soon discovers that her new master has secrets even more dangerous than her own in this spy thriller set in Elizabethan London.
Awards & Accolades
“Fast-paced and accessible.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Thomson deftly weaves even more danger and intrigue into the story.”
—Horn Book
“A tour de force of 16th century London life.”
—Maine Sunday Telegram
Sarah L. Thomson
A children’s book author publishing award-winning nonfiction, poetry, picture books and novels including…
“Readers will treasure the blossoming friendship between opposites in this whimsically illustrated tale. Short chapters and plenty of action make for an accessible and appealing reading experience. . . . Touching and inspiring.”
—Kirkus Reviews