THE SECRET CHAMBER OF GWENDOLINE RISTON

People have long whispered about Gwendoline Riston - her way with animals, her skill with plants, and most of all, her pale skin and white hair. But Gwen has never taken much notice of their talk. Her father says she looks like an angel here on earth, and her friend Jack has always been a trusted companion even as the rest of the village folk shun her. Now a great and terrible plague has come to England and no one is safe, least of all Gwen. As the disease rages across the countryside, Gwen finds herself left alone to face an angry mob that blames her for the black death.

Janet Graber is the author of Malcolm Mouse, Exploreer, Jacob and the Polar Bears and Muktar and the Camels, and the YA novel, Resistance. Janet is the recipient of a McKnight Artist Fellowship in Children's Literature, The Association of Educational Publishers Distinguished Achievement Award, the Junior Library Guild Selection, and a Minnesota Book Award Finalist in the Young Adult category.