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• Lessons for Rose - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Mrs. Hibbins led Rosie indoors as the rest of the girls followed. The schoolroom was really a spare room in her house, furnis…

• Rose Returned - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Mama stepped out to see what all the fuss was about. Her keen eyes spotted her wet and bedraggled daughter and immediately sh…

• Socializing Rose - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Though Rosie never did anything quite so frightening again, she continued to get into mischief. Mama was all for keeping her …

• Rose at School - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  When Papa left Rosie at the school, she looked about mutely. The schoolyard was full of girls in similar clothing, but Rosie …

• Rose in Trouble - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Rosie was sent to her room without dinner while Mama invited Mr. Smith for tea. Rosie didn’t mind, so much, as she was tired,...

• The Saving of Rose - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Rosie turned to look, hardly daring to breathe. A man rowed a boat after her, his face determined, his arms straining. The we…

• Rose and the River - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  One day, when Rosie was about ten, Mama sent her out to fetch her latest order of cloth from the draper’s. Rosie hated the dr…

• Rose at Home - Rose King series

  by Charlotte Scriversi about 1 month ago

  Because of what they thought of as a curse, Matthew and Sarah treasured and coddled Rosie. She liked, from a very young age, ...