"There's a fine line between gossip and history, when one is talking about kings."

Sophie Fitzosborne lives in a crumbling castle in the tiny island kingdom of Montmaray with her eccentric and impoverished royal family. When she receives a journal for her sixteenth birthday, Sophie decides to chronicle day-to-day life on the island. But this is 1936, and the news that trickles in from the mainland reveals a world on the brink of war. The politics of Europe seem far away from their remote island--until two German officers land a boat on Montmaray. And then suddenly politics become very personal indeed.

A Brief History of Montmaray is a heart-stopping tale of loyalty, love, and loss, and of fighting to hold on to home when the world is exploding all around you.

"Once in a while, a special book will cross our paths and make us grateful for life and the ability to read. I'm talking about A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper. I'm calling her Australia's next stroke of literary brilliance."--Viewpoint

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Rh Childrens Books
Published: 03/08/2011
ISBN: 9780375851544
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.80d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 133139 / Brief History of Montmaray
Reading Level: 6.5 / Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus / Point Value: 12