Elizabeth George Speare's The Bronze Bow was originally published in 1961 by Houghton Mifflin. Set in Israel, the novel follows a young man named Daniel bar Jamin, who is alive at the same time that Jesus of Nazareth is. After his father is killed...

The Sign of the Beaver is a children's novel written by renowned author Elizabeth George Spear. The story is set in the 1760s in the woods of Maine, close to the Penobscot River. It is commonly set as required reading for elementary school...

Elizabeth George Speare was born in 1908 and died in 1994. A novelist best known for her historical fiction, Speare won two Newberry awards for children's literature. Published in 1958, The Witch of Blackbird Pond was Speare's second historical...