Books like The time-traveling fashionista at the palace of Marie Antoinette by Bianca Turetsky

The beloved classic of American literature, Little Women, narrates the adventures of four March sisters as they grow up during the Civil War era.

Twelve‑year‑old Henry York discovers that seemingly ordinary cupboard knobs are portals to strange worlds, launching a fantasy adventure of family, magic, and mystery across Kansas and beyond.

Lily returns to her own world after surviving a life‑threatening Pyre and fleeing to an alternate Salem; she now navigates a quieter life with Rowan while concealing her magic for the world’s safety.

Twelve-year-old Theo uses her arcane knowledge and special talent to protect an artifact from two secret societies at a London museum.

A thrilling adventure novel set in Victorian London, exploring the world of painting and magic.

Jack and Annie return to New Orleans on their second adventure, where they face real ghosts, discover jazz, and meet young Louis Armstrong while inspiring artists to spread joy.

A supernatural Southern Gothic tale for middle‑grade readers set in Alabama, blending history, family life, and magic in a vivid, country setting.

A personal diary of the young Queen Victoria, from age eight to her wedding anniversary in 1843.

A ten‑year‑old girl dreams of becoming a baker while attending an exclusive girls’ witch‑craft school, where she excels despite her resistance to magic.

At the eve of World II, two young girls mistaken for one another at a grand English estate become unexpectedly entwined in romance and intrigue.

When 12‑year‑old Louise Lambert donates a vintage gown to a private sale, she slips into the Titanic’s past, becoming silent‑film star Alice Baxter in 1912.

"Conceived as a fundraiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV's palace, the world's elite gathered in Versailles' grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer, while being entertained by Liza Minnelli and Josephine Baker. What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle of Versailles five Americans--Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, and Stephen Burrows--faced off against the five French designers considered the best in the world--Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Bohan of Christian Dior. Against all odds, the American energy and the domination by their fearless models (ten of whom, in a ground-breaking move, were African-American) sent the audience reeling. By the end of the evening, the Americans had transformed their place on the world stage and sowed the seeds for changing the way race, gender, sexuality, and economics would be treated in fashion for decades to come. The in-fighting between ego-inflated designers, the unforeseen obstacles in staging the show on a shoestring, the triumphant win, the vastly different fates of the designers post-show--Robin Givhan's meticulous research brings the event alive and places it firmly in the history of fashion, offering an intimate examination of a single moment that teaches us how the culture of fashion as we now know it came to be"--