Sally Watson, her books

Outrageous Oriel - Oriel takes after not only her maternal grandmother, Valerie (of Mistress Malapert) but also—in some ways—her paternal grandmother the Dowager Lady Heath. And when in 1641 she goes to the court of stubborn, vacillating, always-unwise King Charles I and his passionate and irrrational wife Queen Henrietta—well a lot of people are not pleased. Including Oriel when she meets the man her father has selected to marry her.

The cover is a drawing by Sally Watson of Oriel and King Charles I.

Now available online from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or at your local independent bookstore (order through Baker & Taylor or Ingram, book distributors).

Mistress Malapert - A headstrong and impish thirteen-year-old named Valerie Leigh dresses as a boy, and runs away to London to meet Nick and Master William Shakespeare.

(see Sally as Val, caught by the illustrator without knowing)

Lark, the daughter of Royalists exiled to France, runs away from home during Cromwell's reign, with the goal of helping Charles II.

Linnet, a too-trusting upper-class young lady of fourteen, runs away from home in 1582 England. Along the way she met Sir Colin Collyngewood, a gentleman, and accepted the ride he so kindly offered her. That was her first mistake. Her second was in accepting his hospitality, although by that time, she had little choice. A fascinating and intriguing book based on an actual historical plot against Elizabeth I.

Highland Rebel. Bonnie Prince Charlie's attempt to capture the throne of England was a time of high excitement for Lauren Cameron, her brother, and her cousins. It was a serious time, too, with dreadful happenings and fierce battles. And Lauren, kept at home with Aunt Elspeth, longed to be out fighting the British. Donning kilts, she would ride over the hills with her cousin Murdoch and faithful Angus, looking for British soldiers. While masquerading as a boy, she was captured and held prisoner by the Earl of Loudon, head of the Campbell clan, arch foe of all Camerons. Still refusing to admit her identity, Lauren finally escapes, and rejoins her family and those loyal to the Prince in exile in France.

Hornet's Nest tells of two siblings from the Isle of Skye in Scotland who are sent by their parents to the colony of Williamsburg Virginia in 1773...in an effort to keep them from being hanged! A spirited and humorous adventure set against the background of the emerging American Revolution.

Jade serves with Mary Reed and Ann Bonny as a pirate in the Caribbean (pirates!!!)
Her name was Melanie Lennox, but she preferred to be called Jade. "Swords, adventure, freedom," sixteen year old Melanie cried," and I'll pay any price!" Driven by her courageous, independent spirit and hatred of slavery, Jade attempts to release a ship's cargo of slaves destined for bondage in Virginia. While she is being publicly flogged for her efforts, the ship is captured by pirates, and Jade, undaunted and realizing her opportunity for adventure, decides to join them.

Witch of the Glens is Kelpie's story. The time was 1644 in Inverness, Scotland. As the "wicked wee lass" raced along the steep streets, just ahead of the stones and cries of briosag! hurled at her, she wished with all her heart that she were a witch. What a spell she would put on them all! For all her seventeen years, Kelpie could remember nothing but belonging to Mina and Bogle, gypsies who lived by their evil wits. The only law any of them knew was that of self-preservation. Bogle said she had been kidnaped because of her blue ringed eyes of the "Second Sight," and she often wondered from where. A castle, perhaps? Nobility? But a series of events would change her life forever when Kelpie would encounter two fine young men. Truly a hands-down favorite among Sally Watson readers!Kelpie turns out to be the ancestor of several of Sally's other heroines.

Magic at Wychwood - a children's fairy tale

The Mukhtar's Children - an Arab village Mukhtar's four children react to a new Jewish kibbutz along the hill just after the Israel war of independence

To Build a Land tells of the ingathering of Jewish orphans after Israel becomes a state

Other Sandals - a girl from the kibbutz "swaps sandals" with a Haifa boy for the summer, each living in the other's home

Poor Felicity - a sickly pioneer girl is helped by Chief Seattle to become a healthy, efficient and independent young woman