Marie Sontag

Author Bio:

Marie Sontag brings history to life, one adventure at a time. Her middle grade and YA historical novels place fictional teens alongside historical figures as they face challenges similar to those encountered by today's youth.

With a BA in social science, a minor in music, an MA, and a Ph.D. in education, Dr. Sontag says teaching middle school for over fifteen years has kept her young.

Born in Milwaukee, WI, and having lived forever in San Jose, CA, she currently makes her home in Texas where her favorite activities include attending concerts and musicals with her husband and playing with her incredibly talented grandchildren!

Tall Tales and Timeless Stories

Thirty-nine stories from seventeen authors to enthrall and entertain you. Chose from mystery, crime, and horror to paranormal, science fiction, and fantasy, plus young adult and children's to adventure and western, with some historical, literary, and memoirs thrown it for good measure. Many of these…

Underground Scouts

Tadzio and Magdalena weren't prepared for their Polish Scoutmaster's challenge. Not until their parents disappeared. Undercover Scouts, a YA historical novel, brings to light the brave efforts of Polish Boy Scouts and Girl Guides who fought alongside the Polish Underground during WWII.

Yosemite Trail Discovered

Join sixteen-year-old Daniel Whitcomb as he juggles a growing relationship with Virginia Reed, one of the survivors of the Donner Party, helps his Miwok friend learn how to read and write, and manages the account ledgers for his guardian, Jim Savage at his trading posts in the California gold fields.…

California Trail Discovered

All Daniel wants is to get back to Illinois and find out who murdered his parents. He doesn’t want to travel the Oregon Trail with his guardian, Jim. He doesn’t want twelve-year-old Virginia Reed, a member of the Donner Party, as a friend. And he certainly doesn’t want anything bad to happen to…

The Silver Coin (Ancient Elements) (Volume 3)

The Mycenaean captain laughed and addressed his prisoners. "By the time people realize you're missing, you'll all be slaves of Greek merchants or landowners. And I’ll be that much richer!" Sam swallowed hard. Now I’ll never find Uncle Zim. And who will want to buy a crippled slave? Numbness…

The Alabaster Jar (Ancient Elements) (Volume 2)

"The Alabaster Jar," volume two of the Ancient Elements series, follows Samsuluna (Sam) from Ancient Babylonia to Egypt with his adopted family where he learns more about the healing arts. The pressures of a foreign culture and Sam’s quest to solve a tomb raiding mystery threaten to tear…

Rising Hope (Warsaw Rising Trilogy) (Volume 1)

Category: Teen & Young Adult: Historical Fiction: Europe  "young adult historical fiction" Rising Hope tells the story of six teens that, through loss, find hope as they fight against the Germans when their Scout troops join forces with the Underground Army during the 1944 Warsaw Rising.Looking…

The Bronze Dagger (Ancient Elements) (Volume 1)

Twelve-year-old Samsuluna lives in Mesopotamia during the reign of Hammurabi (1780 BC). He has no place to call home. The lies that Sam spins about the stolen jewels and the death of his father threaten to catch up with him. Will Sam ever learn how to trust his new friends, overcome his quest for revenge,…