historical fiction

A fictionalized account of the life of young Elizabeth Tudor, who is taken in by King Henry VII's last wife, Katherine Parr, after the king's death, and finds herself pursued by Katherine's new husband, Tom Seymour, who believes courting the king's daughter will give him greater power.

David Beaton and his bride arrive in Dakota Territory in the 1880s to claim three hundred acres of grassland, and find themselves in a constant struggle against the forces of nature.

With only the mythical luck of a golden torc, the necklace of their ancestors, to protect them, Sean and Annie O'Brien leave famine-stricken Ireland to search for their father in a strange land called America.

"It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Souma. Is this fate? Or something more?"--Back cover.

"In medieval Japan, eight-year-old Hojo Tokiyuki is the heir to the Kamakura shogunate. But the Hojo clan is in decline, and Tokiyuki's peaceful days of playing hide-and-seek with his teachers come to an abrupt end when his clan is betrayed from within. The lone survivor of his family, Tokiyuki is the rightful heir to the throne, but to take it back, he'll have to do what he does best--run away! After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who have also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa province. The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for the moment, escaping from enemy territory is the priority!"--Provided by publisher.

Ginny Rose and Peggy became best friends when Ginny Rose's family came to work as pickers on Peggy's family's peach farm. Ten years later, Ginny Rose's family returns to town, and the two reconnect despite their class differences. Peggy's wealthy best friend, Lisette, threatens to get in the way of their friendship, but an unexpected adventure brings the girls together.

In Romania in 1989, when people who say or do the wrong thing disappear, ten-year-old aspiring writer Ileana copes with fear, hunger, and cruelty by writing new endings to stories, including her own.

A retelling of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," in which spirited Elizabeth Bennet, one of five unmarried sisters, refuses the attentions of the wealthy but aloof Mr. Darcy until she learns that his cold manner hides a noble heart.

"A wordless graphic novel in which twelve-year-old Marisol must adapt to a new life 1960s Brooklyn after her parents send her to the United States from Cuba to keep her safe during Castro's regime"--Provided by publisher.

"For Lamb follows a family striving to better their lives in the late 1930s Jackson, Mississippi. Lamb's mother is a hard-working, creative seamstress who cannot reveal she is a lesbian. Lamb's brother has a brilliant mind and has even earned a college scholarship for a black college up north--if only he could curb his impulsiveness and rebellious nature. Lamb herself is a quiet and studious girl. She is also naive. As she tentatively accepts the friendly overtures of a white girl who loans her a book she loves, she sets off a calamitous series of events that pulls in her mother, charming hustler uncle, estranged father, and brother, and ends in a lynching"--From the publisher's web site.