historical fiction

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Elsie's endless wait

1999
Eight-year-old heiress Elsie Dinsmore feels unloved and rejected while living at her grandmother's Southern plantation, and relies on her deep Christian faith to pull her through the dark times and keep alive the hope that her father, whom she has never met, will return to claim her.

The red badge of courage

1993
A young Union soldier, Henry Fleming, tells of his feelings when he is under fire for the first time during the battle of Chancellorsville.

A tale of two cities

2003
An adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel with relates the adventures of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.

Dreams in the golden country

the diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish immigrant girl
2003
Twelve-year-old Zippy, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, keeps a diary account of the first eighteen months of her family's life on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1903-1904.

Stephanie

heart of gold
1998
Stephanie, angered that her father has financed her boyfriend on a quest to the gold fields of California, runs away from home on a dangerous journey that leads her through storms, near-fatal accidents, unexpected hardships, and into the arms of her true love.

Katherine

heart of freedom
1997
Kit puts herself in danger when she hides a patriot from the loyalists in Boston in 1776, and when he promises to find her again in the future, she knows he will because he is the man she has always dreamed of.

Charlotte

heart of hope
1997
Charlotte is unhappy when her parents send her, for safety reasons, to live with her aunt and uncle in Baltimore in 1812, but in the dangerous days of siege by the British, Charlotte earns the respect of her high-society relatives and the love of a wonderful man.

Carrie

heart of courage
1998
Carrie, living in Chicago in 1871, finds herself in competition with her wealthy friend Jessica for the love of handsome John Stapleton, but she must put all thoughts of romance aside when a great fire sweeps the city and she must fight for her life and the lives of others.

Little Pear and his friends

2005
Six-year-old Little Pear has many adventures with Big Head and his other friends in his village in China.

Little Pear

the story of a little Chinese boy
2005
The adventures of Little Pear, a mischievous five-year-old boy living in China in the early 1900s.

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