historical fiction

When David and his family travel back in time to 1853, they try to help slaves in the Underground Railroad and end up chased by slave hunters.

Hawk Jankin, leader of a band of outlaws, convinces Anna to marry him while her father is away fighting in the war, in order to regain possession of High Crag Linn, the castle that was once owned by his family, but once Hawk is there he must face his own conscience while he furthers his vengeance with acts of murder.

After a lonely childhood at the Lighthouse School for Boys, thirteen-year-old Simon learns that he is descended from a medieval dragonslayer, and that his father needs his help to face the last of these evil monsters.

Collects classic Japanese samurai stories and presents them, along with informative sidebars on samurai, as inspiration for teenagers to increase their mental and emotional strength.

Tells the true adventure story of Red Hugh, son of the chieftain of the powerful O'Donnell clan, who was kidnapped by English troops and held hostage at Dublin Castle for four years before escaping.

Thirteen-year-old Cissy must discover what family means to her as she is caught in a struggle between her aunt and mother in Depression-era Colorado.

Young Lydia struggles to say goodbye to her grandmother as her parents finish packing their wagon for the long journey to Oregon in the nineteenth century.

Infatuated with army life, fifteen-year-old Richard Fuller enlists using an assumed name, travels to England, witnesses the terror of the Battle of Britain and the death of a German pilot, is caught in the London Blitzkrieg, and is wounded, and when his true age is discovered, he faces a possible court martial.

Ani, a twelve-year-old Basque girl, and Mathias, a fourteen-year-old German Jew, become friends and then spies in the weeks leading up to the bombing of Guernica in April 1937.

Teo and Renzo must unravel the mysteries that threaten Venice and London when Banjamonte Tiepolo, the evil traitor, returns in 1900, and along the way they encounter mermaids, a talking bulldog, and other adventures.