historical fiction

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Keladry of Mindelan continues her training to become a squire with the aid of a new maid, the support of her friends, interference from some other pages, and some serious, even dangerous opposition.
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The vespertine

In the summer of 1889, Amelia van den Broek's time with her stylish cousin Zora in Baltimore is interrupted by a series of disturbing visions that offer glimpses of the future and threaten her future with Nathaniel, a young man who is keeping secrets of his own and seems to be linked to Amelia's darkest visions.
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Trouble don't last

Samuel, an eleven-year-old Kentucky slave, and Harrison, the elderly slave who helped raise him, attempt to escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad.
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Kipling's choice

A fictionalized biography of eighteen-year-old John Kipling, son of writer Rudyard Kipling, who remembers his boyhood and the events leading up to World War I, as he lies dying on a battlefield in France.
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Here lies the librarian

Fourteen-year-old Eleanor "Peewee" McGrath, a tomboy and automobile enthusiast, discovers new possibilities for her future after the 1914 arrival in her small Indiana town of four young librarians.
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Crossing Bok Chitto

a Choctaw tale of friendship & freedom
In the 1800s, a Choctaw girl becomes friends with a slave boy from a plantation across the great river, and when she learns that his family is in trouble, she helps them cross to freedom.
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Future knight

In 1409, skinny, clumsy Roland, the ten-year-old son of a blacksmith, pursues his dream of becoming a knight.
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Addy saves the day

a summer story
Addy and Harriet feud over everything, including fund-raising plans to help the families of freed slaves, but tragedy finally forces them to stop fighting and work together.
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The prince and the pauper

When young Edward VI of England and a poor boy who resembles him exchange places, each learns something about the other's very different station in life.
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Peacemaker kurogane

Vice-Commander Hijikata loses his collection of haiku, Vice-Commander Yamanami distances himself from the rest of the Shinsengumi, and Suzu plans his next treacherous move.
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