historical fiction

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Soldier X

2002
In 1943 sixteen-year-old Erik experiences the horros of war when he is drafted into the German army and sent to fight on the Russian front.

Girl in a cage

2003
As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.

Gods and generals

1998
Traces the lives, passions, and careers of Civil War leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same battlefield for the first time at Fredericksburg, where they experience the battle from four very different points of view.

Rise to rebellion

2002
A historical novel that chronicles the story of the American Revolution and the men and women who forged the nation, covering events from the Boston Massacre to the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Ma?a of Thebes

1463 B.C.
2005
Maia and her brother Sethnet are orphaned and sent to live with their cruel aunt and uncle in ancient Thebes; and when Maia pleads with Sethnet, who is studying to be a scribe, to teach her to write, it becomes the one thing that will save her life.

Pirates of the Caribbean

at world's end
2007
The pirates travel to the end of the world in search of the notorious Captain Jack Sparrow, whom they hope will save them from Lord Beckett, who, along with the East India Trading Company, is trying to take control of the seas.

Miss Potter

a novel
2006
A novelization of the new movie about children's novelist Beatrix Potter.

Away to the goldfields!

2004
Yearning for adventure and tired of farm life in New Hampshire, sixteen-year-old Mary Margaret Malarkey journeys to California in 1848 to find her father who arrived earlier to make his fortune in the goldfields.

The telling pool

2005
Relying on true courage and true love, as well as some surprising connections to the Arthurian legends, a young Welsh teenager named Rhodri embarks on a quest to remove an ancient curse from Great Britain during the reign of Richard the Lionheart.

Shadows on the sea

2004
In 1942, fourteen-year-old Jill goes to stay with her grandmother on the coast of Maine, where she is introduced to the often gossipy nature of small-town life, and discovers that the war is closer than she thought.

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