historical fiction

In 1777, under orders from George Washington, sixteen-year-old Captain Lorenzo Bannister drives 500 head of cattle east from San Antonio, Texas, to feed the Continental Army while enemies, old and new, plot against him.

In 1778 fourteen-year-old Becca takes a position as personal maid to Peggy Shippen, the daughter of wealthy Philadelphia Quakers, and witnesses the events that lead to General Benedict Arnold's betrayal of the revolutionary American forces.

A storybook adaptation of the 2006 Disney film "Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest," in which Captain Jack Sparrow fights to save his soul from the broken-hearted spirit Davy Jones.

In 1620, a boy and his dog are rescued from the doomed ship, Flying Dutchman, by an angel who guides them in travelling the world, eternally helping those in great need.

In 1945, having joined his father at Los Alamos, where he and other scientists are working on a secret project to end World War II, thirteen-year-old Stephen becomes caught in a web of secrecy and intrigue.

An annotated listing of 201 historical fiction titles recommended as supplements to history texts for middle and secondary school students, arranged alphabetically within eight broad chronological and topical categories.

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

Presents an abridged version of Dumas's story about the attempted takeover of the throne of Louis XIV by his long-imprisoned twin brother.

A tale of seven adventurers who left the summer camp of Coronado's army and struck out into the great Southwest to find the golden cities of Cibola.

The classic tale of a young Englishman who gives up his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.