historical fiction

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historical fiction

The trumpeter of Krakow

1992
A Polish family in the Middle Ages guards a great secret treasure and a boy's memory of an earlier trumpeter of Krakow makes it possible for him to save his father.

The bronze bow

1989
A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.

Sing down the moon

1992
A young Navajo girl recounts the events of 1864 when her tribe was forced to march to Fort Sumner, New Mexico, as prisoners of the white soldiers.

These happy golden years

1981
Fifteen-year-old Laura becomes a school teacher and becomes engaged, and starts a new life as the wife of Almanzo Wilder.

Molly's puppy tale

2003
In 1945, ten-year-old Molly does not want to share her puppy Bennett with her brother but finds she might need to change her mind.

Kirsten's promise

2003
Ten-year-old Kirsten regrets the promise she has made to a ragged boy she discovers alone near a wrecked covered wagon not far from her Minnesota home.

Addy's summer place

2003
Features American Girl Addy, who learns that growing up is more than a new dress and looking like a proper young lady when a white girl is mean to her.

Thanks to Josefina

2003
In 1824 New Mexico, Josefina and her sisters argue as they weave, until Josefina thinks of a way to make their work more fun. Includes historical notes on blanket weaving in New Mexico in 1824 and instructions for dyeing a t-shirt.

High as a hawk

a brave girl's historic climb
2004
In 1905, eight-year-old Harriet Peters fulfills her dead mother's dream by climbing Long's Peak in Colorado with the help of an old mountain guide, Enos Mills. Based on a true story.

Old town in the green groves

Laura Ingalls Wilder's lost little house years
2002
After grasshoppers ruin the crops, eight-year-old Laura Ingalls and her family leave Plum Creek and move to Burr Oak, Iowa, where they experience life in a small town and help manage a hotel.

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