historical fiction

In 1953, seventeen-year-old Leonie Putzkammer leaves her life as a waitress in Philadelphia to become a famed female wrestler, finding love and self-acceptance along the way.

During WWII Mildred Groves is tormented by her visions for the future when she takes a job working at Hanford Research Center, a top secret facility where scientist are working to create the first atomic bombs. Unaware of what the facility is truly doing, Mildred finds herself on a mission to prevent the horrifying affects of what's being done in the facility.

Believing Alexander to be dead, eighteen-year-old and pregnant Tatiana escapes Leningrad to America but soon comes to believe that her husband, Red Army officer Alexander Belov, is still alive so she goes to Germany to find him. Alexander, in the Soviet Union, is forced to lead troops through Europe where he is imprisoned. Alexander tries desperately to stay alive long enough to escape and find Tatiana.

Nineteen-year-old Frank Friedmaier lives in France under German occupation, and he works as a pimp in his mother's whorehouse when he murders a German soldier.

Presents the fictitious story of twelve-year-old Emily who works in garment factory to describe the practice of child labor in the early 1900s. Includes historical accounts and photographs of children in difficult and dangerous factory conditions.

When his uncle's cruelty forces him to flee the only home he knows, 11-year-old Nate begins dangerous journey into the heart of the Revolutionary War. He finds himself in New York City on the brink of what will be the biggest battle yet. Part of the NYT bestselling I Survived series.

Eleven-year-old Jack Clark struggles with everyday obstacles while his family and community contend with the challenges brought on by the Dust Bowl in 1937 Kansas.

In 1932, during the Depression in Ohio, thirteen-year-old Rudy, determined to help his family weather the hard times, hops a train going west to California and experiences the hobo life.

Based on true events in India in the 1970s, young Aani and the other women in her village defend their forest from developers by wrapping their arms around the trees, making it impossible to cut them down.

In present day London, archivist Elodie discovers a satchel with contents that send her on a journey of discovery with characters whose stories interweave in a mysterious house, Birchwood Manor on the Upper Thames. In addition to the residents from 1862 through the present, the house is also haunted by a specter that traverses the house over the years and chronicles what she sees. Elodie lands upon the mystery of a girl's disappearance in the nineteenth century--and her connection to the artist--and through her research, comes to learn of how the lives of all the house's residents intertwine.