Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Penguin Putnam Inc Sweet Home Alaska
Book SynopsisIf Laura Ingalls Wilder had lived in Alaska, she might have written this novel . . .--Kirkus ReviewsIt''s 1934, and times are tough for Trip''s family after the mill in their small Wisconsin town closes, leaving her father unemployed. Determined to provide for his family, he moves them all to Alaska to become pioneers as part of President Roosevelt''s Palmer Colony project. Trip and her family are settling in, except her mom, who balks at the lack of civilization. But Trip feels like she''s following in Laura Ingalls Wilder''s footsteps, and she hatches a plan to raise enough money for a piano to convince her musical mother that Alaska is a wonderful and cultured home. Her sights set on the cash prize at the upcoming Palmer Colony Fair, but can Trip grow the largest pumpkin possible--using all the love, energy, andFarmer Boyexpertise she can muster?
£8.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Full Cicada Moon
Book SynopsisInside Out and Back Again meets One Crazy Summer and Brown Girl Dreaming in this novel-in-verse about fitting in and standing up for what’s right.It''s 1969, and the Apollo 11 mission is getting ready to go to the moon. But for half-black, half-Japanese Mimi, moving to a predominantly white Vermont town is enough to make her feel alien. Suddenly, Mimi''s appearance is all anyone notices. She struggles to fit in with her classmates, even as she fights for her right to stand out by entering science competitions and joining Shop Class instead of Home Ec. And even though teachers and neighbors balk at her mixed-race family and her refusals to conform, Mimi’s dreams of becoming an astronaut never fade—no matter how many times she’s told no.This historical middle-grade novel is told in poems from Mimi''s perspective over the course of one year in her new town, and shows readers that positive
£8.99
Penguin Putnam Inc Outrun the Moon
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£11.39
Harcourt Education Beware Princess Elizabeth
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£999.99
Red Wagon Books A Break with Charity
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£999.99
Cengage Learning, Inc The Secret School
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£999.99
Voyager Books,U.S. The Babe I
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£999.99
Houghton Mifflin Picnic in October
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£999.99
Cengage Learning, Inc Cast Two Shadows
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£999.99
Clarion Books The Fifth of March
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£9.49
Clarion Books Gleam and Glow
Book SynopsisInspired by real events, master storyteller Eve Bunting recounts the harrowing yet hopeful story of a family, a war--and a dazzling discovery.
£999.99
Cengage Learning, Inc Black Horses for the King
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£999.99
Harcourt Children's Books Sacajawea The Story of Bird Woman and the Lewis
Book SynopsisCaptured by her enemies, married to a foreigner, Sacajawea lived a life of turmoil and change. Then, in 1804, the mysterious young Shoshone woman met Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Acting as interpreter, peacemaker, and guide, Sacajawea bravely embarked on an epic journey that altered history forever. This title tells her extraordinary story.
£999.99
Clarion Books Guns for General Washington
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£999.99
Clarion Books Where the Broken Heart Still Beats
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£999.99
Zonderkidz I Am the Spirit of Justice
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£17.44
Zondervan Patriots Redcoats and Spies
Book SynopsisWhen Revolutionary War Patriot Lamberton Clark is shot by the British, he enlists his twin 14-year-old sons to get a secret letter to General George Washington. Upon discovering that their father is a spy for the Culper Spy Ring, John and Ambrose set off from Connecticut to New Jersey to find Washington and meet up with danger along the way.
£18.06
St Martin's Press Circle Unbroken
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£9.49
Square Fish Under the Persimmon Tree
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£13.29
St Martin's Press Troubling a Star
Book SynopsisIn book five of the award-winning Austin Family Chronicles young adult series from Madeleine L'Engle, author of A Wrinkle in Time, a girl experiences the difficulties and joys of growing up.The Austins have settled back into their beloved home in the country after more than a year away. Though they had all missed the predictability and security of life in Thornhill, Vicky Austin is discovering that slipping back into her old life isn''t easy. She''s been changed by life in New York City and her travels around the country while her old friends seem to have stayed the same. So Vicky finds herself spending time with a new friend, Serena Eddingtonthe great-aunt of a boy Vicky met over the summer.Aunt Serena gives Vicky an incredible birthday gifta month-long trip to Antarctica. It''s the opportunity of a lifetime. But Vicky is nervous. She''s never been away from her family before. Once she sets off though, she finds that''s the least of her worries. She re
£13.01
Square Fish The Eagle
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£13.49
Square Fish Dark Water Rising
Book SynopsisI looked and saw water rushing in from Galveston Bay on one side and from the gulf on the other. The two seas met in the middle of Broadway, swirling over the wooden paving blocks, and I couldn''t help but shudder at the sight. All of Galveston appeared to be under water.Galveston, Texas, may be the booming city of the brand-new twentieth century, but to Seth, it is the end of a dream. He longs to be a carpenter like his father, but his family has moved to Galveston so he can go to a good school. Still, the last few weeks of summer might not be so bad. Seth has a real job as a builder and the beach is within walking distance. Things seem to be looking up, until a storm warning is raised one sweltering afternoon. No one could have imagined anything like this. Giant walls of water crash in from the sea. Shingles and bricks are deadly missiles flying through the air. People not hit by flying debris are swept away by rushing water. Forget the future, Seth and his family w
£8.54
Square Fish The Lantern Bearers
Book SynopsisRosemary Sutcliff''s The Lantern Bearers is the winner of the 1959 Carnegie Medal in Literature. The last of the Roman army have set sail and left Britain forever, abandoning it to civil war and the threat of a Saxon invasion. Aquila, a young Legionnaire, deserted his regiment to stay behind with his family, but his home and all that he loves are destroyed. Years of hardship and fighting follow, and in the end, there is only one thing left in Aquila''s lifehis thirst for revenge . . .
£12.59
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Ghost Boys The Graphic Novel
£21.24
Little, Brown & Company The Killing Code
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£17.09
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Kingdom of the Feared
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£17.99
Jimmy Patterson The Girl in the Castle
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£17.09
Grand Central Publishing The Girl in the Castle
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£16.14
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Clouds Over California
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£15.29
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Stateless
Book SynopsisIn this historical thriller from the bestselling author of Code Name Verity, Stella North enters an air race competition as the only woman—and finds herself thrown into a mystery she must solve before it kills her. When Stella North is chosen to represent Britain in Europe’s first air race for young people, she knows all too well how high the stakes are. As the only participating female pilot, it’ll be a constant challenge to prove she’s a worthy competitor. But promoting peace in Europe, the goal of the race, feels empty to Stella when civil war is raging in Spain and the Nazis are gaining power—and when, right from the start, someone resorts to cutthroat sabotage to get ahead of the competition. The world is looking for inspiration in what’s meant to be a friendly sporting event. But each of the racers is hiding a turbulent and violent past, and any one of them might be capable of murder—inc
£17.09
Versify Anya and the Dragon
Book SynopsisA Sydney Taylor Award Honor BookSydney Taylor Honor winner Anya and the Dragon, the first in a duology, is a lush tale of magic and dragons, a gem for any adventure-seeking middle grade reader.Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where headstrong eleven-year-old Anya is a daughter of the only Jewish family in her village.When her family’s livelihood is threatened by a bigoted magistrate, Anya is lured in by a friendly family of fools, who promise her money in exchange for helping them capture the last dragon in Kievan Rus. This seems easy enough, until she finds out that the scary old dragon isn’t as old—or as scary—as everyone thought. Now Anya is faced with a choice: save the dragon, or save her family.And don''t miss Anya and the Nightingale, the magical conclusion to the Anya and the Dragon duology for middle grade readers!
£13.29
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Oregon Trail Gold Rush
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£9.14
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Oregon Trail Calamity in the Cold
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£7.99
Clarion Books It All Comes Down to This
Book SynopsisA powerful middle grade coming-of-age novel set in a slowly integrating upper middle class Los Angeles neighborhood in the summer of 1965, from a Coretta Scott King Honor Award–winning author. Perfect for fans of Rita Williams-Garcia and Sharon M. Draper. It’s 1965, Los Angeles. Sophie is the new black kid in a nearly all-white neighborhood; her beloved sister, Lily, is going away to college soon; and her parents’ marriage is rocky. Plus, there’s her family’s new, disapproving housekeeper to deal with. Then riots erupt in nearby Watts and a friend is unfairly arrested, and Sophie learns that life—and her own place in it—is even more complicated than she’d once thought. “Honest, witty . . . relatable. Unfairness and race-consciousness run through the story—so do surprises. Bigotry wears many guises. Kindness does too.” —Wall Street Journal
£999.99
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company Oregon Trail Hit the Trail Two Books in One The
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£12.03
Clarion Books Splinters of Scarlet
Book SynopsisPart wish-fulfillment fantasy...part gritty whodunit,* Splinters of Scarlet is a spellbinding and atmospheric historical fantasy set in nineteenth-century Denmark, where secrets can kill and magic is a deadly gift, for fans of The Gilded Wolves and Pride and Premeditation. (*Kirkus)“Emily Bain Murphy weaves an exquisite tale of mystery, enchantment and valor. I loved this spellbinding book!” —Rebecca Ross, author of The Queen''s RisingFor Marit Olsen, magic is all about strategy: it flows freely through her blood, but every use leaves behind a deadly, ice-like build-up within her veins called the Firn. Marit knows how dangerous it is to let too much Firn build up—after all, it killed her sister—and she has vowed never to use her thread magic. But when Eve, a fellow orphan whom Marit views like a little sister, is adopted by the wealthy Helene Vestergaard, Marit
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Secret Sisters
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£999.99
Clarion Books Year of the Reaper
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£999.99
Clarion Books Reader I Murdered Him
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£999.99
Versify Anya and the Dragon
Book SynopsisA Sydney Taylor Award Honor BookSydney Taylor Honor winner Anya and the Dragon, the first in a duology, is a lush tale of magic and dragons, a gem for any adventure-seeking middle grade reader.Anya and the Dragon is the story of fantasy and mayhem in tenth century Eastern Europe, where headstrong eleven-year-old Anya is a daughter of the only Jewish family in her village.When her family’s livelihood is threatened by a bigoted magistrate, Anya is lured in by a friendly family of fools, who promise her money in exchange for helping them capture the last dragon in Kievan Rus. This seems easy enough, until she finds out that the scary old dragon isn’t as old—or as scary—as everyone thought. Now Anya is faced with a choice: save the dragon, or save her family.And don''t miss Anya and the Nightingale, the magical conclusion to the Anya and the Dragon duology for middle grade readers!
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Voices
Book SynopsisBest-selling author David Elliott explores how Joan of Arc changed the course of history and remains a figure of fascination centuries after her extraordinary life and death. Joan of Arc gets the Hamilton treatment in this evocative novel.Trade ReviewPraise for Voices: "With stunning lyricism, these poems fashion an enlivened, gripping narrative that addresses themes of gender identity, class and vocation, and innocence and culpability, bringing fresh nuance to an oft-told story." — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Ethereal, wondering, and poignant. An innovative, entrancing account of a popular figure that will appeal to fans of verse, history, and biography.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Elliot delivers another hit. [Voices] showcases a gorgeous storytelling style that flows in an effortless fashion. . . . A glorious tribute to a woman who dared, defied, and defended her truth. A must-have." — School Library Journal (starred review) "Joan’s thoughts are almost conversational, in simple left-justified verse with rhyme skillfully embedded within lines. . . . [A] creative historical account of a young woman who answered a norm-shattering higher call." — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books (starred review) "An elegant, spirited introduction to classical poetry and to a woman fighting not just for a cause but for a place in a world that undervalued her voice." — Booklist "Stunning . . . . elegant . . . . arresting . . . . supple and harrowing.” — Wall Street Journal
£10.90
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Shining a Light
Book SynopsisA collective biography of 40 influential Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, from Kalpana Chawla to The Rock to Tammy Duckworth, whose historical contributions readers may not know but whose light shines on, with stunning illustrated portraits by Hugo Award nominee Victo Ngai.Meet forty people who helped change the world in countless ways in this beautifully illustrated collective biography.From scientists to sports stars, aerospace engineers to artists, every person shines in this collection. Dynamic portraits portray each person with bold colors and clever, precise details. Each biography celebrates the determination and courage of people who were on the forefront of changing society.Using their specific talents, each individual fought for the space for people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent to be seen and treated with dignity and respect. Their important legacy lives on today.
£999.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Sky Full of Stars
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£9.70
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Loyalty
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£9.99
Clarion Books Reader I Murdered Him
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£15.19
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Northwind
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£16.14
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Crossing Stones
Book SynopsisMaybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel. Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat. Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But now that Frank Norman-who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend-has enlisted to fight in World War I and her brother, Ollie, has lied about his age to join him, the future is uncertain. As Muriel tends to things at home with the help of Frank's sister, Emma, she becomes more and more fascinated by the women's suffrage movement, but she is surrounded by people who advise her to keep her opinions to herself. How can she find a way to care for those she loves while still remaining true to who she is? Written in beautifully structured verse, Crossing Stones captures nine mon
£16.99
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) Landed
Book SynopsisSun is ready to leave his village in China for America, theplace known as Gum Saan, Gold Mountain. His father warnshim, though, that passage will not be easy. Because of the 1882Chinese Exclusion Act, new immigrants like Sun are detainedat Angel Island until they are called to take a difficult oralexam before they can land leave Angel Island and goashore. On the boat, Sun had studied maps of his village andmemorized facts about his ancestors. But as the weeks pass indetainment, the map''s compass points swirl in his memory, andSun worries that he will lose his direction and be turned away.The oil paintings are rich with historical details in this vividrecounting, based on the author''s father-in-law''s experiences, ofa disturbing chapter in Chinese American history.
£16.99
