HISTORICAL
FICTION:
Other Countries
The following titles are found in the J Fiction area unless otherwise noted.
Aiken, J WOLVES OF WILLOUGHBY CHASE
(1962) Two clever little girls outwit their
evil governess in 19th century England.
Avery, G LIKELY LAD (1994) In 19th century England, a young boy runs
away to escape his father’s pressure and gains a new perspective on his future.
Beatty, P JONATHAN DOWN UNDER
(1982) Thirteen-year-old Jonathan
accompanies his luckless miner father to the gold fields of 19th century
Australia.
Bower, T HOW THE AMAZON QUEEN FOUGHT
THE KING OF EGYPT (2005) Serpot,
ruler of a land where women live free, without men, leads her Amazon warriors
in battle against Prince Pedikhons of Egypt.
Branford, H FIRE BED AND BONE (1998) A hunting dog recounts his master's arrest
on suspicion of being part of the peasants’ rebellion in 1381 England.
Burnett, F SECRET GARDEN (1938) Mary comes
to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid
cousin and the mysteries of a locked room.
DeAngeli,
M DOOR IN THE WALL
(1949) A crippled boy in 14th century
England proves his courage and earns recognition from the King in this
Newbery-award-winner.
DeJong,
M THE WHEEL ON THE SCHOOL
(1954) The story of six Dutch
schoolchildren who overcome many obstacles to bring storks back to their
village.
Denzel,
J BOY OF THE PAINTED
CAVE (1988) Tao, shunned by most of
his clan because of a bad foot, secretly records the images of animals even
though he is forbidden to do so.
Fritz,
J HOMESICK: MY OWN STORY (1982) The author’s account
of her childhood in 1920’s China.
Graham,
H BOY AND HIS BEAR
(1996) Dickon and the bear he rescues
tell their story of survival in Medieval England.
Greene,
J ONE FOOT ASHORE
(1994) In 1685, Maria arrives desperate
and alone in Amsterdam where she finds refuge and friendship in the home of the
artist Rembrandt.
Hilgartner,
B MURDER FOR HER MAJESTY
(1986) Alice hides in a Yorkshire
cathedral disguised as a choirboy after witnessing her father’s murder.
Ho, M CLAY MARBLE (1991) In the late 1970s,
twelve-year-old Dara joins a Cambodian refugee camp on the border of Thailand and
becomes separated from her family.
Lasky, K NIGHT JOURNEY (1986) A young girl listened to her great-grandmother recount the story
of her daring escape from czarist Russia.
Lasky, K BROKEN SONG (2005) In 1897, a Russian Jew,
must set aside his dreams of playing the violin to save himself and his baby
sister after their family is murdered.
Lottridge,
C WINGS TO FLY
(1997) A young girl in 1918 Canada
leans about her heroine, a female aviator, and discovers a mysterious,
abandoned silver house.
MacGrory,
Y SECRET OF THE RUBY RING
(1994) Lucy is transported from her
pampered life to 1885 Ireland after making a wish on a special ring.
Montgomery,
L ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
(1908) Anne is sent by mistake to live
with a middle-aged brother and sister on their farm in Prince Edward Island,
and proceeds to make an indeliable impression on everyone around her.
O’Dell,
S THE CAPTIVE
(1979) When a Jesuit seminarian goes to
Mexico as part of the Spanish expedition, he witnesses the enslavement and
exploitation of the Mayas, and is seduced by his own greed and ambition.
Paterson,
K THE MASTER PUPPETEER
(1975) A 13-year-old boy lives in
poverty and discontent as part of the world of puppeteers in 18th century
Osaka.
Pryor,
B SETH OF THE LION
PEOPLE (1988) Crippled Seth is
determined to become the leader of his tribe despite the fact that they only
tolerate him for his storytelling abilities.
Seredy,
K THE GOOD MASTER
(1935) Kate’s father sends her to live
with relatives in the Hungarian countryside.
Speare,
E THE BRONZE BOW
(1961) A young Palestine whose father
was killed by the Romans comes to realize that love is a more powerful weapon
than hate.
Stolz,
J SHADOWS OF GHADAMES (2004) At the end of the nineteenth century in Libya, Malika
simultaneously enjoys and feels constricted by the narrow world of women, but
an injured stranger enters her home and disrupts the traditional order of
things.
Turnbull, A MAROO OF THE WINTER CAVES
(1984) In the late Ice Age, a young
girl must lead her family to safety before the winter blizzards strike.
Weil, S MY GUARDIAN ANGEL (2004) In 11th century France, the unusual granddaughter of renowned
rabbi Solomon ben Isaac, who prefers studying to "girl" activities, takes
a great risk by helping a young boy who has run away from a group of Christian
Crusaders.
Series
Wall ANACAONA, GOLDEN FLOWER (2005) Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps Diaries Royal a record of her
life as a possible successor to the supreme chief of Xaragua, and as a warrior
battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies, ravenous for gold.
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