Age: Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction genre

We’re Riding on a Caravan

By Book Importer | Published: May 25, 2010

Explore a world of stunning silk, delicious spices and exotic trade locations in this rhyming tale about a Chinese familys journey along the Silk Road, the trade route that ran thousands of miles through Asia.

Other Descriptors: Asia, China, Primary (ages 6-9) » Leave a comment

One More River

By Book Importer | Published: May 24, 2010

Lesley lives in Canada and thinks life is just great, she has got friends, she likes school and they are very comfortably off. But then her father makes a fateful decision, the whole family is going to emigrate to Israel and live a more fully Jewish life,Lesley is horrified and very resistant. However, once she [...]

Other Descriptors: Canada, Israel, Palestine, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Faithful Elephants

By Book Importer | Published: May 7, 2010

A zookeeper recounts the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three performing elephants at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, whose turn it is to die, and of their keepers, who weep and pray that World War II will end so their beloved elephants might be saved.

Other Descriptors: Asia, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Japan, Picture Book » Themes: , , , » 1 Comment

Bog Child

By Book Importer | Published: March 30, 2010

DIGGING FOR PEAT in the mountain with his Uncle Tally, Fergus finds the body of a child, and it looks like she’s been murdered. As Fergus tries to make sense of the mad world around him—his brother on hunger-strike in prison, his growing feelings for Cora, his parents arguing over the Troubles, and him in [...]

Other Descriptors: Ireland, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Dragonfly Pool

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

A beloved New York Times bestselling author returns to paper! At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But soon she discovers that it’s a wonderful place, where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Enamored of Bergania, a erene and peaceful country led by a noble king, Tally organizes a dance [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Medina Hill

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

In the grimy London of 1935, eleven-year-old Dominic Walker has lost his voice. His mother is sick and his father’s unemployed. Rescue comes in the form of his Uncle Roo, who arrives to take him and his young sister, Marlo, to Cornwall. There, in a boarding house populated by eccentric residents, Marlo, who keeps a [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Brothers Story

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Teenage twins Kit and Christy have grown up amid grinding poverty in their Essex village. As Christy has been “simple” from birth, Kit is literally his brother’s keeper. But the latest hardships visited upon their country home by the Great Frost of 1683–84 bring Kit to frustration and despair, and he abandons Christy to make [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The First Marathon: The Legend of Pheidippides

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Twenty-five hundred years ago, in ancient Greece, a small band of Greek soldiers faced the mighty Persian army on the plain of Marathon. A runner named Pheidippides ran to neighboring Sparta, one hundred forty miles away, to ask for the Spartans’ aid. Afterwards he sped back to the battle, where he helped defeat the enemy. [...]

Other Descriptors: Europe, Greece, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road

By auraenid | Published: February 8, 2010

A gripping account of three dramatic journeys that changed history. The fabled Silk Road conjures up the sights, smells and sounds of faraway lands. But traveling the Silk Road took years, and those who set out encountered bandits, starvation and treacherous storms. Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road introduces readers to three great historical figures: [...]

Other Descriptors: Asia, China, Europe, India, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mongolia, Short Stories, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Tamar: A Novel Of Espionage, Passion, And Betrayal

By Richard Clift | Published: January 19, 2010

Now available – the Carnegie Medal winner comes to the U.S. When her grandfather dies, Tamar inherits a box containing a series of clues and coded messages. Out of the past, another Tamar emerges, a man involved in the terrifying world of resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied Holland half a century before. His story is one [...]

Other Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Germany, Netherlands, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Themes: , , » 2 Comments