Genre: Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction genre

El pececito mágico (Alfaguara Infantil Y Juvenil) (Spanish Edition)

Description in Spanish: La indiecita Yaití, en uno de sus paseos cerca del río, conoce a un pececito muy especial. Y cuando un huracán destruye el yucayeque en el que vive con su familia, recibe la ayuda de su nuevo amigo, que no sólo le demuestra aprecio, sino que le revela un secreto gracias al [...]
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Primary (Gr. K-3), Puerto Rico » Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Firefly Letters

A stunning novel in verse by a Newbery Honor-winning author paints a portrait of early women’s right pioneer Frederika Bremer and the journey to Cuba that transformed her life.
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Cuba, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Morning Girl

Morning Girl, who loves the day, and her younger brother Star Boy, who loves the night, take turns describing their life on an island in pre-Columbian America; in Morning Girl’s last narrative, she witnesses the arrival of the first Europeans to her world.
Other Descriptors: Caribbean, Intermediate (Gr. 4-8) » Themes: , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

One More River

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 (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Bog Child

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 (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

The Dragonfly Pool

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 (Gr. 4-8), Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Medina Hill

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 (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Brothers Story

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 (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Adventures on the Ancient Silk Road

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 (Gr. 4-8), Mongolia, Short Stories, Young Adult (Gr. 9-12) » Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

Rebel!

When the General marches into Burma to take over, one student is brave enough to rebel.
Other Descriptors: Primary (Gr. K-3), Union of Myanmar » Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment
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