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Ancient
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Lester,
Julius. Pharaoh's
daughter
A fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess rescues
a Hebrew infant who becomes a prophet of his people while his sister finds
her true self as a priestess to the Egyptian gods.
Cooney, Caroline. Goddess
of Yesterday
Taken from her home on an Aegan island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxndra calls
on the protection of her goddess as she poses as two different princesses
over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of
Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.
Fleischman,
Paul. Dateline:
Troy
A retelling of the story of the Trojan War illustrated with collages featuring
newspaper clippings of modern events from World War I through the Persian
Gulf war.
Geras, Adele. Troy
Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks
of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are
tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things
up.
Gregory, Kristiana. Cleopatra,
Daughter of the Nile.
While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, twelve-year-old
Cleopatra records in her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes
to survive to become Queen of Egypt some day.
Levitin, Sonia. Escape
from Egypt: A Novel.
When Moses comes to lead the Israelites to the Promised Land, Jesse,
a Hebrew slave, finds his life changed by his growing faith in God and his
attraction to the half-Egyptian, half-Syrian Jennat.
Marston,
Elsa. The
Ugly goddess
Fourteen-year-old Princess Meret is unhappy with her future as consort of the
Egyptian god Amun, especially after meeting Hector, a handsome Greek soldier,
but when she is kidnapped, it is up to Hector and a young servant boy to
help rescue her with the aid of the goddess Taweret.
McLaren,
Celmence. Aphrodite's
blessings
Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology,
tell the stories of their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage
in ancient Greece.
Miklowitz,
Gloria D. Masada
As the Roman army marches inexorably across
the Judean desert towards the fortress of Masada, Simon and his family and
friends prepare, along with the rest of the Jewish Zealots, to fight and
never surrender.
Orgel, Doris. We
Goddesses
Three Greek goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera, tell their own stories.
Includes information about Greek society and religion.
1 – 500 CE
Brown, N.M. Warriors
of Alavna
While walking through a yellow mist, two fifteen-year-old classmates are transported
to a world that resembles Roman Britain during the first century A.D, where
they witness real magic and join a tribe of Celtic warriors as they battle
Roman invaders.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The
Eagle of the Ninth
In the first of Sutcliff’s Roman
Britain novels set in 133 CE, after his military service is cut short by
a wond, Marcus Flavius Aquila attempts to recover the lost Eagle of the Ninth
Hispana.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Frontier
Wolf.
As punishment for his poor judgment, a young, inexperienced Roman army
officer is sent to Northern England in 343 CE to assume the command of a
motley group known as the Frontier Wolves.
500 – 1000 CE
Barrett, Tracy. Anna
of Byzantium.
In the eleventh century the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for
her birthright, the throne to the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will
be taken from her by her younger brother John because he is a boy.
Branford,
Henrietta. The
Fated Sky
Ran, a sixteen-year-old Viking girl,
struggles to control the events of her life and escape from the death that
is supposed to be her destiny.
Cadnum, Michael. Raven
of the Waves
On his first Viking raid, seventeen-year-old
Lidsmod sails on the ship Raven, joining his comrades as they destroy and
plunder villages in medieval England and take an Anglo-Saxon boy as captive.
Paterson,
Katherine. The
Sign of the Chrysanthemum
A teenager comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political
unrest while searching for his father in Kyoto, Japan's capital, during the
Heian period, 794-1185.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. The
Shining Company.
Set in 600 C.E. and based on an old British poem, this story is told
by Prosper who at twelve dreams of being shield-bearer to Prince Gorthyn.
Tingle, Rebecca. The
Edge on the Sword
In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred
of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than
expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen
a strategic alliance against the Danes.
Wein, Elizabeth, E. A
Coalition of Lions
After the death of Artos, High King
of Britain, and his sons, his daughter princess Goewin journeys to Aksum
to meet Constantine, her intended husband, but finds the country in political
turmoil.
1000-
late 1400s (Middle Ages)
Alder, Elizabeth. The
King's Shadow
After he is orphaned and has his tongue cut out in a clash with the bullying
sons of a Welsh noble, Evyn is sold as a slave and serves many masters, from
the gracious Lady Swan Neck to the valiant Harold Godwinson, England's last
Saxon king.
Avi. Crispin:
The Cross of Lead
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in fourteenth-century
England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds
a dangerous secret.
Cadnum, Michael. The
Book of the Lion
In twelfth-century England, after his master, a maker of coins for the king,
is brutally punished for alleged cheating, seventeen-year-old Edmund finds
himself traveling to the Holy Land as squire to a knight crusader on his
way to join the forces of Richard Lionheart.
Cadnum, Michael. Daughter
of the Wind
In medieval times as various groups of Vikings fight for supremacy of the northern
lands and waters, Hallgerd, Gauk, and Hego, three young people from the quiet
coastal village of Spjothof, find their fates intertwined as a series of
events take them into danger far from home.
Cooper,
Susan. King
of Shadows
While in London as part of an all-boy acting company preparing to perform in
a replica of the famous Globe Theatre, Nat Field suddenly finds himself transported
back to 1599 and performing in the original theater under the tutelage of
Shakespeare himself
Cushman, Karen. Catherine,
Called Birdy.
The thirteen-year-old daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal
in which she records the events of her life, particularly her longing for
adventures beyond the usual role of women and her efforts to avoid being
married off.
Cushman, Karen. Matilda
Bone
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine
in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects
of her life, both spiritual and practical, and finds a new purpose in life.
Cushman, Karen. The
Midwife's Apprentice
In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered
midwife, and in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three
things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this
world.
Goodman, Joan E. Peregrine
In 1144, fifteen-year-old Lady Edith, having lost her husband and child and
anxious to avoid marrying a man she detests, sets out from her home in Surrey
to go on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Hunter, Mollie. The
King’s Swift Rider.
Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, Martin joins Scotland's
rebel army as a swift rider and master of espionage for the leader, Robert
the Bruce.
Jinx, Catherine. Pagan's
Crusade
In twelth-century Jerusalem, orphaned sixteen-year-old Pagan is assigned to
work for Lord Roland, a Templar knight, as Saladin's armies close in on the
Holy City. 1st of a series
Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the last dragon
In England in 1356, as a
monk records his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a
young Chinese noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a
Morris,
Gerald. The
Princess, the Crone, and the Dung-Cart Knight
Determined to find the knight responsible for the terrible deaths of her
mother and the Jewish peddler who had given them a home, thirteen-year-old
Sarah is helped in her quest by a strange old woman, a magical sword, a young
faery, and an unkempt knight with little armor and no horse.
Penman, Sharon K. The
Queen's Man
In the 12th century, Eleanor of Aquitaine hires Justin de Quincey, bastard
son of the bishop of Chester, to find the murderer of one of her goldsmiths.
Sauerwein,
Leigh. Song
for Eloise
In twelfth-century France, fifteen-year-old Eloise, newly and unhappily married
to the rough, ambitious, much older but devoted Robert of Rochefort, finds
it difficult to adjust to her new life and unwisely falls in love with the
young troubadour who comes to sing at her husband's castle.
Skurzynski,
Gloria. Spider's
voice
Because he is a young mute
person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the adventures of Eloise and
Abelard, France’s most famous lovers, who lived during the twelfth century.
Springer, Nancy. Rowan
Hood: Outlaw Girl of Sherwood Forest
In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, thirteen-year-old Rosemary
disguises herself as a boy, befriends a half-wolf, half-dog, a runaway princess,
and an overgrown boy whose singing is hypnotic, and makes peace with her
elfin heritage.
Temple, Frances. The
Ramsay Scallop.
At the turn of the fourteenth century in England, fourteen-year-old Eleanor
finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord's son launching her on a memorable
pilgrimage to far-off Spain.
Wilson, Diane L. I
Rode a Horse of Milk White Jade.
In early fourteenth-century China, Oyuna tells her granddaughter of her
girlhood in Mongolia and how love for her horse enabled her to win an important
race and bring good luck to her family.
15th & 16th centuries (Renaissance)
Blackwood, Gary L. Shakespeare's
Scribe
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a fifteen-year-old orphan boy, who has become
an apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe, and finds
out more about his parents along the way.
Blackwood,
Gary L. Shakespeare
Stealer
A young orphan boy is ordered by his
master to infiltrate Shakespeare's acting troupe in order to steal the script
of Hamlet, but he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty.
Bosse, Malcolm. The
Examination.
During the time of theMing Dynasty, fifteen-year-old Hong and his older
brother Chen face famine, flood, pirates, and jealous rivals on their journey
through century China as Chen pursues his calling as a scholar and Hong
becomes involved with a secret society known as the White Lotus.
Chaeaney, J. B. The
True prince
Newly apprenticed to Shakespeare's theater company, Richard and Kit are drawn
into a series of crimes involving the members of Queen Elizabeth's court.
Hassinger,
Peter. Shakespeare's
Daughter
Susanna Shakespeare yearns to travel to London like her father, to experience
the world of actors and poets and to follow her own dream of singing, a path
followed only by men.
Horowitz, Anthony. The
Devil and his Boy
In 1593, thirteen-year-old Tom travels through the English countryside to London,
where he falls in with a troupe of actors and finds himself in great danger
from several sources.
Matas, Carol. The
Burning Time.
After her father's sudden death, fourteen-year-old Rose Rives finds that
sixteenth-century France is a dangerous place for women, when some greedy,
vindictive men charge her mother and others with being witches.
Meyer, Carolyn. Mary,
Bloody Mary
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as Queen of England during the mid sixteenth
century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry
VIII.
Meyer, Carolyn. Beware
Princess Elizabeth
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old
Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of
her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming
Queen of England eleven years later.
Namioka,
Lensey. Den
of the White Fox
In medieval Japan, two out-of work samurai warriors must use their fighting
skills when they join a group of local boys, led by the mysterious White
Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying force.
Jordan, Sheryl. The
Hunting of the Last Dragon
In England in 1356, as a monk records
his every word, a young peasant tells of his journey with a young Chinese
noblewoman to St. Alfric's Cove and the lair of a dragon.
Whitesel,
Cheryl Aylward. Blue
fingers
Having failed apprenticeship as a dye maker, Koji is captured and forced to
train as a ninja, where he remains disloyal until he discovers samurai have
burned his former village. Set in 15th century Japan.
Williams, Laura E. The
Executioner's Daughter
Thirteen-year-old Lily, daughter of the
town’s executioner, living in fifteenth-century Europe, decides whether to
fight against her destiny or to rise above her fate.
17th & 18th Centuries
Dana, Barbara. Young
Joan: A Novel.
Joan, a girl growing up in the French countryside during the Hundred
Years' War, begins to hear voices telling her she is destined to reunite
her torn country in opposition to the English invaders.
Garden, Nancy. Dove
and Sword.
In 1455 in France, Gabrielle is visited by Pierre d'Arc, a brother of
Joan of Arc, and with him reminisces about their childhood together in Domremy
and Joan's subsequent trial and burning at the stake at Rouen twenty-four
years before.
Gavin, Jamila. The
Blood Stone.
In the early seventeenth century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travels
from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and
stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond
to the ruler Shah Jehan, who later uses the stone as the model for the
Taj Mahal.
Gavin, Jamila. Coram
Boy
In the mid-eighteenth century, an unsavory character and his simpleton son
become involved in the lives of a wealthy English family when that family's
eldest son is disinherited because of his love of music.
Gerstein, Mordecai. Victor.
A novel based on the work of Dr. Jean Marc Itard who spent the years shortly
after the French Revolution working with a "savage" boy whom he called
Victor, trying to prove he was not an idiot and to teach him how to live in
human society.
Hoobler,
Dorothy The
Demon in the Teahouse
In eighteenth-century Japan, fourteen-year-old Seikei, a merchant's son in
training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a series of murders
and arson in the capital city of Edo, each of which is associated in some
way with a popular geisha.
Hoobler,
Dorothy. The
Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's
son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century
Japan.
Kanefield, Teri. Rivka's
Way
Unsure about her upcoming marriage and eager to see what lies beyond the walls
of Prague's Jewish quarter in 1778, fifteen-year-old Rivka Lieberman takes
great risks to venture outside, where her many new experiences include friendship
with a Christian boy
Lawrence, Iain. The
Smugglers
In eighteenth-century England, after his father buys a schooner called the
Dragon, sixteen-year-old John sets out to sail it from Kent to London and
becomes involved in a dangerous smuggling scheme.
Lawrence, Iain. The
Wreckers
Shipwrecked after a vicious
storm, fourteen-year-old John Spencer attempts to save his father and himself
while also dealing with an evil secret about the English coastal town where
they are stranded.
Hausman , Gerald. Escape
from Botany Bay
In 1791, after being transported to Australia in the first shipment of convicts,
Mary Bryant, her husband, two children, and seven other convicts, unable
to endure the terrible conditions of the penal colony, organize a daring
escape in an open boat.
Richardson, V.A. The
House of Windjammer
After a series of tragic events brought the House of Windjammer financial ruin
and his father's death, Adam, the fourteen-year-old heir, must find a way to
keep the family afloat. Intrigue and murder abound.
Schmidt, Gary D. Anson's
way
While serving as a British Fencible to maintain the peace in Ireland, Anson
finds that his sympathy for a hedge master places him in conflict with the
law of King George II.
Mayer, L. A. Bloody
Jack
Reduced to begging and thievery in the streets of London, a thirteen-year-old
orphan disguises herself as a boy and connives her way onto a British warship
set for high sea adventure in search of pirates.
19th Century (Victorian Era)
Bray, Libba. A
Great and Terrible Beauty
After the suspicious death of her mother
in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India,
to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers
and ability to see into the spirit world.
Gratz, Alan. Samurai
Shortstop
While obtaining a Western education at a prestigious Japanese boarding school
in 1890, sixteen-year-old Toyo also receives traditional samurai training
which has profound effects on both his baseball game and his relationship
with his father.
Morgan, Nicola. Fleshmarket
In nineteenth-century Scotland, following the death of his mother during surgery,
Robbie decides to take revenge on the surgeon who performed the operation,
Dr. Robert Knox, and in the process, makes a gruesome discovery about the
lengths the medical profession will go to advance its knowledge of anatomy.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The
Pirate’s Son.
Left penniless in eighteenth century England, fourteen-year-old Nathan
Gull and his mousy sister Maud accompany Tamo, the son of a notorious pirate,
to his homeland of Madagascar where they are all changed by their encounter
with Tamo's dangerous past.
Pullman, Philip. The
Ruby in the Smoke
In nineteenth-century London, sixteen-year-old Sally Lockhart, a recent orphan,
becomes involved in a deadly search for a mysterious ruby. First in a series
of mysteries.
Updale, Eleanore. Montmorency:
Thief, Liar, Gentleman?
Cunning mastermind Montmorency used
his time in prison to devise the ultimate scheme to rob uppercrust Londoners
and to live a double life as a thief and gentleman.
Wooding,
Chris. The
Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
As Thaniel, a wych-hunter, and Cathaline, his friend and mentor, try to rid
the alleys of London's Old Quarter of the terrible creatures that infest
them, their lives become entwined with that of a woman who may be either
mad or possessed.
Wrede,
Patricia C. Sorcery
and Cecelia, or, The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
In 1817 in England, two young cousins, Cecilia living in the country and
Kate in London, write letters to keep each other informed of their exploits,
which take a sinister turn when they find themselves confronted by evil wizards.
1900- 1935 WW I and
After
Bagdasarian,
Adam. Forgotten
Fire
A boy survives Turkey's campaign of genocide against the Armenians.
Lawrence, Ian. Lord
of the Nutcracker Men
An English boy during World War I comes to believe
that the battles he enacts with his toy soldiers control the
war his father is fighting on the front.
Morpurgo, Michael. Private
Peaceful
When Thomas Peaceful's older brother is forced to join the British Army and
fight in WWI, fourteen-year-old Thomas decides to sign up as well, to prove
himself to his country, his family, his childhood love, Molly, and himself. Little
did he know what awaited him.
Newbury, Linda. The
Shell House
Seventeen-year-old Greg's interest in photography draws him to a ruined mansion
whose history becomes more personally relevant as he slowly discovers the
tragic events that led to the destruction of the house during World War I.
1930's & 1940's
- WWII (see Also American Historical Fiction 1940's WWII)
Baer, Edith. Walk
the Dark Streets.
Continues the story of Eva, a young Jewish girl living in Nazi Germany
where she and her parents experience increasing tensions in daily life while
considering possibilities of escape.
Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. The Boy Who Dared
In this fictionalized biography, seventeen-year-old Helmuth Hubener, is imprisoned for his anti-Nazi resistance. As he awaits his execution, he recalls his past life and how he came to dedicate himself to bring the truth about Hitler and the war to the German people.
Breslin, Theresa. Remembrance
The destinies of two Scottish families, one of shopkeepers and one of wealth
and power, become entwined through their involvement in World War I, social
causes, and love.
Choi, Sook Nyul. Year
of Impossible Goodbyes
A young Korean girl survives the oppressive Japanese and Russian occupation
of North Korea during the 1940s, to later escape to freedom in South Korea.
Chotiewitz,
David. Daniel,
Half Human
In 1933, best friends Daniel and Armin admire Hitler, but as anti-Semitism
buoys Hitler to power, Daniel learns he is half Jewish, threatening the friendship
even as life in their beloved Hamburg, Germany, is becoming nightmarish.
Also details Daniel and Armin's reunion at the end of the war in interspersed
chapters.
Hughes, Dean. Soldier
Boys.
Two boys, one German and one American, are eager to join their respective
armies during World War II, and their paths cross at the Battle of the Bulge.
Lawrence,
Ian. B
for Buster
In the spring of 1943, sixteen-year-old Kak, desperate to escape his abusive
parents, lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Air Force and soon
finds himself based in England as part of a crew flying bombing raids over
Germany
Levitin, Sonia. Silver
Days
Escaping from Hitler's Germany, a prosperous Jewish family lives in a
New York City tenement until Papa decides to move the family to California.
Magorian, Michelle. Good
Night, Mr. Tom.
A battered child learns to embrace life when he is adopted by an old
man in the English countryside during the Second World War.
Matas, Carol. After
the War.
After being released from Buchenwald at the end of World War II, fifteen-year-old
Ruth risks her life to lead a group of children across Europe to Palestine.
Mazer, Norma Fox. Good
Night, Maman.
After spending years fleeing from the Nazis in war-torn Europe, twelve-year-old
Karin Levi and her older brother Marc find a new home in a refugee camp in
Oswego, New York.
Namioka, Lensey. Ties
That Bind, Ties That Break
Ailin's life takes a different turn
when she defies the traditions of upper class Chinese society by refusing
to have her feet bound.
Napoli, Donna Jo. Stones
in Water.
After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along
with other Italian boys including his Jewish friend, Roberto is forced to
work in Germany, escapes into the Ukrainian winter, before desperately trying
to make his way back home to Venice.
Orlev, Uri. The
Man from the Other Side.
Living on the outskirts of the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II, fourteen-year-old
Marek and his grandparents shelter a Jewish man in the days before the Jewish
uprising.
Park, Linda Sue. When
My Name Was Keoko
With national pride and occasional fear, a brother and sister face the increasingly
oppressive occupation of Korea by Japan during World War II, which threatens
to suppress Korean culture entirely.
Pausewang, Gudrun. The
Final Journey.
During World War II, eleven-year-old Alice, whose life has been sheltered
and comfortable, discovers some important things about herself and the people
she meets when she and her grandfather board a train and begin an increasingly
intolerable journey to an unknown destination.
Pressler, Mirjam. Halinka.
While living in a home for emotionally disturbed girls in Germany just
after World War II, twelve-year-old Halinka carefully hides her thoughts,
feelings, and even her hopes.
Pressler, Mirjam, Malka.
Malka, her mother, Dr. Miriam Mai, and her sister Minna are forced to flee
Nazi occupied Poland for Hungary. When Malka becomes ill, her mother
and Minna join a group of Jews traveling secretly to Budapest where they
hope to find safety. Malka is supposed to be taken to Budapest when she
recovers. Instead, she is taken into town and abandoned. She is picked
up by the Police who return her to Poland where after a brief stay with
a kind gentile family, she winds up in the ghetto of a neighboring town.
Malka learns to survive on her own, and her mother works to return to
Poland to find her, all while the Nazis are rounding up Jews and deporting
them to concentration camps.
Rylant, Cynthia. I
Had Seen Castles.
Now an old man, John is haunted by memories of enlisting to fight in
World War II, a decision which forced him to face the horrors of war and
changed his life forever.
Sheth, Kashmira. Keeping Corner
In India in the 1940s, thirteen-year-old Leela's happy, spoiled childhood ends when her husband since age nine, whom she barely knows, dies, leaving her a widow whose only hope of happiness could come from Mahatma Ghandi's social and political reforms.
Siegal, Aranka. Grace
in the Wilderness: After the Liberation, 1945-1948.
Liberated from a German concentration camp at the end of World War II,
but haunted by the memory of her ordeal, fifteen-year-old Piri starts a strange
new life as a Jew in Sweden.
Westall, Robert. Blitzcat.
During World War II a black cat journeys all across war-ravaged England
in an effort to track down her beloved master.
Whelan,
Gloria. Burying
the Sun
In Leningrad in 1941, when Russia and Germany are at war, fourteen-year-old
Georgi vows to help his family and his city during the terrible siege.
Yep, Laurence. Hiroshima:
A Novella
Describes the dropping of the atomic
bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, particularly as it affects Sachi, who becomes one
of the Hiroshima Maidens.
1950s –
Almond, David. The
Fire-Eaters
In 1962 England, despite observing his father's illness and the suffering
of the fire-eating Mr. McNulty, as well as enduring abuse at school and the
stress of the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bobby Burns and his family and friends
still find reasons to rejoice in their lives and to have hope for the future.
Banks,
Lynne Reid. One
More River
Fourteen-year-old Lesley is upset when
her parents abandon their comfortable life in Canada for a kibbutz in Israel.
Carmi, Daniella. Samir
and Yonatan
Samir, a Palestinian boy, is sent for surgery to an Israeli hospital where
he has two otherworldly experiences, making friends with an Israeli boy,
Yonatan, and traveling with him to Mars, where Samir finds peace about his
brother's death in the war.
Chambers, Aiden. Postcards
from No Man's Land
Alternates between two stories--comtemporarily, seventeen-year-old Jacob
visits a daunting Amsterdam at the request of his English grandmother--and
historically, nineteen-year-old Geertrui relates her experience of British
soldiers's attempts to liberate Holland from its German occupation.
Coman., Carolyn. Many
Stones
Berry Morgan's divorced father returns to tell her that her sister has been
murdered in South Africa. Together they organize a memorial service in the
township where … was murdered.
Ellis, Deborah. The
Breadwinner
Because the Taliban rulers of Kabul, Afghanistan, impose strict limitations
on women's freedom and behavior, eleven-year-old Parvana must disguise herself
as a boy so that her family can survive after her father's arrest.
___________. Parvanna’s
Journey
Sequel to The Breadwinner
Kass, Panina. Real
Time
Sixteen-year-old Tomas Wanninger persuades his mother to let him leave Germany
to volunteer at a kibbutz in Israel, where he experiences a violent political
attack and finds answers about his own past.
Mankell,
Henning. Secrets
in the Fire
As a victim of a landmine and a child of war-torn Mozambique,
Sophia turns to a village elder for advice and soon finds ways to cope with
her difficult circumstances in order to grow into a person with great strength
and determination.
Mead, Alice. Dawn & Dusk
As thirteen-year-old Azad tries desperately to cling to the life he has known,
the political situation in Iran during the war with Iraq finally forces
his family to flee their home and seek safety elsewhere.
Mori, Kyoko. Shizuko’s
Daughter
After her mother's suicide when she is twelve years old, Yuki spends years
living with her distant father and his resentful new wife, cut off from her
mother's family, and relying on her own inner strength to cope with the tragedy
Mosher, Richard. Zazoo
Amid old secrets revealed and rifts healed, a thirteen-year-old Vietnamese
orphan raised in rural France by her aging "Grand-Pierre" learns
about life, death, and love.
Nye,
Naomi Shihab
. Habibi
When fourteen-year-old Liyanna, her younger brother, and her parents move
from St. Louis to a new home between Jerusalem and the Palestinian village
where her father was born, they face many changes and must deal with the
tensions between Jews and Palestinians.
Sacks, Margaret. Beyond
Safe Boundaries
Elizabeth--a Jewish teenager--comes of age in 1960s South Africa as her older
sister joins a secret group opposed to the country's racial policies.
Whelan, Gloria. Chu-Ju's
House
In order to save her baby sister, fourteen-year-old
Chu Ju leaves her rural home in modern China and earns food and shelter by
working on a sampan, tending silk worms, and planting rice seedlings, while
wondering if she will ever see her family again.
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