Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

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If you could travel through time, who would you want to meet?

Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men find themselves labeled as outlaws when their adventures land them on the wrong side of the law.

The Bronte siblingsCharlotte, Branwell, Emily and Annefind escape from their constrained lives via their rich imaginations.

Orphaned by a cholera outbreak, young Mary Lennox is sent to live with her uncle in Yorkshire.

Somewhere in the Badlands, embedded deep in centuries-buried rock and sand, lies the skeleton of a massive dinosaur, larger than anything the late nineteenth-century world has ever seen.

"e;First, that is a lie.

Sometimes even shamans get cranky.

When twelve-year-old Nathaniel and his two sisters, Cid and Queenie, discover an ad for a free pony in the paper, they can hardly believe their luck.

He knows in his heart that his father, Lieutenant James Martin, could not have stolen the money stored overnight in the blockhouse of The Isthmus and then brutally murdered his commanding officer, Colonel Forrester.

Written by British-born author Frances Hodgson Burnett and first published in 1905, A Little Princess tells the story of young Sara Crewe, privileged daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant.

Frances Hodgson Burnett's classic rags to riches story that launched her career and brought her books their enduring popularity now has a gorgeously reimagined cover.

Charles Dickens captures the spirit of Christmas in this classic holiday novella A Christmas Carol, Dickens's timeless tale of greed, regret, and reform.

When Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 186S, it set critics awry: here was a book for children written for the pure pleasure of reading.

One of the most beloved children's books of all time and the inspiration for a feature film, a television miniseries, and a Broadway musical, The Secret Garden is the best-known work of Frances Hodgson Burnett.

Return to the American Revolution in this blistering conclusion to the middle grade Seeds of America trilogy.

Where Legend and History Collide, One Young Woman Will Fight for the InnocentBorn a baron's daughter, Lady Merry Ellison is now an enemy of the throne after her father's failed assassination attempt upon the king.

Valiant Hearts: Where Adventure and Romance MeetInspired by the vision of the Young Lady Sapphira, Rosalind of Ipsworth joins a group of men, women, and children as a defender of the cross, seeking to free captives from prisons near Tripoli.

Michael Flynn is just trying to get through his community service after he made the dumb decision to try to blow up his friend's car with fireworks--the same friend who stole Michael's girl.

The Civil War is seen through the unclouded vision of an eight year old girl living in western Kentucky.

This is the story of a family in the 1800's, leaving family and home to follow a dream of going West to the "e;Promised Land.

Lemuel, sixteen when he is sentenced to be transported to the other side of the world, maintains his innocence, but no one believes him.

The third volume in the Kid Beowulf series by Alexis E.

The third volume in the Kid Beowulf series by Alexis E.

Winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award A Coretta Scott King Author Honor BookCenter for the Study of Multicultural Children's Literature Best Books of the YearAfter a storm devastates the farm his parents have been renting, Junior moves with his family to Roxboro, North Carolina.

Tiberius Goes to Rome is a book about a boy growing up in Roman times, and the many problems he encounters during his teenage years.

The Cave of the Opal Eyed Snake is the first book in the Series, The Aussie Time Travellers.

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us.

Zarita, only daughter of the town magistrate, lives a life of wealth and privilege.

Johnny Swanson is in shock.

I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad.

When the crown jewels are stolen from a locked room in the castle right under Queen Elizabeth's nose - she's furious and asks Grace, her secret Lady Pursuivant, to investigate.

When the Court clockmaker, Mr Urseau, is found dead in his workshop - a dagger in his chest and a key clutched in his hand - rumours start flying.

It's the height of summer and the palace is full of ambassadors and ladies from the Spanish court.

A PUZZLE ON THE STAGE!

The Queen and her Maids of Honour are spending the summer at a nobleman's estate, where a new manor house is being built.

Preparations for the wedding of one of Lady Grace's fellow Maids of Honour are interrupted when a shipment of gold, on its way to the Queen, is stolen!

Since the death of her beloved mother, Lady Grace has become the Queen's favourite Maid of Honour.

Beware of Long Lankin .

There is much excitement at court as the famous painter Levina Teerlimc arrives to paint the Queen's portrait.

There's a new arrival - a mysterious and exotic young princess - at court and Lady Grace can't believe how many rumours there are about her already.

Lady Grace and her fellow Maids of Honour are travelling with the Queen and the rest of the court on their summer Progress.

In the court of Queen Elizabeth I, Maid of Honour Lady Grace, the Queen's favourite and her very own Lady Pursuivant, investigating intrigues at court.

Told who to cheer for, who to believe in, Yuri grows up in a country where no freedom of thought is encouraged - where even one's neighbours are encouraged to report any dissension to the authorities.

A brand new edition of a Terry Pratchett classic set in Victorian London, and starring cunning but kind Dodger, as he sets off on a whirlwind adventure through the city streetsTHE SEWER IS DODGER S WORLD .

"e;Simon paid off the driver and turned to follow Mrs Twite.

'I hate Frozen Billy - his painted, staring wooden eyes, the way his eyelids click when Uncle Len pulls a string, his long thin legs and his bright red wooden mouth .

Michael Morpurgo has created a sweeping and dramatic story in the time of Bonnie Prince Charlie.