Historical Fiction

Historical Fiction Travel back in time, in the Library!

VIII H. M. Castor

Kings and Queens

FIC CAS

3rd year +

This is the untold story of Henry VIII. Hal is a young, handsome and gifted warrior, who believes he has been divinely chosen to lead. But throughout his life, he is haunted by a ghostly apparition, and, once he rises to power, he turns to murder and rapacious cruelty.

Remarkable Creatures Tracy Chevalier Scientific Discoveries

Mary Anning may be young and uneducated, but she has “the eye�.

Scouring the Jurassic coast near Lyme Regis, she finds the fossils nobody else can, making discoveries that will shake the scientific world of the early 19th century.

FIC CHE

All year groups

The Pericles Commission Gary Corby

Mystery

FIC COR 1st year ďƒź

Nicolaos is the young son of a sculptor in 5th century BC Athens who discovers he has a knack for solving mysteries. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar.

The Diamond of Drury Lane Julia Golding

Mystery

Set in 1790s Covent Garden, this book whisks you back to a bygone era, and to embark on an adventure about one hidden treasure, two bare-knuckle boxers, three enemies, and four hundred and thirty-eight rioters!

FIC GOL

1st year ďƒź

Bone Talk Candy Gourlay Human Rights

FIC GOU All year groups

Quick Read

Samkad is a boy from a remote tribe in the Philippines, in around 1899. He has never met anyone from outside of his tribe, until the American invaders arrive and the world he knows is changed forever.

Poldark Winston Graham

FIC GRA

Romance

Cornwall, 1783-87. Ross Poldark returns to his land and his family, except his father is dead, his estate is derelict and the girl he loves is engaged to his cousin! But when he rescues a half-starved urchin girl his life changes forever‌ 3rd year +

The Island at the End of Everything

Kiran Millwood Hargrave Friendship

FIC HAR

1st year ďƒź

Amihan lives with her sick mother on a beautiful island. But cruel government official, Mr Zamora, decides her island is to become a colony for sufferers of leprosy.

Sent far away, Ami meets a honeyeyed girl, and together they set out to find a way back home to the island at the end of everything.

Daughters of Time Edited by Mary Hoffman Short Stories

Look through fresh eyes at the stories of some of history’s most remarkable women in this inspiring collection of short stories.

Featuring Queen Boudicca, Lady Jane Grey, Elizabeth Stuart and Mary Anning.

FIC HOF

All year groups

Crusade Elizabeth Laird Adventure

FIC MUK

1st year ďƒź

Different Perspectives

When Adam's mother dies, he pledges to save her soul with dust from the Holy Land. Adam joins the Crusade to reclaim Jerusalem.

Salim receives news of an imminent Crusader attack. To keep him safe, his father arranges work with a travelling doctor. But Salim's employment leads him into battle‌ Where the World Ends Geraldine McCaughrean Adventure

1727, St Kilda, Scotland. Quill and his friends are put ashore to hunt, but no one arrives to take them home. Surely nothing can explain why they've been abandoned cold, starving and clinging to life, in the grip of a murderous ocean.

How will they survive?

FIC MCC All year groups

Things a Bright Girl Can Do Sally Nicholls Makes you think

England, 1914. Offering a historical snapshot of a society in turmoil, this is a thought-provoking story of love, life and hope, with themes of feminism and equality, social class and divisions, and the massive impacts of the First World War.

FIC NIC All year groups

A Lily, A Rose Sally Nicholls

Romance

FASTFIC NIC

Lady Elinor of Hardford has fallen in love with Dan, but her father has other plans. She must marry his friend, Sir William, and he's nearly 50! Ellie must work out a solution.

Can she change her father's mind?

Will she get to marry Dan? All year groups

City of Ghosts Bali Rai Friendship

Romance

It's 1919 and Amritsar is a city on the brink of rebellion. Bissen, Gurdial and Jeevan are looking to the future whilst trying to escape ghosts from the past. But as the fight for Amritsar reaches a terrifying climax, their lives will be changed for ever.

FIC RAI

All year groups

Sovay Celia Rees

Adventure Romance

FIC REE

All year groups

England, 1794. Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted upbringing in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honour of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil.

Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein, Jennifer Roy & Ali Fadhil Human Rights

FIC ROY

All year groups

Video game villains and real-life dictators dominate daily life for 11year-old Ali. It is 1991 in Iraq and all Ali wants to do is read his comics and play football and video games. But President Saddam Hussein has other plans. This is the story of how war changed one boy's destiny forever.

Sword and Scimitar Simon Scarrow

Adventure FIC SEB

1565, Malta. Faced with attack by a Turkish fleet, the knights of the Order of St John fear annihilation.

Amongst those called to assist is the disgraced Sir Thomas Barrett.

At Queen Elizabeth's command, he must search for a hidden scroll...

All year groups

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Friendship

FIC SHA All year groups

It's 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writer's block.

But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey, she enters into a correspondence with him and learns the amazing story of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry Mildred D. Taylor Human Rights

All year groups

The Mississippi of the 1930s was a hard place for a black child to grow up in. When the night riders were carrying hatred and destruction among her people, she learned about the great differences that divided them, and when it was worth fighting for a principle even if it brought terrible hardships.

Wave Me Goodbye Jacqueline Wilson Friendship

September, 1939. As the Second World War begins, 10-year-old Shirley is sent away on a train. She doesn’t know where she’s going, or what’s going to happen to her when she gets there. All she has been told is that she’s going on ‘a little holiday’.

FIC WIL

1st year 

Firebird Elizabeth Wein FASTFIC WEI

Nastia is a daring pilot, and now, as the Second World War descends on Russia, she must fight. But when the battles begin, secrets are revealed...

All year groups

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Book descriptions taken from Love Reading 4 Kids, Common Sense Media, Book Trust, Goodreads and Amazon websites. They may have been edited. .