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Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Brand: Random House
Illus. in full color. "An ancient history lesson emerges from this account of the way the Greeks tricked the Trojans and rescued Helen of Troy. The book is well tailored to younger readers with careful explanations and short sentences; a pronunciati..
8.91£
Brand: Scholastic Corporation
Rose's granddad takes her on a trip to Ypres, Belgium to visit the graves of those who died in the Great War. It's the day before Valentine's, but Rose can sense the shattered old city beneath the chocolate-box new. And it seems that it can sense h..
11.02£
Brand: Scholastic Corporation
A rip-roaring Roman mystery from Historical Association Young Quills Award-winning author Ally Sherrick. PRAISE FOR BLACK POWDER - WINNER OF THE HISTORIAL ASSOCIATION YOUNG QUILLS AWARD: ' ... a wonderfully explosive adventure set in the turbulent y..
9.09£
Brand: Random House
From the creators of Voices from the Oregon Trail and Colonial Voices, an unflinching story of two young runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad, told in their voices and those who helped and hindered themIt's the 1850s and enslaved siblings Jeb ..
22.22£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
A gripping historical adventure by a much-loved and award winning author.'Waiting for Anya film is true to the plot and spirt of Michael Morpurgo's book. It reminds us that good and bad is never all on one side. A tearjerker' - Nicolette JonesIt is ..
11.20£
# 654 in the Bilingual Legends series: This book is in both English and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic. The ancient Babylonian King Hammurabi is only remembered for one reason today. But how much do we really know about this once mighty man?Being particularly..
16.77£
Brand: Andersen Press Ltd
As featured on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour. 1914: war has broken out across Europe and beyond. Nothing will ever be the same again for those caught up in the conflict. This collection of short stories explores how the First World War changed and shap..
12.15£
Brand: Candlewick Press
In a series of interwoven fictionalized stories, Deborah Noyes gives voice to the marginalized women in P. T. Barnum's family - and the talented entertainers he built his entertainment empire on.Much has been written about P. T. Barnum - legendary s..
18.62£
Brand: HMH Books
* NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * PRINTZ HONOR BOOK * WALTER HONOR BOOK * From New York Times best-selling and acclaimed author Traci Chee comes We Are Not Free, the collective account of a tight-knit group of young Nisei, second-generation Japanese ..
12.76£
Brand: Andersen Press Ltd
Winner of the Young Quills Historical Fiction Award Nominated for the Carnegie Medal Maggie has witnessed impossible things. But no one believes her, and now her family has taken her away to spend the winter upstate in a remote, freezing farmhouse. ..
12.66£
Brand: Feiwel & Friends
Yorkshire, North of England, 1786. As the abandoned son of a lascar, Heathcliff has spent most of his young life maligned as an outsider. Now he's been flung into an alien life in the Yorkshire moors, where he clings to his birth father's language e..
21.64£
Brand: Random House
A Morris Award FinalistLonglisted for the National Book AwardFor fans of The Book Thief and The Boy in the Striped Pajamas comes a lushly illustrated novel about a teen Holocaust survivor who must come to terms with who she is and how to rebuild her..
23.97£
Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
This semi-autobiographical classic, written by the beloved Judith Kerr, tells the story of a Jewish family escaping Germany in the days before the Second World War.This beautiful new edition celebrates the fifty year anniversary of an adventure that..
11.20£
Brand: Andersen Press Ltd
Winner of the British Book Award for Children's Fiction Book of the Year Winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Children's Fiction Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal The Times Children's Book of the Year 'A magnificent story … It deserves ..
12.98£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
A STIRRING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE VALLEY OF LOST SECRETS. The First World War has ended, but it hasn't gone away. When Natty has to move to a new village, she meets two young soldiers who are still battling the effects of war. H..
11.38£
Brand: Faber & Faber
A body washed up on the beach...Evacuation to an old house with forbidden rooms and dark secrets...An animal rescue service...Set in World War Two, Emma Carroll explores the resilience, resourcefulness and inventiveness of children when their lives ..
11.84£
Brand: Andersen Press Ltd
While the Storm Rages is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky Falls: The Times Children's Book of the Year, winner of the Books Are My Bag Readers Award for Children's Fiction, winner of the British Book Award fo..
13.24£
Brand: Barrington Stoke Ltd
Summer 1939. With Europe on the brink of war, eighteen-year-old Kristina Tomiak has been called up to join the White Eagles, Poland's valiant air force. When the Nazis reach the town where she is based, Kristina makes a daring escape, but she doesn'..
12.45£
Brand: Astra Publishing House
A frog and a mouse fall into an argument over a flower in this wordless modern classic, perfect for starting conversations with children about peace, conflict, warfare, and the importance of de-escalation. In this new edition of a wordless modern cl..
21.42£
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing
An updated edition of this outstanding historical novel, in a stunning new package to celebrate the 20th anniversary of its publication. When Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hanged for the crime, she is silently hurried to safety..
13.25£
Brand: Random House
A Newbery Honor BookNew York Times Bestseller"Wolf Hollow has stayed with me long after I closed the book. It has the feel of an instant classic." -Linda Sue Park, Newbery Medalist and New York Times bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water"This b..
13.13£
Making a Difference As you read the stories of these twelve women, think about what makes a difference: an idea, an object or a deed? Does it have to be something big or can it be something small? Does it need to take place over a long period of tim..
10.78£
Brand: Random House
The first Magic Tree House® Super Edition-and Jack and Annie's most dangerous mission ever in the scariest time the world has ever known-World War II. With a longer story and additional facts and photographs, this is a thrilling adventure no reader ..
11.04£
Moving from Penrhyn castle in Snowdonia in the 19th century to the harsh sugar plantations of Jamaica, this is a story of stark beauty and power exploring greed, violence and the struggle for equality and freedom. Two young girls on two continents. ..
15.59£