Historical
A Warwickshire Lad: The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare
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George Madden Martin
Ever wonder what happened to ol' Billy Shakespeare as a child? How did Little William get to be the great writer that we remember him for? T…
A Little Girl in Old New York
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Amanda Minnie Douglas
The first entry in A Little Girl series, a series of historical fiction books for young girls, A Little Girl in Old New York chronices the a…
The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware
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Annie Fellows Johnston
This volume is the result of an avalanche of letters that, reached the author, Annie Fellows Johnston, complaining that she skipped in the L…
Other People's Lives
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Rosa Nouchette Carey
A series of stories by Rosa Nouchette Carey who was a popular English novelist, whose works reflected the wholesome values of her time. They…
Molly, The Drummer Boy
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Harriet Theresa Comstock and Harriet Theresa Comstock
Molly, The Drummer Boy is the tale of a brave drummer, who, during the war of the Revolution, passed like a gleam of brightness, fun—and ala…
Our Little Mexican Cousin
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Edward Crompton Butler
This book tells about life in Mexico in the early 20th century, through the eyes of a little girl, Juanita. As the story follows her, the re…
The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire
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Thomas Wallace Knox
An engaging travelogue first published in 1886, written conversationally among two youths and their guide and mentor. Subtitle: Adventures o…
The Perilous Seat
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Caroline Dale Snedeker
Theria is a young Delphian woman who becomes an oracle. Persian wars, a doomed love affair, and a strong woman make up this well-researched …
Gaudenzia, Pride of the Palio
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Marguerite Henry
Each summer, in the ancient hill town of Siena, Italy, there erupts one of the most extraordinary, exciting, and dangerous horse races in th…
Glaucia the Greek Slave
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Emma Leslie
Glaucia and her brother Laon have been sold into slavery to pay their father's debts. Set in 1st Century Rome and Athens, this story follows…
Nicholas: A Manhattan Christmas Story (Dramatic Reading)
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Anne Carroll Moore
This fanciful children's story was one of the 1925 Newbery Honor books (published in 1924). Moore's novel blends an interesting tour of an e…
Mäzli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
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Johanna Spyri
Join Mäzli the youngest of five while she befriends the castle steward and brings a happy reunion between a rich, sad, old baron and hi…
Mildred's New Daughter
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Martha Finley
Mildred's New Daughter is one of the children's Christian novels in a series by Martha Finley that follows the lives of four orphaned Eldon …
A Lincoln Conscript
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Homer Greene
A heartwarming novel which visits the last two years of the American Civil War. The center of the story is the conflict of emotions and deed…
The Greenstone Door
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William Satchell
The Greenstone Door is a historical novel, set between 1830-1860’s New Zealand. The main character, Cedric Tregarthen, is remembering his pa…
The Boy Travellers on the Congo
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Henry Morton Stanley
Frank and Fred share the sights they explore and the information they learn in Africa. As in other volumes, this fictionalized travelogue pr…
Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon
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Dhan Gopal Mukerji
First published in 1927, Mukerji's charming historical fiction novel was designated a Newbery Honor book in 1928. It follows the north-India…
The Second Chance
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Nellie McClung and Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…
North by Night
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Peter Burchard
This story opens on St. Helena Island in July 1863. It is fiction but the battle and prison experiences of Lieutenant Timothy Bradford are b…
Purple Springs
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Nellie Mcclung
Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. Born in Ontario, she moved as…