15 Best historical fiction books like Flame Over Tara by Madeleine A. Polland, Omar Davis, Madeleine Polland

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Flame Over Tara

By: Madeleine A. Polland , Omar Davis , Madeleine Polland

3.66

Format: 320 pages,

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Flame Over Tara by Madeleine A. Polland, Omar Davis, Madeleine Polland , here is a list of 15 books like this:

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1. The Great and Terrible Quest

By: Margaret Lovett

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Set in the late Middle Ages, a quick-witted orphan, abused by his grandfather, risks his life to ca… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Lovett's The Great and Terrible Quest book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
"Silver hidden in the gold, Young man hidden in the old, Laughing lord with weeping eyes, Bring king and ring before sunrise! -Hilarion, The Great and Terrible Quest"

-Margaret Lovett, The Great and Terrible Quest

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2. Adam of the Road

By: Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Format: 317 pages, Paperback

"A road's a kind of holy thing," said Roger the Minstrel to his son, Adam. "That's why it's a good… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Gray Vining's Adam of the Road book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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3. The Silver Branch

By: Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Intrigue, plotting, and battles in the second of Rosemary Sutcliff's best-selling trilogy which beg… read more

Similar categories in Rosemary Sutcliff's The Silver Branch book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"Does one refuse to ride with an Emperor?' 'If one is wise, one does not."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"I simply--don't know," Flavius said, and then suddenly explosive: "I don't know and I don't care! Go to bed."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

"The young Centurion, who had been completely still throughout, said very softly, as though to himself, "Greater love hath no man--" and Justin thought it sounded as though he were quoting someone els…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Silver Branch

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4. Flame Over Tara

By: Madeleine A. Polland , Omar Davis , Madeleine Polland

3.66

Format: 320 pages,

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Similar categories in Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • school
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • ireland
Cover of Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4) by Mary Ray

5. Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4)

By: Mary Ray

4.31

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

Sequel to The Ides of April. Palestine in the first century A.D. is as disturbed and divided as it … read more

Similar categories in Mary Ray's Beyond the Desert Gate (Roman Empire Sequence, #4) book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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6. The Bronze Bow

By: Elizabeth George Speare

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. –from the Song of David (2 Sa… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth George Speare's The Bronze Bow book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • christian fiction
  • christian
  • childrens
  • school
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"the demons that make a person afraid are the hardest to cast out."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

"It is the hate that is the enemy. Not men. Hate does not die with killing. It only springs up a hundredfold. The only thing stronger than hate is love."

-Elizabeth George Speare, The Bronze Bow

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7. Black Horses for the King

By: Anne McCaffrey

4.50

Format: 87 pages, Mass Market Paperback

"This fast-moving historical fantasy by bestselling author Anne McCaffrey traces the beginnings of … read more

Similar categories in Anne McCaffrey's Black Horses for the King book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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8. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston

By: Eleanore Myers Jewett

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

Amidst great mystery, Hugh is left in the care of Glastonbury Abbey by his father who must flee to … read more

Similar categories in Eleanore Myers Jewett's The Hidden Treasure of Glaston book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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9. The Sherwood Ring

By: Elizabeth Marie Pope

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Newly orphaned Peggy Grahame is caught off-guard when she first arrives at her family's ancestral e… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Marie Pope's The Sherwood Ring book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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10. Son of Charlemagne

By: Emil Weiss , Barbara Willard

4.12

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

The year is 781 A.D. King Charles of the Franks is crossing the Alps with his family and court on a… read more

Similar categories in Emil Weiss's Son of Charlemagne book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction

11. The Ides of April (Roman Empire Sequence, #2)

By: Mary Ray

3.46

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hylas is a young Greek slave in the household of Caius Pomponius, a Roman Senator involved in polit… read more

Similar categories in Mary Ray's The Ides of April (Roman Empire Sequence, #2) book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction

12. The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1)

By: Gary L. Blackwood

3.74

Format: None pages, Paperback

Widge is an orphan with a rare talent for shorthand. His fearsome master has just one demand: steal… read more

Similar categories in Gary L. Blackwood's The Shakespeare Stealer (Shakespeare Stealer, #1) book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction
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13. Catherine, Called Birdy

By: Karen Cushman

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry… read more

Similar categories in Karen Cushman's Catherine, Called Birdy book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • childrens
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

14. Favorite Poems Old and New

By: Leonard Weisgard , None

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Hardcover

This is a collection of over seven hundred classic and modern poems grouped by children's interests… read more

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15. A Single Shard

By: Linda Sue Park

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more

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16. The Good Master

By: Kate Seredy

4.14

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Jancsi is overjoyed to hear that his cousin from Budapest is coming to spend the summer on his fath… read more

Similar categories in Kate Seredy's The Good Master book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction

17. The Beduins' Gazelle

By: David Bowers , Frances Temple

4.41

Format: None pages, Paperback

When she and he were only babies, they were pledged in marriage. Now Atiyah has been sent away -- a… read more

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18. The Trojan War

By: Olivia E. Coolidge

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

In this retelling of the Trojan War, Olivia Coolidge crafts heroes and gods into real, multidimensi… read more

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19. Mystery of the Roman Ransom

By: Henry Winterfeld , None , None

3.53

Format: None pages, Paperback

In these two delightful history-mysteries, seven boys in Ancient Rome solve strange crimes . . . th… read more

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20. Master Cornhill

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

4.00

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Victim of both the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, a homeless, penniless eleven-year-old… read more

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21. The Golden Goblet

By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw

3.82

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

Ranofer struggles to thwart the plottings of his evil brother, Gebu, so he can become master goldsm… read more

Similar categories in Eloise Jarvis McGraw's The Golden Goblet book and Madeleine A. Polland's Flame Over Tara

  • young adult
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical fiction

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Margaret Lovett

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3.77

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Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

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Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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4.07

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Elizabeth Borton de Treviño

3.76

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