9 Best historical books like Forge (Seeds of America, #2) by Laurie Halse Anderson

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Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell …

If you liked the historical plot in Forge (Seeds of America, #2) by Laurie Halse Anderson , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. Abundance

By: Sena Jeter Naslund

3.74

Format: 556 pages, Hardcover

"Like everyone, I am born naked." With this opening line of Naslund's compelling new novel, a ve… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"¿Cómo puede uno comer cuando el corazón está ocupado?"

-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance

"Los buenos actos resuenan a nuestro paso, mucho tiempo después de que hayamos olvidado haberlos realizado."

-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance

"Quizá mi vida no es más que una serie de momentos de vestirse y desvestirse de nuevo para la tarea en cuestión."

-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance

"Debería tener la capacidad de ser feliz conmigo misma, de estar satisfecha con lo que soy. No como reina, sino con lo que soy."

-Sena Jeter Naslund, Abundance

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2. Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

By: Laurie Halse Anderson

4.08

Format: 348 pages, Hardcover

In this compelling sequel to Chains, a National Book Award Finalist and winner of the Scott O'Dell … read more

Similar categories in Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2) book and Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • american revolutionary war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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3. Blood on the River: James Town 1607

By: Elisa Carbone

3.84

Format: 135 pages,

Twelve-year-old Samuel Collier is a lowly commoner on the streets of London. So when he becomes the… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. The Mighty Miss Malone

By: Christopher Paul Curtis

4.22

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. De… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Dead End in Norvelt

By: Jack Gantos

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Dead End in Norveltis the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to chil… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

6. For Freedom: The Story of a French Spy

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

3.40

Format: None pages, Paperback

A teenager transforms from a schoolgirl to a spy in this true story of heroism in wartime. Suzanne … read more

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7. My Brother Sam Is Dead

By: James Lincoln Collier , Christopher Collier

3.80

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary War -- now with special After Words… read more

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8. Hush

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

Toswiah Green's life ended the moment her policeman father decided to testify against a fellow offi… read more

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9. Sophia's War: A Tale of the Revolution

By: Avi

3.18

Format: 159 pages, ebook

Lives hang in the balance in this gripping Revolutionary War adventure from a beloved Newbery Medal… read more

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10. The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

By: M.T. Anderson

3.54

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

It sounds like a fairy tale. He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the finest of cl… read more

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  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At long last, you may no longer distinguish what binds you from what is you."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"I went to him & put my Hand upon his Shoulder. Said he to me, “God forgive me. Her Name — I never knew her Name."

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

"Empedolces claims that in utero, our backbone is one long solid; and that through the constriction of the womb and the punishments of birth it must be snapped again and again to form our vertebrae; t…"

-M.T. Anderson, The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, #1)

11. Jefferson's Sons

By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

4.25

Format: 131 pages, Hardcover

The untold story of Thomas Jefferson's slave children Beverly, Harriet, Madison, and Eston are Thom… read more

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12. His Forefathers and Mick

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.36

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

"His forefathers and Mick", traces the riveting saga of the Kramer family across three tumultuous g… read more

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"Adrian blew his whistle and shouted, “Attack and put too death all those who oppose the fatherland!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Kurt said, “I have always wanted to wipe that self-satisfied smug look from the face of thee Prussian Pickle!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Heinrich replied, “The fact that Kramer’s radio station has  been wiped out by the British Navy in now classified information!"

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

"Fritz Kramer said, “I cannot see why my treatment of my Chinese workers as equals should cause any German, American or British person any concern."

-Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

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13. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

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14. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 300 pages, Kindle Edition

This book covers the things I was forced to leave out of "A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume O… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two book and Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

  • war
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15. Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

By: Dale A. Jenkins

4.30

Format: 402 pages, Kindle Edition

WAS THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR INEVITABLE? It’s November 1941. Japan and the US are te… read more

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  • war
"During the Fireside Chats, half the country tuned in on their radios, and it was said that on hot summer nights when people had their windows open, one could walk through the residential downtown of …"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Roosevelt was a genius at mass communications, and his speechwriters deferred to his reviews of their drafts, not so much because he was the president, but because when a text required the perfect wo…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"In 1941, as the United States faced the threat of another horrific war, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading the nation from a wheelchair. Struck down by polio at age thirty-nine, he rehabilit…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

"Back in Washington, alone in the late afternoon of December 7, a chastened Franklin Roosevelt considered the situation.  He may have wondered how things had gone so terribly wrong.  But what might ha…"

-Dale A. Jenkins, Diplomats & Admirals: From Failed Negotiations and Tragic Misjudgments to Powerful Leaders and Heroic Deeds, the Untold Story of the Pacific War from Pearl Harbor to Midway

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16. Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

By: K.G.E. Konkel

4.32

Format: 440 pages, Kindle Edition

The Second World War was fought not only on the front lines but also in secrets, some of which have… read more

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"The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the head of the nearest soldier. Stepan Ivanovich’s skull bu…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Outside, beyond the vast red bricked labyrinth of Kremlin walls, a humid night ensnarled the Soviet capital in its spell. Yet here in the womb-like private cinema Josef Stalin sat, eyes transfixed on…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"Fedin laughed outright, a grim, calculating gesture as hard and unfeeling as cold steel. “Twenty million Russians have been slaughtered by the Fascists in the last six years..... Always remember this…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

"They came for him near midnight, seven hard-faced men arriving simultaneously in a matching set of Zis 101s, the black-lacquered saloon car so shamelessly modeled on the American Buick Roadmaster, an…"

-K.G.E. Konkel, Who Has Buried the Dead?: From Stalin to Putin … The last great secret of World War Two

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17. Isabella Warrior Queen

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.30

Format: None pages, ebook

The complete story of Isabella, her husband King Edward II, their son who was King Edward III and t… read more

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  • historical
"Eliza answered, “My Lady, that was Sir Roger Mortimer!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"Cynthia said, “How are things going for you with this birth?"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"When speaking to her husband, Isabella replied, Mon tresdoutz coer, (My very sweet heart) please do that and perhaps I shall be able to continue to perform official functions on your behalf!"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

"On the 16th of Febuary 1312, when Isabella was aged sixteen years, the couple were at their hunting lodge when Edward suddenly took Isabella into his arms and began to kiss her and pay her a lot of a…"

-Michael G. Kramer, Isabella Warrior Queen

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18. Victor's Blessing

By: Barbara Sontheimer

4.34

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Victor Gant, a 6'5" half-Osage blacksmith is an unusual hero for a Civil War love story. But Victor… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Then wake up my sweet,  wake up knowing that your future is to be happy, and that your heart will heal."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"Victor's tortured eyes blazed down at her, and for a moment she was afraid.  Then he leaned down and dissolved into tears in the arms of Celena who was only six."

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"He turned and smiled resolvedly at her.  He knew no one else would ever understand that for Arvellen, sex only had to do with friendship and of pleasing one another, and nothing at all to do with wha…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

"I'm afraid!" She cried breaking free from his embrace. But this time, he refused to let her go.  "No, no, no, you're not afraid of me!  What am I...a foot and half taller than you and out weigh you b…"

-Barbara Sontheimer, Victor's Blessing

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19. Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War

By: Libby McNamee

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

The Revolution rests in her hands. As the former Colonies struggle for freedom, the American Rev… read more

Similar categories in Libby McNamee's Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War book and Laurie Halse Anderson's Forge (Seeds of America, #2)

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
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20. Words on Fire

By: Jennifer A. Nielsen

4.27

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Danger is never far from Audra's family farm in Lithuania. She always avoids the occupying Russian … read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"The words wouldn't lead to our independence - words, themselves, their very existence, were our independence"

-Jennifer A. Nielsen, Words on Fire

Cover of The Dark Refrain: The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #3) by Jessica Khoury

21. The Dark Refrain: The Mystwick School of Musicraft (Mystwick, #3)

By: Jessica Khoury

4.36

Format: 10 pages, Audiobook

In the third book in the Mystwick School of Musicraft series, Amelia Jones and her friends fall cen… read more

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  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

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