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…
Want to Read $ 9.99"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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1. Twice Freed
By: Patricia St. John
4.12
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Onesimus is a slave. Eirene is a rich merchant's daughter. Onesimus longs to gain his freedom and E… read more
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- christian fiction
- classics
- christian
- childrens
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- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
By: Ralph Moody
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more
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- historical
- classics
- childrens
- school
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)
3. I, Juan de Pareja
By: Elizabeth Borton de Treviño
3.76
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Told through the eyes of Velazquez's slave and assistant, this vibrant novel depicts both the beaut… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
4. 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
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
5. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
By: Joan W. Blos
3.54
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
I, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days…do begin this book. So begins the journal… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"For are we not, all of us, wand'rers and strangers; and do we not, all of us, travel in danger or voyage uncharted seas?"-Joan W. Blos, A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32
6. Onion John
By: Joseph Krumgold , Symeon Shimin
2.67
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The story of a friendship between a 12-year-old boy and an immigrant handyman, almost wrecked by th… read more
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- childrens
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
7. The Cross of Lead (Crispin, #1)
By: Avi
3.84
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
"Asta's Son" is all he's ever been called. The lack of a name is appropriate, because he and his mo… read more
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- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
8. Hittite Warrior
By: Joanne Williamson
3.33
Format: None pages, Paperback
Judea has always been the crossroads and battlefield of contending nations. It is no less so in thi… read more
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- christian
- childrens
- school
- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
9. Otto of the Silver Hand
By: Howard Pyle
4.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
A rich and engrossing thread of Romance runs through this tale of the motherless son of a valiant r… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- fiction
- historical fiction
10. Mara, Daughter of the Nile
By: Eloise Jarvis McGraw
3.16
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Mara is a proud and beautiful slave girl who yearns for freedom. In order to gain it, she finds her… read more
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- classics
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
11. 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
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- christian fiction
- classics
- christian
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- 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
12. The Door in the Wall
By: Marguerite de Angeli
4.88
Format: 242 pages,
The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
13. 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
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- childrens
- school
- middle grade
- fiction
- historical fiction
14. 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
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- childrens
- school
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
15. God King: A Story in the Days of King Hezekiah
By: Joanne Williamson , Daria M. Sockey
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
A never-before published tale by the author of the best -selling Hittite Warrior, carries the reade… read more
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- christian
- childrens
- school
- historical
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
16. Rifles for Watie
By: Harold Keith
4.36
Format: 512 pages, Paperback
Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the … read more
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17. Miracles on Maple Hill
By: Beth Krush , Virginia Sorensen
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Marly and her family share many adventures when they move from the city to a farmhouse on Maple Hil… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
18. The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy
By: Homer , Padraic Colum , Willy Pogány
0.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And… read more
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19. Theras and His Town
By: Caroline Dale Snedeker
3.51
Format: None pages,
Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war. He… read more
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20. The Wheel on the School
By: Maurice Sendak , Meindert DeJong
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Why do the storks no longer come to the little Dutch fishing village of Shora to nest? It was Lina,… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"... but first to dream and then to do - isn't that the way to make a dream come true?"-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
"That's the trouble with being twins - if you don't know something, you don't know it double."-Maurice Sendak, The Wheel on the School
21. Augustus Caesar's World
By: Genevieve Foster
3.11
Format: 216 pages,
Considered the innovator of "horizontal history," Genevieve Foster became frustrated when her two s… read more
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22. Galen and the Gateway to Medicine
By: Jeanne Bendick
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
We know about Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine. But we owe nearly as much to Galen, a physician … read more
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23. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
By: Jean Lee Latham
5.00
Format: 87 pages, Paperback
A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more
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24. Amos Fortune, Free Man
By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more
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25. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
By: Carol Ryrie Brink
4.02
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more
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- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)
26. 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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27. 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
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- classics
- childrens
- school
- historical
- middle grade
- young adult
- fiction
- historical fiction
28. Johnny Tremain
By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more
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29. Shadow Of A Bull
By: Maia Wojciechowska
3.92
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Manolo Olivar was the son of his father. Which may not seem like a necessary thing to say. But in M… read more
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30. Across Five Aprils
By: Irene Hunt
4.41
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowlypresents the unforgettable story of Jethro Crei… read more
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