13 Best historical fiction books like Small War of Sergeant Donkey by Maureen Daly

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Small War of Sergeant Donkey

By: Maureen Daly

4.09

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Donkeys by the hundreds! Twelve-year-old Chico Filippo, whose own donkeys were confiscated years be…

"Some mules just seem to be born with the hee-haw habit. Back home we call those fellows 'Missouri Nightingales'."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

"Some mules just seem to be born with the hee-haw habit. Back home we call those fellows 'Missouri Nightingales'."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

"Some mules just seem to be born with the hee-haw habit. Back home we call those fellows 'Missouri Nightingales'."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

"Sergeant Missouri crouched close to the ground, pulling up his collar against the bitter, gusting winds. Show me, he thought tiredly, I'm from Missouri."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

If you liked the historical fiction plot in Small War of Sergeant Donkey by Maureen Daly , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Quo Vadis

By: Henryk Sienkiewicz , W.S. Kuniczak

4.01

Format: 589 pages, Hardcover

This glorious saga unfolds against the backdrop of ancient Rome--from the Forum to the Coliseum, fr… read more

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  • historical fiction
"If we repay evil with good, then how do we repay the good?"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"-Моето щастие мина, и радостта ми отмина, но аз не съм зла."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Светът е измамен, а животът е илюзия. Трябва да имаш достатъчно ум за да различиш приятните от лошите илюзии."

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

"Look at us! For us there are no partings, no pains, no sufferings; or if they come they are turned into pleasure. And death itself, which for you is the end of life, is for us merely its beginning,—t…"

-Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo Vadis

Cover of Madeleine Takes Command by Ethel C. Brill, Bruce  Adams, Bruce Adams

2. Madeleine Takes Command

By: Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

Format: 202 pages, Paperback

Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Hara… read more

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  • childrens
  • 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

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  • childrens
  • 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. 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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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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5. Blue Willow

By: Doris Gates

4.29

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the ho… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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6. 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

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  • historical fiction

7. 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
  • historical fiction
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8. Shiloh (Shiloh, #1)

By: Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

When Marty Preston comes across a young beagle in the hills behind his home, it's love at first sig… read more

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  • childrens
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9. The Eagle of the Ninth

By: Rosemary Sutcliff

3.94

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

One of Rosemary Sutcliff's acclaimed books set in Roman Britain. The Eagle of the Ninth tells the s… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"Better to be a laughing-stock than lose the fort for fear of being one."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"And what will they do to you when you have told them this story?' Esca said very simply, 'They will kill me.' 'I am sorry, but I do not think much of that plan.' Marcus said."

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"You could give a slave his freedom, but nothing could undo the fact that he had been a slave; and between him, a freed-man, and any free man who had never been unfree, there would still be a differen…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

"Sometime about the year 117, the IXth Legion, which was stationed at Eburacum where York now stands, marched north to deal with a rising among the Caledonian tribes and was never heard of again... no…"

-Rosemary Sutcliff, The Eagle of the Ninth

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10. On Yonder Mountain Grd 1-2

By: Milly Howard

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

All six-year-old Sarah wants is another girl in her school. Grades 1-2. read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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11. 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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  • childrens
  • historical fiction

12. Beorn the Proud

By: Madeleine A. Polland , None

3.68

Format: 330 pages, Paperback

Two cultures, two faiths, struggle against each other in this exciting story by Madeleine Polland. … read more

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13. Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George , John Schoenherr

3.92

Format: 381 pages, Paperback

Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives… read more

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14. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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15. The Winged Watchman

By: Hilda van Stockum

4.26

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

This acclaimed story of World War II is rich in suspense, characterization, plot and spiritual trut… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"But remember that truth itself becomes a lie in the twisted minds of our conquerors."

-Hilda van Stockum, The Winged Watchman

"Knowledge is a matter of knowing facts. Wisdom is a matter of understanding and applying principles. A certain amount of knowledge is necessary for wisdom, and without wisdom, knowledge is not only u…"

-Hilda van Stockum, The Winged Watchman

16. The Cabin Faced West

By: Jean Fritz

4.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ann Hamilton's family has moved to the western frontier of Pennsylvania, and she misses her old hom… read more

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17. Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World

By: Mary Beard

4.11

Format: 493 pages, Hardcover

A sweeping account of the social and political world of the Roman emperors by “the world’s most fam… read more

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18. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

By: Dan Gemeinhart

4.46

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus,… read more

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  • childrens
"But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"Driving toward something is better than driving away from something."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"I guess that's how regrets are...they're anchors, not balloons. And we were sunk"

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

"The best kind of goodbye is the kind where you don’t actually have to leave the person behind."

-Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Coyote Sunrise #1)

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19. Augustine Came to Kent

By: Barbara Willard

3.60

Format: 179 pages, Paperback

It is the year 597 and Pope Gregory is sending a select number of his monks, led by Fr. Augustine, … read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
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20. Small War of Sergeant Donkey

By: Maureen Daly

4.09

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Donkeys by the hundreds! Twelve-year-old Chico Filippo, whose own donkeys were confiscated years be… read more

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  • childrens
  • historical fiction
"Some mules just seem to be born with the hee-haw habit. Back home we call those fellows 'Missouri Nightingales'."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

"Sergeant Missouri crouched close to the ground, pulling up his collar against the bitter, gusting winds. Show me, he thought tiredly, I'm from Missouri."

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

"Looking up, Missouri saw a formation of low-flying P-47's on the horizon, heading up the coast from Naples...Sergeant Missouri laughed aloud. "They're sending us the Air Force, Chico, and we made it …"

-Maureen Daly, Small War of Sergeant Donkey

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Transform Your Habits

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Ethel C. Brill , Bruce Adams , Bruce Adams

3.81

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Rosemary Sutcliff , Charles Keeping

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Hittite Warrior

Joanne Williamson

3.33

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Blue Willow

Doris Gates

4.29

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King of the Mound: My Summer with Satchel Paige

Wes Tooke

3.94

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Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

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Gone-Away Lake

Elizabeth Enright , Joe Krush , Beth Krush

4.14

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Lindsay Eland

3.92

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