Children's / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction

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Gentlest of wild things
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A fantasy romance, by dazzling new talent Sarah Underwood, inspired by Greek mythology and the tale of Eros and Psyche.
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The whisperling twins
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Gloucester, 1918. Nin and Lemon Esmond share a special bond. They’re sisters – twins – whisperlings. Which means they have the power to speak with ghosts. Britain is at war, and L...
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Delta and the lost city
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In the year 79 AD a loyal dog finds herself at the mercy of an aristocrat with nefarious intentions – while the shadow of Mount Vesuvius looms . . .
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The ghost of Grania O’Malley
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A gripping ghost story from Britain’s best-loved children’s storyteller, full of friendship, adventure and a pirate queen.
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The Windeby puzzle
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Estrild is not like the other girls in her village; she wants to be a warrior. Varick, the orphan boy who helps her train in spite of his twisted back, also stands apart. In a world where differenc...
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Finding Alfie
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Aunty Iris always treasured her small painting of a boat, paintedby her close friend Alfie many years before. Her nephew, Michael,is inspired to try and find out what actually happened to Alfiein W...
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Lottie the Little Wonder
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Lottie Dod leads the way to sporting victory in this inspiring Little Gem from bestselling author Katherine Woodfine.
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Spaceboy
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Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises – and a secret that could chan...
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The trip to the moon
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Film is set to become the new craze. Butterfly Club member and filmmaker Georges Melies pleads to be allowed to go forward in time to harvest a movie camera from the future to make his ambitious fi...
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The body in the Blitz
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March 1941. Britain is at war, and a secret agency called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up children as spies – because grown-ups always underestimate them. Enter May, Eric a...
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The wreck of the Zanzibar
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A sweeping story of danger, adventure and the high seas. From the nation’s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.
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The amazing story of Adolphus Tips
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A heartwarming tale of courage, set against the backdrop of the Second World War, about a deserted village, a lifelong friendship and one very adventurous cat!
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Wolf Road
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The epic new prehistoric children’s novel from bestselling author, academic and broadcaster, Professor Alice Roberts.
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War horse
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Before the Steven Spielberg film, before the National Theatre production, there was the classic children’s novel – War Horse. From the nation’s favourite storyteller, Mich...
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Peril on the Atlantic
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July, 1936. As the Queen Mary sets sail across the Atlantic, Alice can’t wait for the summer of adventure that lies ahead. She’s excited to explore the huge ship, with its shops, animal...
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Why the whales came
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A stunning story of friendship and our natural world set against the backdrop of the First World War. From the nation’s favourite storyteller, Michael Morpurgo.
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The Ministry of Unladylike Activity
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Britain is at war, and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Activity is training up spies. Enter May Wong: courageous, smart, stubborn – and desperate to d...
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The Mona Lisa mystery
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The three children and Houdini travel to 1911 Paris to steal the Mona Lisa for the Butterfly Club. But they soon discover they are not the only ones planning to steal the famous painting…
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Louisa May Alcott’s Little women
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Bestselling author Laura Wood brings the adventures of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy to even more readers in this beautiful retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s coming-of-age classic.
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The tale of Truthwater Lake
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It’s the near-future and Britain is having yet another heatwave. Of course, the government have put in the normal curfews for this kind of weather, and shops are forced to shut again. For Pol...
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Pony
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When Silas Bird wakes in the dead of night, he watches powerlessly as three strangers take his father away. Silas is left shaken, scared and alone, except for the presence of his companion, Mittenw...
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
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A gripping and gruesome retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein brought to life for a new generation of readers by Carnegie Medal winning author Tanya Landman.
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Wolfbane
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It is early spring, a turbulent, perilous time of sudden storms, frozen river fractures and drifting ice. Fleeing from a demon intent on devouring his souls, Wolf is swept out to Sea far from the F...
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Good enough to eat
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A classic fairytale with a twist
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The Mummy’s Curse
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Luna, Konstantin and Aidan travel to Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in 1922 where an Egyptologist called Harold Carter is about to discover Tutankhamun’s mummy. The time thieves have twent...
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