Historical Fiction (Non U.S.)

  • Black Water - Rachel Anderson
  • Catherine, Called Birdy Karen Cushman
  • Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Mah is autobiographical.
  • Daniel's Story -  Carol Matas
  • Dove and Sword: The Story of Joan of Arc - Nancy Garden
  • From Anna_ and its sequel _Listen to the Singing_ by Jean Little
  • Girl of Kosovo  by Alice Mead
  • Go and Come Back, takes place in Amazon.
  • In My Enemy's House - Carol Matas
  • Matilda Bone by Karen Cushman about England in the later Middle Ages,
  • Matilda Bone Karen Cushman
  • Nory Ryan's Song by Patricia Giff Takes place in Ireland during the Irish Potato famine
  • Nyul Choi's books:  Year of Impossible Goodbyes and Echoes of the White Giraffe.
  • Playing Beatie Bow - Ruth Park  (Australian)
  • Red Scarf Girl by Ji-Li Jiang
  • Secret Journey by Peg Kehret.
  • Smiling for Strangers (can't remember author)
  • Stones in Water - Donna Jo Napoli
  • Stowaway by Karen Hesse about a young boy on Captain Cook's voyage,
  • The Boy's from St. Petrie - Reuter
  • The Demon in the Teahouse
  • The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
  • The King's Shadow - Elizabeth Alder
  • The Kite Fighters by Linda Sue Park
  • The Midwife's Apprentice Karen Cushman
  • The Playmaker - J.B. Cheaney
  • The Shakespeare Stealer - Gary Blackwood
  • The Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz (set in famine struck Ethiopia in the 1980's)
  • Yoko Kawashima Watkins:  So Far From the Bamboo Grove and Kyoko Mori:  Shizuko's Daughter for Japan.
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