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Historical Fiction for Teens

Books in this list were selected to appeal to teens with a wide range of reading and maturity levels.

This booklist was contributed by Appleton Public Library Reference and Information Services Staff, 1/07 

Ancient Civilization

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book jacketI am the mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting(2000)A mummy recalls her past life in ancient Egypt as the beautiful wife of the Pharaoh's brother.

book jacketAphrodites blessing : love stories from Greek mythology by Clemence McLaren(2002)Atalanta, Andromeda, and Psyche, three female characters in Greek mythology, tell the stories of their marriages. Includes information on love and marriage in ancient Greece.

book jacketA bone from a dry sea by Peter Dickinson(1993)In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered.

book jacketFor all time by Caroline B. Cooney(2001)Sequel to: Prisoner of time
Annie, a teenager in 1999, tries to travel back in time to join her lost love Strat in Egypt in 1899, but instead she ends up in ancient Egypt and in great danger.

book jacketGoddess of yesterday by Caroline B. Cooney(2003)Taken from her home on an Aegean island as a six-year-old girl, Anaxandra calls on the protection of her goddess while she poses as two different princesses over the next six years, before ending up as a servant in the company of Helen and Paris as they make their way to Troy.

book jacketIthaka by Adele Geras(2006)The island of Ithaka is overrun with uncouth suitors demanding that Penelope choose a new husband, as she patiently awaits the return of Odysseus from the Trojan War.

book jacketSirena by Donna Jo Napoli(1998)The gods grant immortality to the mermaid Sirena when she rescues a human man from the sea and they fall in love, but his mortality creates great conflict between love and honor when he is called to defend Greece in the Trojan War.

book jacketTroy by Adele Geras(2001)Told from the point of view of the women of Troy, portrays the last weeks of the Trojan War, when women are sick of tending the wounded, men are tired of fighting, and bored gods and goddesses find ways to stir things up.

book jacketWe goddesses : Athena, Aphrodite, Hera by Doris Orgel(1999)Three Greek goddesses, Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera, tell their own stories. Includes information about Greek society and religion.

Historical Fiction for Teens

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