Appel, Allen
Till the End of Time

Catapulted back to the bombing of Pearl Harbour, Alex Balfour uses his knowledge of contemporary history to try to stop the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Avi
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle

Not every thirteen year old girl is accused of murder, brought to trial and found guilty. But such is the fate that befell Charlotte Doyle as she sailed aboard the Seahawk in the mid nineteenth century. Can Charlotte save herself?

Buechner, Frederick
The Wizard's Tide

Gaining comfort from the words of a Christmas carol, Teddy struggles with family problems during the Depression.

Carter, Peter
Borderlands

Heroes, villains, cowboys, and common settlers populate a tale of the 1870's American West as thirteen year old Ben Curtis struggles to find his place in the vast frontier.

Choi, Sook Nyul
Year of Impossible Goodbyes

A North Korean family barely survives the Japanese occupation during World War II, only to find that after the war, they must become Russian Communists.

Cooper, J. California
Family

From beyond the grave, Clora narrates the story of her family as she watches her children emerge from slavery during the Civil War.

Cushman, Karen
Catherine Called Birdy.

Against the vivid backdrop of everyday life on a medieval English manor, Catherine's earthy, spirited account of her fourteenth year is a richly entertaining story.

Davis, Lindsey
Silver Pigs

The murder of a beautiful senator's daughter forces Marcus Didius Falco to investigate a possible attempt to overthrow the emperor of ancient Rome.

Findley, Timothy
The Wars

Robert Ross, a sensitive nineteen year old Canadian, enlists to fight in World War I, and finds himself in the nightmare world of trench warfare. In a world suddenly gone mad, Ross performs a desperate act to declare his commitment to life in the midst of death.

Fitzgerald, Juliet
Belle Haven

Elderly Dabney Beale revisits the year that she was nineteen and manages to uncover all sorts of evil family secrets.

Fleischman, Paul
The Borning Room

In remembering how many turns in her life took place in the borning room next to her family kitchen, Georgina recounts the personal affects of the Civil War and the Underground Railroad.

Hendry, Francis Mary
Quest for a Maid

Young Meg is pitted against political forces and her sister's powerful sorcery when she is chosen to become a companion to the Maid of Norway on her journey to Scotland to ascend the throne.

Holt, Victoria
Snare of Serpents

A sixteen year old Scottish teenager faces murder and deception when she is wrongfully accused of poisoning her own father.

Hudson, Jan
Sweetgrass

A fifteen year old Blackfoot girl of the 1830's must prove herself a capable woman before she can marry Eagle Sun.

James, J. Alison
Sing for Gentle Rain

Disturbing dreams pull James into the past where a lonely young Indian girl and the timeless mystery of the Anasazi beckon.

Kogawa, Joy Obasan

This powerful and passionate novel tells, through the eyes of a child, the moving story of Japanese Canadians during the Second World War.

Laker, Rosalind
Circle of Pearls

During the turbulent days of Puritan England, Julia, a Royalist, is determined to keep her Cavalier ancestral estate.

Levitin, Sonia
Silver Days

Escaping from Nazi Germany, the Platts struggle to find a home in America and pursue their own dreams.

Martin, Valerie
Mary Reilly

Intrigued by the mysterious Dr. Jekyll, housemaid Mary Reilly finds life taking a different twist as she learns about his late night prowling in Victorian England.

Morpurgo, Michael
Waiting for Anya

In World War II France, young Jo helps Benjamin hide Jewish children from the Germans and conduct them over the mountain to safety in Spain.

Raymond, Patrick
Daniel and Esther

Despite being in love in a progressive English boarding school, Daniel and Esther must face the agony and danger of her return to Nazi-controlled Austria.

Rinaldi, Ann
Wolf by the Ears

Harriet Hemmings, rumored to be Thomas Jefferson's daughter, faces the choice of passing as white or staying a slave in the sheltered but restricted life at Monticello.

Sutcliff, Rosemary
The Shining Company

Proper and his companions ride out to meet and hold the off enemy Saxons in seventh-century Britain.

Temple, Frances
The Ramsay Scallop

As Elenor and Thomas went their way towards the shrine of St. James, they meet many other pilgrims, each with their own extrordinary tales to tell.

Westall, Robert
Kingdom by the Sea

It's 1942, and Harry has become a war orphan. Will he and the stray dog he meets up with be able to survive on their own?

Yep, Lawrence

Dragonwings