The Mount School, York - History Reading for Fun
Introduction
Helen Snelson at The Mount School, York has provided an extensive list of 'history reading for fun' for KS3.
Year 7 History Reading For Fun
(Lots of good ideas for your Christmas list! Enjoy!)
Joan Aiken |
Night Birds On Nantucket |
Henrietta Branford |
Fire, Bed And Bone |
Kevin Crossley-Holland |
At The Crossing Places |
Kevin Crossley-Holland |
The Seeing Stone |
K Cushman |
The Midwife’s Apprentice |
K Cushman |
Catherine, Called Birdy |
Terry Deary |
Lady Of Fire And Tears (Tudor Chronicles) |
Terry Deary |
Knight Of Stars And Storms (Tudor Chronicles) |
Terry Jones |
The Lady And The Squire |
Terry Jones |
The Knight And The Squire |
Penelope Lively |
Astercote |
Michael Morpurgo |
Joan Of Arc |
Michael Morpurgo |
Robin Of Sherwood |
Oldfield, Pamela |
The Great Plague: The Diary Of Alice Paynton, London 1665-1666 |
Pilling, Ann |
The Empty Frame |
Platt, Richard |
Castle Diary: The Journal Of Tobias Burgess Page |
Prince, Alison |
Anne Boleyn And Me: The Diary Of Elinor Valjean London 1525-1536 |
Prince, Alison |
My Tudor Queen: The Diary Of Eva De Puebla , London 1501-1513 |
Rees, Celia |
Sorceress |
Rees, Celia |
Witch Child |
Tomlinson, Theresa |
Moon Riders |
Trease, Geoffrey |
The Popinjay Mystery |
Trease, Geoffrey |
Cloak For A Spy |
Trease, Geoffrey |
Cue For Treason |
Trease, Geoffrey |
Trumpets in the West |
Henry Treece |
The Children’s Crusade |
Mark Twain |
The Prince And The Pauper |
Alison Uttley |
The Traveller In Time |
Walsh, Jill Paton |
A Parcel Of Patterns |
Valerie Wilding |
Bloody Tower: The Diary Of Tilly Middleton, London 1553-1559 |
Valerie Wilding |
The Queen’s Spies: The Diary Of Kitty Lumsden, 1583-1586 |
Year 8 History Reading For Fun
(Lots of good ideas for your Christmas list! Enjoy!)
Aiken, Joan |
Black Hearts In Battersea |
Carroll, Ann |
Rosie’s Gift |
Conlon-McKenna, Marita |
Under The Hawthorn Tree |
Conlon-McKenna , Marita |
Wildflower Girl |
Conlon-McKenna, Marita |
Fields Of Home |
Cross, Gillian |
A Whisper Of Lace |
Cross, Gillian |
The Iron Way |
Doherty, Berlie |
Street Child |
Drinkwater, Carol |
The Hunger: The Diary Of Phyllis McCormack Ireland 1845-1847 |
Falkner, J |
Moonfleet |
Forester, C.S |
Lord Hornblower |
Fox, P |
The Slave Dancer |
Garfield, Leon |
The Apprentices |
Garfield, Leon |
John Diamond |
Gavin, Jamila |
Coram Boy |
Hendry, Frances Mary |
The Crystal Palace: The Diary Of Lily Hicks London 1850-51 |
Heneghan, James |
The Grave |
Johnson, Catherine, R |
Hero |
Lester, J |
Long Journey Home |
Lester, J |
To Be A Slave |
Lutzeier, Elizabeth |
Bound For America |
Lutzeier, Elizabeth |
The Coldest Winter |
Marryat, Captain |
Children Of The New Forest |
McCissack, Patricia C |
Slave Girl: The Diary Of Clotee, Virginia, USA 1859 |
Nesbit, E |
The Railway Children |
Paulsen, Gary |
Night John |
Paulsen, Gary |
Sarny |
Pilling, Ann |
Black Harvest |
Pullman, Philip |
The Ruby In The Smoke |
Pullman, Philip |
The Shadow In The North |
Pullman, Philip |
The Tiger In The Well |
Pullman, Philip |
The Tin Princess |
Reid, Sue, |
Mill Girl: The Diary Of Eliza Helsted, Manchester 1842 |
Turnbull, Ann |
Forged In The Fire ( London 1665/6 – Plague/Fire) |
Turnbull, Ann |
No Shame, No Fear (Quakers 17th century England) |
Year 9 Historical Fiction
(Lots of good ideas for your Christmas list! Go on, broaden your mind!)
Anderson, Rachel |
Paper Faces |
Anderson, Rachel |
Warlands |
Ashley, Bernard |
Little Soldier |
Ballard, J.G |
Empire Of The Sun |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
I Have Lived A 1000 Years (Autobiography -Holocaust survivor) |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
My Bridges of Hope (Autobiography – Holocaust survivor) |
Boom, Corrie Ten |
The Hiding Place:The Inspirational True Story of Corrie Ten Boom (Story Of The Heroine of the Dutch Resistance in World War 2) |
Breslin, Theresa |
Kezzie |
Breslin, Theresa |
A Homecoming For Kezzie |
Brittain, Vera |
Testament of Youth |
Chambers, Aidan |
Postcard From No Man’s Land |
Dickens, Charles |
The Tale Of Two Cities |
Drinkwater, Carol |
Suffragette: The Diary Of Dollie Baxter, London 1909-1913 |
Dumas, Alexandre |
The Three Musketeers |
Eldridge, Jim |
Spy Smuggler: Paul Lelaud. France 1942-1944 |
Eldridge, Jim |
The Trenches:Billy Stevens, The Western Front, 1914-1918 |
Ellis, Deborah |
The Breadwinner ( Afghanistan) |
Ellis, Deborah |
Mud City ( Afghanistan) |
Ellis, Deborah |
Parvana’s Journey ( Afghanistan) |
Emmerich, Elsbeth |
Flying A Flag For Hitler (True story of growing up in Nazi Germany) |
Frank, Anne |
Diary Of A Young Girl (True life-story) |
French, Jackie |
Hitler’s Daughter |
Geras, Adele |
The Girls In The Velvet Frame |
Harris, Lawrence |
Jackie Was A Hero |
Hartman, E |
War Without Friends |
Hautzig, Esther |
The Endless Steppe |
Higgins, Jack |
The Eagle Has Landed |
Holm, Anne |
I Am David |
Keneally,Thomas |
Schindler’s Ark |
Kerr, Judith |
When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit |
Kerr, Judith |
A Small Person Far Away |
Kerr, Judith |
The Other Way Round |
Leeson, Robert |
Tom’s Private War |
Lingard, Joan |
Across the Barricades |
Lingard, Joan |
The 12th Day of July |
Lowry, Lois |
Number The Stars |
Maclean, Alistair |
Where Eagles Dare |
Maclean, Alistair |
Force 10 For Navarone |
Marsden, John |
Tomorrow When The War Began |
Marsden, John |
The Dead Of The Night |
Marsden, John |
A Killing Frost |
Magorian, Michelle |
A Little Love Song |
Magorian, Michelle |
Back Home |
Magorian, Michelle |
Goodnight Mr Tom |
Magorian, Michelle |
Cuckoo In The Nest |
Magorian, Michelle |
Spoonful Of Jam |
Morpurgo, Michael |
War Horse |
Morpurgo, Michael |
Waiting For Anya |
Morpurgo, Michael |
Escape From Shangri-La |
Morpurgo, Michael |
King Of The Cloud Forests |
Morpurgo, Michael |
Toro Toro |
Newbery, Linda |
Polly’s March (Suffragettes) |
Opdyke, Irene Gut |
In My Hands : Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer |
Priestley, Chris |
Battle of Britain:Harry Woods England 1939-41 |
Riordan, James |
Escape From War (My side of the Story) |
Riordan, James |
The Prisoner |
Riordan, James |
War Song |
Riordan, James |
When The Guns Fall Silent |
Ross, Stewart |
Only a Matter Of Time : A Story from Kosovo |
Ross, Stewart |
The Star Houses: A Story from the Holocaust |
Salisbury, Graham |
Under The Blood Red Sun |
Serraillier, Ian |
The Silver Sword |
Szpilman, Wladyslaw |
The Pianist (memoirs of a young Jewish pianist in Warsaw in World War 11) |
Taylor, Mildred |
Let The Circle Be Unbroken |
Taylor, Mildred |
The Road To Memphis |
Trease, Geoffrey |
The White Knights Of St Petersburg |
Trease, Geoffrey |
Song For A Tattered Flag |
Voigt, Cynthia |
David And Jonathan |
Walsh, Jill Paton |
The Dolphin Crossing |
Watson, James |
The Freedom Tree |
Watson, James |
Ticket To Prague |
Westall, Robert |
The Machine Gunners |
Westall, Robert |
Children Of The Blitz |
Westall, Robert |
The Scarecrows |
Westal, Robert |
Blitzcat |
Westall, Robert |
Kingdom By The Sea |
Westall, Robert |
Time Of Fire |
Westall, Robert |
Gulf |
Yen Mah, Adeline |
Chinese Cinderella (Autobiography) |
