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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)

 

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