Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Historical - General

The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place--she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor's favorite consort--a political marriage...

In the Otherworld of Theia, the History Sphere, which is comprised of Earth's history, has been smashed by Warlock Brogan in an act of revenge. He has stolen five discs and his aim is to change world history and cause chaos in the human world. The History Keeper, a wizard called Hector, must seek the help of Olivia, an eleven year old human girl in order to retrieve the discs and repair the History Sphere.

Olivia, her little dog Archie and her companions, a dwarf, an elf and a pyskie, must travel back in time to various pivotal world events in order to recover the discs. They must...

Travel back to the early 1970s, at a time when the USA was fully immersed in the Viet Nam war, and when the Khmer Rouge killed any Cambodian deemed to be an intellectual, as they tried to return to a Communist agrarian society. Friedrich and Mari (Teacher series Berlin Wall) along with new friend Vanna go back to this infamous time in history, searching for two children, fearing for all of their lives, trying to save a Tro and a Krapeu in order to bring their musical instruments back to the future, before the soulless Communists destroy every single one of the historic instruments. It is a...

Asia, Africa, Europe--Antonio Chuffat's ancestors clashed and blended on the beautiful island of Cuba. Yet for most Cubans in the nineteenth century, life is anything but beautiful. The country is fighting for freedom from Spain. Enslaved Africans and near-enslaved Chinese indentured servants are forced to work...

Young Peter is visiting uncle in the Welsh countryside. When he finds an old knight's gauntlet, he put it on and is transported back in time to the fourteenth century. There he is the supposed son of a great Norman knight, his ancestor. He learns all about the Medieval life, and enjoys every part of his adventure (archery, hawking, jousting), even when danger arrives in the form of attack from the Welsh tribes. He helps his family lift the seige of their castle, but must finally return to his time. Will anyone believe his story? How can he convince them?

Genre is Juvenile fiction for early grades and preschool

How does the boy in the story convince he is parents he is not the one leaving toys around at night, and that he cleans his room before falling asleep? He must find out who is messing with his favorite truck, and create a plan to make it end. He feels he is a victim and must fight back. The hero's answer is forthcoming as he realizes he has power over his bedtime fears.

Using illustrations by artist Emily Lux to bring alive the rhyming text, author Dana Wand uses humor to tell a story with a theme familiar to all-that of...