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Duty Calls (Battle of Britain 2)

By James Holland - Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMilitary

This is the second installment of Holland’s intensely detailed and thoroughly researched series of World War II combat stories. We have left ...Read Review

The Queen’s Lady

By Eve Edwards - Published 2012

Genres:

Children/Young AdultRomance

One struggle that historical writers must face is controlling the urge to modernize their characters. History can be an ugly place, full of ...Read Review

Duty Calls (Dunkirk 1)

By James Holland - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young AdultMilitary

Private Johnny Hawke joins up at 15, and finds himself in France on the losing side of the early engagements of WWII. His story ...Read Review

The Rogue’s Princess

By Eve Edwards - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young AdultRomance

The Rogue’s Princess is the third in a series of Tudor romances, and this particular story is set in the London of 1586. ...Read Review

Time Riders: The Eternal War

By Alex Scarrow - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young AdultTime-slip

This is the fourth in a time-shifting series for young adults, which is well worth reading by anyone of any age. Three teens ...Read Review

The Other Countess

By Eve Edwards - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young AdultRomance

Eve Edwards has mixed a frothy tale – part romance, part suspense, part friendship – as she stirs the reader with the story of Lady ...Read Review

Gladiator — Fight for Freedom

By Simon Scarrow - Published 2011

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

61 BC, Greece. When 10-year-old Marcus’ father is killed, Marcus and his mother are sold into slavery. Marcus is determined to escape and seek ...Read Review

The Red Pyramid

By Rick Riordan - Published 2010

Genres:

AdventureChildren/Young AdultHistorical Fantasy

Brother and sister Carter and Sadie Kane scarcely know each other. Carter lives with their Egyptologist father, based in America, whilst Sadie lives ...Read Review

Young Samurai: The Way of the Sword

By Chris Bradford - Published 2009

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1612, Japan. This is Jack Fletcher’s second samurai adventure. Now thirteen, he has been adopted by the venerated samurai Matamoto and is now ...Read Review

Young Samurai: The Way of the Dragon

By Chris Bradford - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

1613, Japan. In his third adventure, young Jack Fletcher is continuing at the samurai training school, this time struggling to master the Two Heavens, ...Read Review