Good historical based novels for 11/12 year olds

[fredfortoday]

Having just raced through the Roman Mysteries (super) and now on the PK Pinkerton Mysteries (as super) we are fast running out of material. Please can anyone suggest can some history related novels - she has read several by Berlie Doherty and loved these also. Not so keen on the less imaginative "my story" set of books. Thanks very much.

[chicaguapa]

The Timeriders series by Alex Scarrow is about time travel. DS is always asking me about historical events that happen in the books.

[claraschu]

All of my children loved The Silver Sword.

[Witchend]

Geoffrey Trease-Cue for Treason is his best known one.

[SecretlyChartreuse]

The Lottie Project is short but a good read at that age.

[fredfortoday]

lottie project too young for her - she is a more advanced reader then this

[mrsmortis]

Is Rosemary Sutcliffe to much? The Eagle of the Ninth is good.

For something a bit more modern I loved 'The Dolphin Crossing' as a teen. It's about the little boats going to Dunkirk.

[BlueChampagne]

Jean Plaidy?

[LadyEnglefield]

DD has just read Eliza Rose by Lucy Worlsley. About a young girl in the court of Henry 8th - really enjoyed it.

[fredfortoday]

have ordered the eagle of the ninth - looks v good to me - I might like it too!

[Owlkiss]

Cynthia Harnet for fiction set in the Middle Ages. I particularly loved one called Ring The Bow Bells when I was that age (11/12 - not middle aged! )

[fredfortoday]

just looked up Jean Plaidy - the first book started off with a romantic "encounter" - think DD a little young for it unless someone can tell me this was an exception.:)

[fredfortoday]

Thanks Owlkiss.

[Mrskeats]

Wolves of willoughy chase
Little women
The secret garden
Black beauty

[Scarydinosaurs]

Ivy - I can't remember who wrote it, but it is all about the pre raphaelites. There is a little about Laudanum addiction, but it is so good.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

For recent ones, she should try Mary Hooper, Marie Louise Jensen, Eve Edwards, (who also writes as) Julia Golding, Theresa Breslin. All very intelligent writers and top storytellers.
She might also enjoy Carolyn Meyer, Jane Hardstaff (though she has an element of magic which she might not approve of), 'All Fall Down' by Sally Nicholls, 'The Broken Road' by B.R.Collins.
There is some truly excellent stuff being written these days.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

Scarydinosaurs - Julie Hearn. OP's dd might also enjoy her 17th century witchy one, The Merrybegot.

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

There are also the Lady Grace mysteries, if she's into historical detective stories.

[fredfortoday]

Thanks very much for all of these suggestions - please keep them coming - this should last us until Xmas!

[GinIsIn]

The Sally Lockhart chronicles by Phillip Pullman. There's a little bit of laudanum and a murder or two but they are still fairly age suitable!

[LordTrash]

My dds (10 and 12) both enjoyed Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll - Victorian-set ghost story - plus another of hers about a 19th century circus girl going over the Niagara Falls on a tightrope, but the title of that escapes me just now.

Not based on actual historical events, as such, but lots of period detail and atmosphere.

I've also recently bought Lucy Worsley's Eliza Rose for myself! Looking forward to reading it.

[ISaySteadyOn]

Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Dido Twite series
Both are by Joan Aiken.

[LadyEnglefield]

LordTrash - it's the Girl Who Walked on Air. My DDs (10) both loved it and Frost Hollow Hall.

[maamalady]

Is modern history alright? I loved Robert Westall's The Machine Gunners at about that age (the sequel is dreadful, though). Perhaps The Boy In Striped Pyjamas or The Diary of Anne Frank might go down well too. I have always loved learning about second world war history, as you could probably guess...

[maamalady]

Oh, oh, or Goodnight Mister Tom, The Secret Garden, or Tom's Midnight Garden.

[JolieColombe]

Also by Joan Aiken - Midnight is a Place.