Historical fiction for 10 year old girl?!

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I have a bright, but fairly reluctant reader who has finally stopped reading equine fiction and Enid Blyton repeatedly, and has decided that she really enjoys historical fiction (she read a couple of fictionalised 'diaries of a Victorian maid/Georgian lady type stuff). Can anyone recommend some books that are suitable for her age? I don't really want too much ''bodice ripping'' just yet!

Try Marie-Louise Jensen and Mary Hooper.

Does she like Medieval stuff?
If so, "Fire, Bed and Bone" and "I am Birdie" are both amazing, and perfect for this age group. I especially love "Fire, Bed and Bone". It's narrated from the point of view of a peasant's hunting dog. Deals with peasants' revolt, the plague (or "the plage" as my year 7s like to spell it) etc.

Lovelydiscusfish, do you mean 'Catherine, Called Birdie' by Karen Cushman? Love that book! (And it does sound like exactly what op's dd would like.)

Thank you - I spent a fortune in Waterstones today ordering/buying loads of these suggestions - thank you again!

Things I don't think gave been said

I am David
The silver sword
The dolphin crossing

Eric Kastner, emil and the detectives etc.

Kate Seredy, the good master, the dinging tree, the open gate
Pollyanna
Rebecca if sunny brook farm

The green Knowe series

Little women etc

Brer rabbit if she can felt pad to the dialect, Tom Sawyer,

The family of one end street

Neil Streatfeild

The hobbit and lttr
Puck if pooks hill and rewards and fairies

If older for her years,
daphne du maurier and
some if Neville Shute,
Agatha Christie,
d l sayers,

Kim,
plain tales from the hills,
Silas Marner,
the woodlanders,
a tale if two cities,
the black tulip,
great expectations and David Copperfield.

The sword in the stone.
Susan cooper the dark is rising sequence
Gerald Durrell yo follow the animal theme
The longest journey
Garner, the owl service, the Weirdstone of Brisingamen
Ursula le Guin
A girl if the limberlost.

Yes Countess, that's precisely what I mean - I must have been conflating it with another title. Thank you.

Carrie's War! I loved it at around that age. WW2 evacuee children and adventure

The Sally Lockhart series by Philip Pullman which are set in Victorian England and are quite political / thoughtful but aimed at young teens.

I came on to suggest Daphne du Maurier, but have been beaten to it; the King's General was my fave at that age.
Mary Stewart's historical ones like "the prince and the pilgrim"
Period piece by Gwen Raverat
Mm Kaye
The London family trilogy by Molly Hughes
One pair of hands by Monic Dickens
Moonfleet
I Coriander

Not really, you've read Molly Hughes! I've never met anyone else! Yes of course, brill suggestion. I often think of bits of her wisdom, like not asking your sons where they are going, where they have been or when they will come back, and when faced with the one unacademic member of an academic family, saying " well, I expect he will be the one to earn his living first". I assume her father was returning from his mistress when he was run over...

Agree all your suggestions except don't know I coriander,.

Dodie smith is another, from 101d to I capture the castle.

Mary Renault quite soon. Then Hornblower and The Scarlet Pimpernel.

I have read those too- absolutely fascinating!

Countess, brill.

Perhaps I should run a brief thread under non fiction where Hughes readers can congregate.

Not really and countess, have started a thread under adult non fiction, because I read them as an adult, suspect they are timeless. Join in ..

At your DD's age I was devouring everything by Jean Plaidy. She's terribly out of fashion now, as is Anya Seton, but if you can find anything ...

the silver sword
I second Hetty Feather as well
Some of Micheal Morpego although he does't hide from gritty bits
The Little Princess
Chalet School stuff
Applebough
What Katy did etc
Anne of Green Gables (BBC are doing something with this this yr/nxt year)
Swallows and Amazons and oher books by Ransome

Molly Hughes a favourite of mine, just waiting for DD to be old enough.
Will look for that thread Uriah !
Also remembered Children of Charlecote, rather sad tho.

Cue for Treason by Geoffrey Trease. Ds loved that.

I was that age when I read Zlata's Diary and I loved it! I think I still have my old copy around here somewhere...

I've just bought a 2nd had copy of "Island of the Blue Dolphins" to read to DD - one of my favs from childhood. Based on a true story.

www.amazon.co.uk/Island-Blue-Dolphins-Puffin-Books/dp/0140302689/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457094576&sr=1-1&keywords=island+of+the+blue+dolphins

well I say I am reading it to DD, but we reach a chapter each of a book we want to enjoy together.