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History loving novels for 12 year old?

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MrsHoolie · 08/04/2020 20:51

My dd is not an avid reader but she does love history,particularly the tudors.
Can anyone recommend any books or authors for her please?

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jackparlabane · 14/04/2020 12:32

Geoffrey Trease is good, lots of historical novels written for kids but old so better for age 12 or so.
Also Antonia Forest - The Player's Boy and the Player and the Rebels, has a boy running away with Kit Marlowe and ending up being Shakespeare's apprentice and embroiled in politics.

Potterspotter · 14/04/2020 12:34

Ha the cats of seroster by westall was one of my all time favourites. This has been a great thread for ideas for dd.

Ellmau · 15/04/2020 01:16

Sally Watson is another good older historical writer, and most of her books are available on kindle.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 15/04/2020 01:21

Cynthia Hartnett and Joan Aitken fuelled my love of history. I also read Catherine Cookson.

Witchend · 15/04/2020 22:08

@jackparlabane
Exactly what I would recommend. Ds loved them a couple of years ago.
There's a lot of similarity between the Antonia Forest stories and Geoffrey Trease's Cue for Treason. Ds loved them both.

He also really enjoyed Josephine Tey's Daughter of Time. I think he's going to have lots of fun if they do the Princes in the Tower in history at school.

Brunelofbrio · 15/04/2020 22:15

Sorry would not recmmend Wolf Hall for a 12 year old! Some very graphic violence from the start.

The Woolpack by Cynthia Hartnet is lovely.

Star555 · 21/04/2020 01:03

All of Rosemary Sutcliff's books are great! (Roman Britain, etc.)

Winniewonka · 25/04/2020 23:34

I don't think The Other Boleyn Girl is suitable for a 12 year old but Philippa Gregory has written historical novels aimed at teenagers.

PomBearWithAnOFRS · 03/05/2020 02:11

King of Shadows by Susan Cooper is good. It's about a teenage boy who time travels to act with Shakespeare - lots of lovely details about Tudor everyday life, and a good story too.

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