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Historical fiction for a 12 year old

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ProfessorLayton1 · 23/08/2020 09:43

I have a history obsessed ( more of world war 2 ) 12 year old daughter and please can I ask for your recommendations of what books / tv series as I am running out of ideas.

She has read Allan Grantz books on ww2, a night divided by Jennifer Nielsen, the book thief , Ruta septys ww2.

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weegiemum · 23/08/2020 20:34

Joan Aiken - The Stolen Lake and other books in that series

Rosemary Sutcliffe - Eagle of the Ninth and other sequels

PlanDeRaccordement · 23/08/2020 20:38

The Book Thief is a great WWII fiction.
Maus is an iconic classic graphic novel on WWII
The Spy, a novel of Mata Hari. It’s WWI, but about a real female spy.

Princessdebthe1st · 23/08/2020 20:41

Dear OP,
My 13 year old loved the Lucy Worsely children’s books:
Eliza Rose
My name is Victoria
Lady Mary
The Austen Girls.

Not WW2 but great nonetheless and as it is Lucy Worsely you can be assured the core detail is historically accurate.

OddBoots · 23/08/2020 20:41

I like the books of Tracy Chevalier - as one would expect with historical fiction there are some tricky subjects but they are handled well.

PlanDeRaccordement · 23/08/2020 20:44

If she like Roman, Lindsey Davis Books are great. She had two series, the first is about Falco a Roman private detective, and then about Flavia Alba, his British foster daughter, who inherits the family private detective business. Each book a mystery is solved. It’s written with great humour.
The Silver Pigs is first Falco novel and
The Ides of April is the first Flavia novel.

The pleasant thing is all the background information about how Romans’ lived, their religion, their culture, the emperors and wars at the time and political climate which are the backdrop to the mysteries are all historically accurate.
booksreadingorder.com/lindsey-davis/

ProfessorLayton1 · 23/08/2020 20:45

The eagle of the ninth - she did not get on with it, not sure why.
Maus, The book thief and the stolen lake - she has read them.

Are there any other resources like documentaries she can watch as well, would be useful to know them too

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