Teen Historical Fiction

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• Historical fiction
• Female characters

Beware, Princess Elizabeth
By Carolyn Meyer
YA F MEYER
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, thirteen-year-old Elizabeth must endure the political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother Edward and her half-sister Mary before finally becoming Queen of England eleven years later.

Daughter of Venice
By Donna Jo Napoli
YA F NAPOLI
Frustrated with the restrictions her gender imposes on her life, fourteen-year-old Donata, disguised as a boy, sneaks out of her noble family’s house to roam the streets of late sixteenth-century Venice and then must confront the repercussions of her actions.

The Striped Ships
By Eloise McGraw
YA F MCGRAW
Juliana, an eleven-year-old Saxon girl, loses her home and family when the Normans conquer England in 1066 and seeks to order her life by becoming involved in the creation of the Bayeux tapestry.

Matilda Bone
By Karen Cushman
YA F CUSHMAN
Fourteen-year-old Matilda, an apprentice bonesetter and practitioner of medicine in a village in medieval England, tries to reconcile the various aspects of her life, both spiritual and practical.

Dante’s Daughter
By Kimberly Heusten
YA F HEUSTEN
In fourteenth-century Italy, Antonia, the daughter of Dante Alighieri, longs for a stable family and home while developing her artistic talent and seeking a place for herself in a world with limited options for women.

Flygirl
By Sheri L. Smith
YA F SMITH
During World War II, a light-skinned African American girl "passes" for white in order to join the Women Airforce Service Pilots.