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Historical Fiction

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Chil­dren’s
The Inside Name
Randi Sonenshine; Gina Capaldi, illus.
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Fic­tion
The Gold­en Doves
Martha Hall Kelly
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Fic­tion
The Glass Chateau
Stephen Kier­nan
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Chil­dren’s
The Promise
Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams; Cinzia Battistel, illus.
Cover of Zhen Yu and the Snake
Chil­dren’s
Zhen Yu and the Snake
Erica Lyons; Renia Metallinou, illus.
Cover of Counting Lost Stars: A Novel
Fic­tion
Count­ing Lost Stars: A Novel
Kim van Alkemade
Cover of We Are Not Strangers
Fic­tion
We Are Not Strangers
Josh Tuininga
Cover of The Suicide Museum
Fic­tion
The Sui­cide Museum
Ariel Dorf­man
Cover of Foreign Seed
Fic­tion
For­eign Seed
Alli­son Alsup
Cover of From Sun to Sun
Fic­tion
From Sun to Sun
Ken­neth Wishnia
Cover of The Strange Beautiful
Fic­tion
The Strange Beautiful
Car­la Crujido
Cover of South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jewish Expulsion from Spain
Fic­tion
South of Sepharad: The 1492 Jew­ish Expul­sion from Spain
Eric Z. Weintraub
Cover of Max's War: The Story of a Ritchie Boy
Fic­tion
Max’s War: The Sto­ry of a Ritchie Boy
Lib­by Fis­ch­er Hellmann
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Fic­tion
Tatae’s Promise
Moi­ses J. Goldman
Sher­ry Maysonave
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Fic­tion
Napoleon’s Mirage
Michelle Cameron
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Fic­tion
The Coun­cil of Wise Women
Izzy Abrahm­son
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