Historical Fiction
Historical fiction offers the reader a chance to step back in time and reflect on life in another time and place. To walk in the shoes of those who have or may have lived is an opportunity to understand some of why the world is as it is now. What has led us to this point? Why do people still talk about that time? What would it have been like to live through something so different from my own life experience? Often these books can make us a little grateful for our lives today.
Historical fiction also teaches us about historical events and characters at the same time, blurring the research done by the author with some creative license to fill in the gaps. These stories help us put the puzzle of the past together in a meaningful way. Looking back can help young people as they engage in choices for their futures.
Courage Be My Friend: The Vivian Bullwinkel Story by Jenny Davis
$17.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A moving tale of friendship, survival, and the remarkable strength and resilience of women during World War II. Sister Vivian Bullwinkel was the only survivor of the Bangka Island massacre during World War II. Her evocative story is told through the eyes of fifteen-year-old Edith 'Edie' Kenneison. Siste ...Show more
Inkflower by Suzy Zail
$22.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
A gritty YA novel about family secrets, hope and healing. Based on a true story.Lisa’s father has six months to live. And a story to tell about a boy sent to Auschwitz. A boy who lost everything and started again. A story he has kept hidden – until now.But Lisa doesn’t want to hear it, because she has s ...Show more
Cave Bear Mountain (Tarin of the Mammoths #3) by Jo Sandhu
$16.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction
At Cave Bear Mountain, Tarin is given tragic news about his Clan, and wants to return to them immediately. But Kaija and Luuka have discovered an astonishing truth about their mother. It seems the friends will be divided. But when the wolf cubs are kidnapped to fight in the Bear Festival, only together ...Show more
Soon (#4 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Once
The war has officially ended, but the streets are still a battleground--for food, for shelter, for protection. Felix is in hiding to stay safe, but has been left holding the baby--literally. Feliz vows protect the infant, just as a few incredible people saved him from the Holocaust. This immensely affec ...Show more
The Exile (Tarin of the Mammoths #1) by Jo Sandhu
$16.99 AUD
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Tarin of the Mammoths Ser.
Tarin longs to be a hunter, but his twisted leg means he is feared and bullied. After a disastrous mishap, Tarin is forced to leave his family and travel alone across wild, unknown land to save the Mammoth Clan. Battling the hostile and savage Boar Clan, a deadly illness and treacherous terrain with twi ...Show more
Maybe (#5 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix and Zelda
1946. Europe is in ruins. Millions of people dream of finding happiness somewhere else.Fourteen-year-old Felix is one of them. When he's offered a journey to somewhere far away, he seizes the opportunity. So does someone very dear to him, even though she wasn't actually invited.They have high hopes for ...Show more
Then (#2 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Felix & Zelda | Reading Level: very good
Felix and Zelda have escaped the death camp train, but where do they go now? They’re two runaway kids in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Danger lies at every turn of the road. With the help of a woman named Genia and their active imaginations, Felix and Zelda find a new home and begin to heal, ...Show more
The Reindeer and the Submarine by Beverley McWilliams
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
'Sometimes things have to change even though we might not want them to.' An orphaned reindeer with no antlers, Pollyanna is raised by Igor, a Saimi herder, and is more at home in the company of people than other reindeer. When she discovers Igor is leaving for war, Pollyanna decides to follow, but en ro ...Show more
Silver Linings by Katrina Nannestad
$22.99 AUD
Category: Kid's Reading Guide 2023
A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad. Nettie Sweeney has a dad, three big sisters, a farm full of cows and a cat called Mittens. But it's not enough. She longs for a mother. One with a gentle touch and sparkles in her eyes. Instead, she has Aunty Edi ...Show more
Call of the Titanic by Lindsay Galvin
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Sid is proud to be working on the Titanic, while Clara’s a stowaway on a much smaller boat, Carpathia, with a dog called Rigel. When disaster strikes it will take all their courage – and the help of a remarkable sea creature – to answer the call of a sinking ship.
After (#3 Felix & Zelda) by Morris Gleitzman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction | Series: Once | Reading Level: 11+
After the Nazis took my parents I was scaredAfter they killed my best friend I was angryAfter they ruined my thirteenth birthday I was determinedTo get to the forest To join forces with Gabriek and Yuli To be a familyTo defeat the Nazis after all
Cloud and Wallfish by Anne Nesbet
$16.99 AUD
Category: Historical Fiction
Slip behind the Iron Curtain into a world of smoke, secrets, and lies in this stunning novel where someone is always listening and nothing is as it seems. Noah Keller has a pretty normal life, until one wild afternoon when his parents pick him up from school and head straight for the airport, telling h ...Show more
