The Extraordinary Adventures of Horatio Lyle by Catherine Webb. Catherine Webb was just fourteen, and a pupil at Godolphin and Latymer school, when she had her first book published. Her best novel yet, Horatio Lyle, is a detective story set in Victorian London.

 

The Roman Mysteries: The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence
Adventure set in Ancient Rome, as seen on CBBC!
Spring-Heeled Jack by Philip Pullman
A clever mix of comic book and a historical novel.

 

The My Story series bring the past to life through the story-diaries.
(Year Four:  The Great Plague Years will support your work on the Tudors; Year Five should read Blitz for their work on WW2; Year Six pupils will enjoy Victorian Workhouse).
You should also devour the Horrible Histories series: Year Three pupils will love The Smashing Saxons and The Rotten Romans.

The Diamond of Drury Lane by Julia Golding
Set in the 1790s, this fantastic story is set in London’s theatreland.
I, Coriander by Sally Gardener
A story mixing fairy magic and the grim realities of London in the 1650s. Simply brilliant
Gideon the Cutpurse by Linda Berkley-Archer
Two children find themselves caught in the 18th century!
I Am David by Anne Holm

 

Witch-Child by Celia Rees
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak


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Last updated on August 12, 2007