Books with title The Taken Girl: Historical Fiction for Teens

The model Viking ship lay in the window of a little old shop in an unfamiliar back street, and Peter, on his way to the dentist, lost his heart to it at once. It cost him all the money in hist pocket, including the fare home. That was how he came to take the way along the beach which led him into grave danger, but also opened his eyes to the magic properties of the little ship in his hand—the ship that flew."When Peter sees the model ship in the shop window, he wants it more than anything else on Earth. But this is no ordinary model. The ship takes Peter and the other children on magical flights, wherever they ask to go. Time after time the magic ship takes them on different exciting adventures, to different countries, and to different times." GoodReads.comIn addition to The Ship That Flew, Hilda Lewis also wrote three other wonderful historical fiction for teens: The Gentle Falcon — the exciting story of Isabella of Valois, child bride of King Richard II; Harold Was My King — the exhilarating story of William the Conqueror's arrival in England; and Here Comes Harry — a wonderful story of life with King Henry VI.

For years Stephen was bullied by his siblings and cousins, while his father constantly told him he was only going to be good for the life of a monk. Left with no self-esteem, Stephen begins to believe the things his family says of him. He finds that his only friend is a loyal hound dog. However, when his father decides to send him to the Abbey several years early, Stephen is forced for part with his one true friend. With that, Stephen decides that he will be a knight and prove to his family that he is worth more than they believe. Follow Stephen through a series of events as he experiences great happiness and great loss, discovers his talents and finds the path he chooses to follow. Stephen will build his confidence and decide for himself what he's worth.“In One is One …there is a large cast of entirely credible characters and a good contrast is pointed between fourteenth-century courtly and monastic life. The strength of this book derives from its concern with important themes—loneliness, loyalty, courage and love; above all, self-knowledge.”—The Spectator“Miss Picard has been bold in choosing for her hero a weakling and a coward. The final resolution of Stephen's doubts, though not unexpected, is most beautifully handled.”—The Times Literary Supplement

Wanted: Seven shades of red!When Amanda Bennett and her three friends first hear about an older woman names Mrs. Hankinson who has moved to their community, they think she is a witch. Who else would live in that tumbledown house so far from everyone else? But when they meet the woman, they quickly realise they were wrong. She is an accomplished quilt maker, an artist, really, and she has one special dream: to make a quilt of her own invention call O the Red Rose Tree. But to do so, she needs seven different shades of colourfast red cloth. And Amanda and friends decide to find it for her. The search is on!Set on the Olympic peninsula in Washington State in 1894.“Colorful historical background and period details.” The Bulletin“Humorous!” The Horn Book“Amanda’s overbearing grandmother and frail old Mrs. Hankinson, newly arrived from the hills of Kentucky, are natural-born rivals for the blue ribbon in quilting at the Pacific County Fair, and when Amanda and her three friends (13 years old, but still quite childish in the slower paced world of 1894) throw in their lot with the newcomer they're presented with a challenging (and historically authentic) quest — finding seven shades of color-true red cloth for Mrs. Hankinson’s original “O The Red Rose Tree” pattern. More than the by hook or (mostly) by crook methods that the girls use to acquire the goods, it’s the quilting lore, rural superstitions and 1890’s society fads that provide the momentum for a full length story. And Amanda’s seizing of the last “red” — the petticoat of an Italian opera singer — in the “morally bilious” city of Portland, Oregon is an appropriately colorful climax.” Kirkus Review

To avoid a forced marriage, sixteen year old Alison flees from home with her younger brother. A young knight who has seen her once and fallen in love with her, aided by his servant, traces and catches up with her in a moment of peril. Pleased to have two protectors, she chooses to hide in a dangerous woodland. In spite of his servant’s warnings, her knight stays with her. Disaster strikes and the two young people are forced to recognise their responsibility for the tragic consequences.Barbara Leonie Picard was born in England in 1917 of mixed German-Venezuelan and French parentage. A long time resident of Lewes, Sussex, England, she died in 2011 at the age of 93. Several of her books were short-listed for the Carnegie Medal, and were selected as Notable Children’s Books by the American Library Association.

“Taken” at fifteen from an orphanage to help in the household of a snobbish, well-to-do family, scorned and resentful Veer is soon rescued and eventually adopted by an abolitionist couple from Philadelphia with a houseful of young Quaker boarders, among whom is John Greenleaf Whittier. Veer helps Whittier on his newspaper and falls in love with him, but the poet eventually returns to New England in poor health, and a rapidly recovering Vere finds work and schooling and possibly another attachment through the other boarders…" KIRKUS REVIEWS