Títulos en Novela histórica

1950. Nella soffitta della piccola casa di Trieste riposa un enorme baule. Quando Andra e Tati liberano i ganci dallo strato di polvere e sollevano il pesante coperchio, per un attimo è come tornare indietro nel tempo, perché in quel baule è racchiusa tutta la loro vita fino a oggi. Una scatola di caramelle, poche fotografie, un cucchiaio di latta, un cappottino in morbida lana, un fiore essiccato... Gli oggetti che a poco a poco emergono raccontano la storia di un'intera famiglia ebrea.

Maeve Merritt knows all about magic. After all, she found Mermeros the djinni in a sardine tin! But not even magic can give her the freedom to do the daring things she wants to do in her life—things not allowed for girls in 1897. When Maeve and her friend Alice visit Cambridge University, though, she’s amazed to meet ambitious young women breaking down barriers in science, in education, and in sports. But just when it seems like her dreams might one day come true, thieves looking to steal Mermeros put Maeve and her friends in danger.

A young Aztec girl tells her little brother how their parents create beautiful painted manuscripts, or codices. She explains to him how paper is made from local plants and how the long paper is folded into a book. Her parents and others paint the codices to tell the story of their people’s way of life. Inspired by the pre-Columbian codices, this story tells how the Aztec and their neighbors in the Valley of Mexico painted books and records long before Columbus arrived, and continued doing so among their Nahua-speaking descendants for generations after.

Gregorio y José Ignacio son dos niños que viven en San Miguel de Tucumán, en 1816. En medio del revuelo y la agitación que perciben en los adultos, estos dos niños viven divertidas aventuras y travesuras, al escaparse de su casa para investigar el misterioso enamorado de su prima Lucía y la desaparición de su preciado relicario. Un misterioso extraño, don Manuel, los ayudará a develar el misterio que finalmente se develará en la fiesta de la Independencia.

Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the sun. When Shoham and her family must leave Iraq, they are allowed to take only one suitcase each. They may take no jewelry. Shoham has the important job of carrying Nana’s homemade pita bread, which Nana says they will eat when they get to Israel. But when they finally arrive and it is time to eat, Shoham bites into something hard inside the pita bread.

Deborah has a gift; she can see the future. As Deborah grows up, so do the date palms that surround her home. Under these trees, people come from far and wide to seek guidance from the great prophetess and judge. In her dreams, Deborah foresees danger to the people of Israel. She summons a general to speak with her beneath the date palms. "War is coming and you must prepare," she tells him. For the girl that grew up under the date palms, her moment of destiny has arrived.

Do Camelotu przybywa Galahad i ostatnie miejsce przy okrągłym stole nareszcie zostaje obsadzone. Gdy oczom zebranych ukazuje się podobizna Świętego Graala, wszyscy rycerze króla Artura wyruszają w drogę, by udowodnić, że są go warci. Nie mają pojęcia, że próbie nie zostaną poddane ich siły czy umiejętności, lecz dusze.

Would you risk the future to change the past? Greenwich, London, 1894. Luna, Konstantin and Aidan are time-travelling thieves, stealing artefacts from the future to bring progress forward. And they are about to venture on their most treacherous mission. For The Butterfly Club have their eyes on...

'A hugely entertaining mystery' – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller Children's Previews 'One to Watch' Greenwich, London, 15th February 1894. Luna thinks that an evening at her aunt's butterfly club sounds deathly boring. But it turns out that the meeting, held in the Butterfly Room at the Greenwich...

Davy and Jo Michaud have been recently orphaned. Taken in by a distant relative-a famous aviator-they are now working with a group of stunt pilots who spend their time wing walking, leaping from plane to plane, and flying through fireworks! But though the stunts are dangerous, the real threat is building behind the scenes.

1786. Isolated from the rest of the world, thirteen-year-old Alma lives with her family in a lush African valley. She spends her days exploring their blissful homeland. But everything changes when her little brother finds a secret way out of the valley. Alma sets out to find him, but she soon must face terrible dangers in a continent ravaged by the slave trade. The journey to bring her brother home becomes a harrowing adventure to save herself, her family, and the memory of her people. 

Spring, 1846: Douglas Allen Deeds dreams of starting a new life out West. When the opportunity to join the Donner Party Expedition arises, he leaves the life he's known behind to set out on the nearly 2,000-mile trek from Independence, Missouri to sunny California. But progress is slow. Brutal heat, poisoned water, and rough terrain slows the expedition down. Soon they have a choice: continue on the known but grueling trail, or take a shortcut that would cut 350 miles from their journey-but take them through unknown territory.

Seven-year-old Chellamuthu’s life—and his destiny—is forever changed when he is kidnapped from his village in Southern India and sold to the Lincoln Home for Homeless Children. His family is desperate to find him, and Chellamuthu anxiously tells the Indian orphanage that he is not an orphan, he has a mother who loves him. But he is told not to worry, he will soon be adopted by a loving family in America.

Ce la farà Paolo a sconfiggere un gruppo di malavita organizzata e a salvare Teresa dal tunnel della droga? Riuscirà Glauco, schiavo nella città di Pompei, a salvare Giulia da una spietata setta religiosa che immola giovani vittime al terribile dio Moloch? L’intreccio fra due avvincenti storie, separate da un arco temporale di duemila anni ma unite da uno stesso tema: la solidarietà, l’amore. Il filo che unisce le due storie, è una pietra preziosa di enorme valore.

La guerra di Troia è narrata in prima persona da un ragazzo, un umile arciere al servizio del grande Ulisse. Le parole del giovane dipingono un affresco inedito del tragico conflitto che oppose i Greci ai Troiani, nel quale gli eroi del mito non sono più soltanto belli e coraggiosi, ma si mostrano anche avidi condottieri pronti a tutto pur di soddisfare i loro capricci e la loro avidità. Un racconto che riflette sui temi della guerra e della pace: la guerra non procura gloria e onore, ma solo dolore e sofferenza. I veri eroi sono coloro che hanno il coraggio di fermarla.

Questo romanzo, finalista del premio Bancarellino e vincitore del premio Asti d’appello junior, trae spunto da una storia vera. Susanna, bambina ebrea, durante la seconda guerra mondiale viene deportata dai nazisti con la sua famiglia in un campo di concentramento. La sorte dei bambini nei lager è segnata: sono i primi a essere eliminati. Ma Susanna sfugge alla sorveglianza delle SS perché viene nascosta in una buca scavata in una baracca.

Cicci ha tutto ciò che una ragazza possa desiderare: una vita bella e agiata, una famiglia che le vuole bene, tanti amici e una grande passione per la musica. Ma dal giorno in cui vengono emanate le leggi razziali in Italia, poco alla volta tutto ciò che ama le viene sottratto. Non le rimarrà che il suo violino, da cui non si separerà a nessun costo. Sarà proprio lui a raccontare, dopo un lungo silenzio, la lenta discesa di Cicci verso l'inferno di Auschwitz, dove sarà costretta a suonare per le SS.

Thirteen-year-old Jakob’s family has hidden their true identity as Jews and are living as Catholics in Budapest during WWII. One day, in a burst of loyalty, Jakob decides to reveal that he is Jewish, a choice that puts his whole family in danger. Jakob hopes his best friend Ivan, a Christian whose father is a high-ranking military official, will help his family, but he comes to believe that Ivan has abandoned them. Sent as a prisoner to Auschwitz, Jakob is kept alive by his passion for revenge against Ivan. When Jakob is freed, he discovers that Ivan, too, made a choice that day.

As a boy, Kenichi “Zeni” Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball, but everyone tells him he is too small. Yet he grows up to be a successful player, playing with Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig! When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor in 1941, Zeni and his family are sent to one of ten internment camps where more than 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry are imprisoned without trials. Zeni brings the game of baseball to the camp, along with a sense of hope. This true story, set in a Japanese internment camp, introduces children to a little-discussed part of American history.

Missy’s mother has gone back to school to pursue her dream of becoming an artist. Missy’s father works in advertising and takes Missy on secret midnight excursions to Harlem and the Village so she can share his love of jazz. The two write poems for each other—poems that gradually become an exchange of apologies as Missy’s father’s alcohol and drug addiction begins to take over their lives.