EUROPE 1100's

KEY: jP = Picture Books; jZ = 1st and 2nd Grade Readers; jE = 3rd and 4th Grade Readers; JF = 5th Grade and Up

EUROPE 1200's

Picture Books


3rd - 4th Grade Books

Duey, Kathleen LARA AND THE GREY MARE
Hoofbeats, vol. 1
While her father is away fighting the Normans and other Irish clans, nine-year-old Lara works hard to help harvest food and also cares for the pregnant gray mare that she loves.
2005 140 p.

Duey, Kathleen LARA AND THE MOON-COLORED FILLY
Hoofbeats, vol. 2
Captured by members of another Irish clan, Lara continues to protect the young filly, Dannsair, and ponders how they might escape together.
2005 133 p.

Duey, Kathleen LARA AT ATHENRY CASTLE
Hoofbeats, vol. 3 series
Lara faces many obstacles in her attempts to rescue Dannsair from the Baron of Athenry.
2005 140 p.

Duey, Kathleen LARA AND THE SILENT PLACE
Hoofbeats Book 4
Almost a year has passed since Lara and her beloved filly were captured and taken from their Connemara home. The duo endured many long months of lying, hiding, and struggling to survive. At last, Lara has finally managed to escape with the filly, Dannsair, and make her way back home. But rather than feeling relief at being back with her tauth, Lara is overcome with feelings of not belonging. She craves something more than her old life can offer her. her heart wonders if there is a place where she and Dannsair can be happy together-and safe from the warring clans.
2005 140 p.


5th Grade and Up


Gray, Elizabeth ADAM OF THE ROAD
The adventures of eleven-year-old Adam as he travels the open roads of thirteenth-century England searching for his missing father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
1947 317 p.