Burgess, Melvin

BURNING ISSY In 17th-century England, 12-year-old Issy is accused of being a witch and struggles with the belief that she actually does have strange powers.

1992

174 p.

Curry, Jane Louise

THE BLACK CANARY 12-year-old James has no interest in music in spite of the fact that both his parents are musicians, but when he discovers a portal to 17th century London in his uncle's basement, he finds that his beautiful voice and the fact that he is biracial might serve him well.

2005

279 p.

Gavin, Jamila

THE BLOOD STONE In the early 17th century, young Venetian Filippo Veroneo travles from Venice to Afghanistan to rescue his imprisoned father, Geronimo, and stops in India to raise the ransom by selling his father's beautiful diamond to the ruler Shah Hehan, who later used the stone as the model for the Taj Mahal.

2005

336 p.

Gilson, Jamie

STINK ALLEY Living in Holland in 1614 with the harsh Puritan leader, William Brewster, and working for the family of a mischievous Dutch boy named Rembrandt, a spirited 12-year-old orphan girl struggles to do what is right.

2002

183 p.

Hawes, Charles

THE DARK FRIGATE In seventeenth-century England, Philip flees London and signs on with a frigate bound for Newfoundland. (Newbery Medal 1924)

1923

246 p.

Hooper, Mary

AT THE SIGN OF THE SUGARED PLUM It is 1665 and a young girl is going to London to help her older sister in her candy shop. But the Plague is taking hold of London and people are leaving in droves. This fast-paced, accessible read is a gripping recreation of those times.

2003

163 p.

Hooper, Mary

PETALS IN THE ASHES In 1666, Hannah and Sarah escape London, leaving behind plague and death as well as their sweets shop, and when it is safe, Hannah and her younger sister Anne return, only to face the city's Great Fire.

2004

187 p.

Meyer, Carolyn

KRISTINE, THE GIRL KING Sweden, 1638 The Royal Diaries series Kristina was raised by the King and Queen of Sweden as a prince rather than a princess and assumed the throne as King at the age of eighteen.

2003

170 p.

Pietri, Annie

ORANGE TREES OF VERSAILLES In the 1670s, fourteen-year-old Marion, who has a talent for making perfumes, gets the chance to serve Louis Xiv's mistress at the palace of Versailles, where she gets caught up in palace intrigue.

2002

131 p.

Richardson, V.A.

THE HOUSE OF WINDJAMMER In the fall of 1636, Adam, 14-year-old heir to the House of Windjammer, must find a way to keep his family afloat after his father dies and tulip fever sweeps Amsterdam.

2003

348 p.

Sturtevant, Katherine

AT THE SIGN OF THE STAR London, 1677.When Meg's father remarries, Meg is on the brink of losing her inheritance to a new sibling. Meg seeks wisdom from almanacs and astrologers, plays and books of jest, but she finds it in herself.

2000

140 p.