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YA Historical Fiction

The Night Diary Book Club Menu *Blog Tour*

Who knew that reading a book about Partition could leave one so darn hungry? The Night Diary by Veera Hiranandani is full of such lush descriptions of [...]

The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw

"'This town was built on revenge,' I say. 'And it's never made anything better or right.'" Sparrow is cursed. Two centuries ago, three sisters were sentenced [...]

Blood & Sand by C. V. Wyk

WHOA. I am still reeling from this one. It's the perfect blend of historical fiction and pure fantasy - I mean, a genderbent retelling of Spartacus? Could [...]

Maid of the King’s Court by Lucy Worsley

  I am a sucker for historical fiction, so when I saw that Maid of the King’s Court focused on the Tudor period of British history I was instantly [...]

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne

You know a book is going to tug at all of your heartstrings when it is written by John Boyne (who wrote The Boy in the Striped Pajamas). So I went into The Boy [...]

The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner

I doubt that I’m the only one to think this, but The Memory of Things was not at all what I was expecting when I requested it. Overall, this worked in its [...]

Girl on a Plane by Miriam Moss

If you ever imagined what you would do in during a hijacking, you probably think that it would involve a lot of action and adrenaline… two things you won’t [...]

All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

I feel like if I start talking about this book I will never ever stop, so I’m just gonna dive right in and apologize ahead of time for any [...]

Burn Baby Burn by Meg Medina

While violence runs rampant throughout New York, a teenage girl faces danger within her own home. Nora Lopez is seventeen during the infamous New York [...]