Recommended by: Stephen Dilley/@stephenjdilley Form and Genre: Prose /Historical Fiction. Length: 324 pages. Summary: This novel follows members of the Bontok people in Philippines as they travel to America to take part in the 1904 World’s Fair in St Louis. Narrator Luki thinks this will give her more freedom, but in America she discovers many forms …
Recommended by Emma Sheppard @emma_au_soleil Author: Marjane Satrapi Form: Graphic Novel Length: 352 pages Brief synopsis: The author / narrator’s experience of growing up in Iran during the revolution. Age recommendation and challenging content: Deals with military coups, imprisonment, oppression of women, religious rule, murder and death, torture and war. Age 13+ Notable reasons for recommending …
Recommended by: Stephen Dilley/@stephenjdilley Form and Genre: Verse novel. Length: 400 pages. Summary: This verse novel, the first in a trilogy, explores Asante history and the horrors of the slave trade. The first half of the story explores eleven-year-old Kofi Offin’s childhood in Upper Kwanta before he is captured and sold into slavery, which is …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer Recommended by: Racheal Gartside Author: Andrea Levy Form: Historical fiction – novel Length: 350 pages Brief synopsis: The story of post-war Caribbean migration told through four narrators. The novel handles …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Tom Griffiths Contact: @TJGriffiths Author: Dan Smith Form: Prose – historical fiction Epistolatory – told through letters, dead drop notes, newspaper articles and diary accounts Length: 272 pages …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Stephen Dilley Contact: @stephenjdilley Author: Hiba Noor Khan Form: Prose novel – historical fiction Brief summary: Set during the occupation of Paris in WW2 and based on a …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Natalie Whitehill Contact: @miniteach1 Author: Claire Keegan Form: Short Novel Length: 116 Brief synopsis: Beautifully written. Set in 1980s Ireland in the shadow of the Magdalen laundries and is …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Laura Stephenson Contact: @Lauras95 Author: Priscilla Morris Form: Historical Fiction, War and Combat Fiction, Modern and Contemporary Fiction Length: 280 pages Brief synopsis: Exploring the Siege of Sarajevo through the lens …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by: Claire Peasegood @MrsPeasegood Form: Prose Novel Length: 320 pages Brief Synopsis: YA novel written by Jewish author whose family has been impacted by the Holocaust. Three friends whose …
*This website is supported by our users. We sometimes earn a small commission when you click through affiliate links. Please read more in our disclaimer. Recommended by Lisa Butler Author: Damon Galgut Form: Prose (family saga with an element of historical fiction) Length: 231 pages Brief synopsis: The Promise is about the Swarts, a privileged white …