Historical Fiction—7th Grade
Key
Author
Title
RL
Pts
Unit
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Avi
Crispin: The Cross of Lead
5.0
7
Medieval England
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Avi
Midnight Magic
4.7
6
Medieval Italy

Barrett, Tracy
Anna of Byzantium
6.4
8
Byzantine Empire

Blackwood, Gary L.
Shakespeare Stealer, The
5.2
7
Renaissance England
O
Blackwood, Gary L.
Shakespeare’s Scribe
6.1
10
Renaissance England
O
Bosse, Malcolm J.
Examination, The (1994)
7.7
17
Asia—China
O
Bradford, Karleen
There Will Be Wolves
5.4
7
Medieval Crusades
O
Branford, Henrietta
Fire, Bed & Bone
5.0
4
Medieval England

Cadnum, Michael
The Book of the Lion
6.9
8
Medieval Crusades

Cadnum, Michael
In a Dark Wood
5.8
8
Medieval England

Cadnum, Michael
Forbidden Forest
6.8
8
Medieval England
O
Clark Ann Nolan
Secret of the Andes
4.7
5
New World—Incas

Conrad, Pam
Pedro’s Journal
5.8
2
New World—Columbus

Cushman, Karen
Catherine, Called Birdy
6.4
8
Medieval England

Cushman, Karen
Midwife’s Apprentice, The
6.0
3
Medieval England
O
Dana, Barbara
Young Joan
3.9
11
Medieval France
O
Danticat, Edwidge
Anacaona, Golden Flower
(Royal Diaries series)
6.5
5
New World—Caribbean

De Angeli, Marguerite
Door in the Wall, The
6.2
4
Medieval England
O
Fletcher, Susan
Shadow Spinner
4.6
8
Asia—Persia
O
Fletcher, Susan
Alphabet of Dreams
5.0
12
Asia—Persia
Synopsis
Falsely accused of theft and murder, an orphaned peasant boy in 14th-century
England flees his village and meets a larger-than-life juggler who holds a dangerous
secret.
In the Kingdom of Pergamontio in 1491, Mangus the Magician and his apprentice are
summoned to the castle of King Claudio to determine if his daughter is indeed being
haunted by a ghost.
In the 11th century, the teenage princess Anna Comnena fights for her birthright, the
throne of the Byzantine Empire, which she fears will be taken from her by her
younger brother John.
A young orphan boy is ordered by his master to transcribe the script of Hamlet, but
he discovers instead the meaning of friendship and loyalty, after becoming part of the
acting troupe.
In plague-ridden 1602 England, a 15-year-old orphan boy, who has become an
apprentice actor, goes on the road with Shakespeare's troupe and finds out more
about his parents along the way.
During the Ming Dynasty, 2 brothers face dangers as they travel to Beijing where one
will take his scholar’s tests.
Ursula, condemned as a witch because of her knowledge of healing, escapes being
burned to death when she joins her father and thousands of others who follow Peter
the Hermit on the 1st Crusade.
In 1381 in England, a hunting dog recounts what happens to her beloved master
Rufus and his family when they are arrested on suspicion of being part of the
peasants' rebellion led by Wat Tyler and the preacher John Ball.
In 12th-century England, 17-year-old Edmund finds himself traveling to the Holy Land
as squire to a knight crusader on his way to join the forces of Richard Lionheart. The
first of three books in The Book of the Lion series.
On orders from the King, the Sheriff of Nottingham seeks to capture the outlaw Robin
Hood, but he finds him to be a tricky and elusive foe.
The story of Little John, from his quiet life before joining Robin Hood through his
adventures protecting a beautiful lady when she is wrongfully accused of murdering
her husband.
An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the traditions and
secrets of his Inca ancestors. A very slow-moving book that was selected over
Charlotte’s Web for that year’s prestigious Newbery Award.
The cabin boy on the Santa Maria keeps a diary which records his experiences when
he sails with Columbus on his first voyage to the New World in 1492.
The daughter of an English country knight keeps a journal in which she records the
events of her life, particularly her longing for adventures beyond the usual role of
women and her efforts to avoid being married off.
A nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife, and in spite of
obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly,
a contented heart, and a place in this world.
A girl growing up in a French countryside during the Hundred-Year War begins to
hear voices telling her she is destined to reunite her torn country in opposition to the
English invaders.
Beginning in 1490, Anacaona keeps a record of her life as a possible successor to
the supreme chief of Xaragua, as wife of the chief of Maguana and as a warrior
battling the first white men to arrive in the West Indies.
A crippled boy in 14th-century England proves his courage and earns recognition from
the king.
When Marjan, a 13-year-old crippled girl, joins the Sultan's harem in ancient Persia,
she gathers for Shaharazad the stories which will save the queen's life.
14-year-old Mitra and her brother Babak, whose dreams foretell the future, flee for
their lives in the company of the three Zoroastrian priests, traveling through Persia as
O
Garden, Nancy
Dove and Sword
6.4
13
Medieval France
O
Goodman, Joan E.
Peregrine
4.9
7
Medieval Europe

Goodman, Joan E.
Winter Hare
5.3
8
Medieval England

Gray, Elizabeth Janet
Adam of the Road
6.5
9
Medieval England
6.2
6
Ancient Egypt
5.7
5
Medieval Europe
Cleopatra VII:
Daughter of the Nile
(Royal Diaries series)
Eleanor:
Crown Jewel of Aquitaine
(Royal Diaries series)

Gregory, Kristiana

Gregory, Kristiana
O
Haugaard, Erik
Christian
Samurai’s Tale
6.3
10
Asia—Japan
O
Haugaard, Erik
Christian
Revenge of the
Forty-Seven Samurai, The
5.7
10
Asia—Japan

Haugaard, Erik
Christian
Boy and the Samurai, The
5.1
9
Asia—Japan
O
Holman, Sheri
6.6
5
Asia—Korea

5.1
7
Asia—Japan
5.3
6
Asia—Japan

Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Sondok: Princess of
the Moon and Stars
(Royal Diaries series)
Ghost in the Tokaido Inn
(Samurai Mystery series)
Demon in the Teahouse
(Samurai Mystery series)
In Darkness, Death
(Samurai Mystery series)
5.2
6
Asia—Japan
O
Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Seven Paths to Death
(Samurai Mystery series)
4.9
6
Asia—Japan
O
Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Sword That Cut the
Burning Grass
(Samurai Mystery series)
5.4
6
Asia—Japan
O
Hoobler, Dorothy &
Thomas
Samurai Never Fears Death
(Samurai Mystery series)
5.2
6
Asia—Japan

Horowitz, Anthony
Devil and His Boy, The (2000)
4.6
6
Renaissance England
O
Hunter, Mollie
King’s Swift Rider, The
6.9
10
Medieval Scotland
O
Hunter, Mollie
You Never Knew Her as I Did!
6.6
10
Medieval Scotland
O
Hunter, Mollie
13th Member, The
7.3
9
Medieval Scotland


Kelly, Eric P.
7.1
10
Medieval Poland
Konigsburg, E.L.
5.4
5
Medieval Europe
O
Konigsburg, E.L.
The Trumpeter of Krakow
Proud Taste for
Scarlet and Miniver
The Second Mrs. Giaconda
5.7
4
Renaissance Italy

they follow star signs leading to a newly born king in Bethlehem.
In 1429 France, Gabrielle cannot resist the urge to escape her small town and follow
her friend, Joan of Arc.
In 1144, 15-year-old Lady Edith, having lost her husband and child and anxious to
avoid marrying a man she detests, sets out from her home in Surrey to go on a
pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
In 1140, with England divided between the supporters of King Stephen and those of
the Empress Matilda, 12-year-old Will Belet comes to his uncle's castle to be a page
and soon finds himself involved in dangerous intrigues and adventures.
Adam, 11, travels the open roads of 13th-century England searching for his missing
father, a minstrel, and his stolen red spaniel, Nick.
While her father is in hiding after attempts on his life, 12-year-old Cleopatra records in
her diary how she fears for her own safety and hopes to survive to become Queen of
Egypt some day.
The diary of Eleanor, 1st daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, from 1136 until 1137,
when she became Queen of France at the age of 15.
In turbulent 16th-century Japan, orphaned Taro is taken in by a general serving the
great warlord Takeda Shingen, and grows up to become a samurai fighting for the
enemies of his dead family.
A 14-year-old serving boy finds himself surrounded by suspicion and betrayal as his
master gathers a group of samurai to avenge Lord Asano's death.
Having grown up as an orphan of the streets while 16th -century Japan is being
ravaged by civil war, Saru seeks to help a Samurai rescue his wife from
imprisonment by a warlord so they can all flee to a more peaceful life.
In a series of messages placed in her grandmother's ancestral jar, a sixth-century
princess and future ruler of the Korean kingdom of Silla vents her frustration at not
being permitted to study astronomy because she is a girl.
While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who
longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors.
Seikei, a merchant's son in training to be a samurai, helps his patron investigate a
series of murders and arson in the capital city of Edo.
Young Seikei becomes involved with a ninja as he helps Judge Ooka, his foster
father, investigate the murder of a samurai.
Samurai Seikei and Judge Ooka, his foster-father, seek 7 men who have 7 maps on
their backs in order to locate a cache of dangerous weapons before they fall into the
wrong hands.
A 14-year-old samurai apprentice Seikei, with the help of a servant girl and an
imperious old man, sets out to rescue the young Emperor Yasuhito from his
kidnappers.
Returning home to investigate the possible connection of his family's tea shop with
smugglers, Seikei, now a samurai, becomes involved in murder and saving the life of
his sister's accused boyfriend.
In 1593, 13-year-old orphan Tom escapes from a criminal to London, where he falls
in beggars, thieves, and actors and finds himself involved in a plot to kill Queen
Elizabeth.
Unwilling to fight but feeling a sense of duty, 16-year-old Martin joins Scotland's rebel
army as a swift rider and master of espionage for its leader, Robert the Bruce.
Will Douglas, a 17-year-old page, attempts to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from her
island prison.
Set in 16th-century Scotland, this vividly-written tale is based on records of a plot to
murder King James I. Witchcraft is the weapon chosen, and the conspirators are
ruthless practitioners of the black arts.
A 15th-century Ukrainian family maintains a vow to keep Poland free from invasion.
Eleanor of Aquitane reflects on her life while waiting on a cloud in heaven for her
husband King Henry II.
Leonardo da Vinci’s servant Salai relates how his master came to paint the Mona

Lasky, Kathyrn
O
Lasky, Kathryn
O
Lester, Julius

O
Elizabeth I:
Red Rose of the House of Tudor
(Royal Diaries series)
Mary, Queen of Scots,
Queen without a Country
(Royal Diaries series)
5.5
6
Renaissance England
6.0
6
Medieval France
Pharaoh’s Daughter
5.0
6
Ancient Egypt
McCaughrean,
Geraldine
The Kite Rider
6.5
10
Asia—China
McGraw, Eloise Jarvis
The Golden Goblet
6.3
11
Ancient Egypt
5.6
3
Africa
6.6
5
Medieval Spain
6.3
8
Renaissance England
Nzingha:
Warrior Queen of Matamba
(Royal Diaries series)
Isabel, Jewel of Castilla
(Royal Diaries series)
Mary, Bloody Mary
(Young Royals series)

McKissack, Patrick

Meyer, Carolyn

Meyer, Carolyn

Meyer, Carolyn
Beware, Princess Elizabeth
(Young Royals series)
7.2
8
Renaissance England
O
Meyer, Carolyn
Doomed Queen Anne
(Young Royals series)
6.9
9
Renaissance England
O
Meyer, Carolyn
Duchessina
(Young Royals series)
6.6
10
Renaissance Europe
O
Meyer, Carolyn
Patience, Princess Catherine
(Young Royals series)
7.3
7
Renaissance Europe

Miklowitz, Gloria D.
Secrets in the House of Delgado
4.7
6
Medieval Spain and Jews

Molina Llorente, Pilar
The Apprentice
5.0
3
Renaissance Italy
O
Morpurgo, Michael
Joan of Arc
5.5
6
Medieval France

Morris, Gerald
The Squire’s Tale
(Squire’s Tales series)
4.8
7
Medieval England
O
Namioka, Lensey
Den of the White Fox
5.9
7
Asia—Japan
Namioka, Lensey
The Samurai and the LongNosed Devils
6.5
7
Asia—Japan
O
(Zenta and Matsuzo Samurai series)
O
Napoli, Donna Jo
Breath
4.2
7
Medieval Germany

O’Dell, Scott
The Captive
6.5
9
New World—Mayans
Lisa.
Princess Elizabeth, the 11-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays
and birthdays, relives her mother Anne Boleyn’s execution, revels in her studies, and
agonizes over her father's health.
Mary, the young Scottish princess, is sent a diary from her mother in which she
records her experiences living at the court of France's King Henry II as she awaits her
marriage to Henry's son, Francis.
A fictionalized account of a Biblical story in which an Egyptian princess raises a
Hebrew infant (Moses) in the palace, while she finds her true self as a priestess to
the Egyptian gods.
In 13th-century China, after trying to save his widowed mother from a horrendous
second marriage, 12-year-old Haoyou has life-changing adventures when he takes to
the sky as a circus kite rider.
A young Egyptian boy struggles to reveal a hideous crime and reshape his own
destiny.
Nzingha, 13, a 16th-century West African princess, loves to hunt and hopes to lead
her kingdom one day against the invasion of Portuguese slave traders.
While waiting anxiously for others to choose a husband for her, Isabel, the future
Queen of Spain, keeps a diary account of her life.
Mary Tudor, who would reign briefly as queen of England during the mid sixteenth
century, tells the story of her troubled childhood as daughter of King Henry VIII.
After the death of her father, King Henry VIII, in 1547, Elizabeth must endure the
political intrigues and dangers of the reigns of her half-brother and her half-sister,
before finally becoming Queen of England.
In 1520, 13-year-old Anne Boleyn, jealous of her older sister's beauty and position at
court, declares that she will one day be queen of England, and that her sister will
kneel at her feet.
While her tyrannical family is out of favor in Italy, young Catherine de' Medici is raised
in convents. Then in 1533, when she is fourteen, her uncle, Pope Clement VII,
arranges for her marriage to prince Henri of France, who is destined to become king.
15-year-old Catherine of Spain arrives in England to marry Arthur, but soon finds her
expectations of a happy, settled life radically changed when Arthur dies, and she is to
become the first wife of Henry VIII.
In Spain in 1492, 14-year-old Maria, a Catholic orphan, becomes a servant to a
wealthy family of Conversos, converted Jews, at a time when the Jews are being
expelled from the country.
Arduino, 13, an apprentice to a famous artist, discovers a secret in the artist's attic
that may cost him a chance to become a painter.
While sitting on the riverbank in the ancient French city of Orléans, 17-year-old Eloise
hears a voice, which relates the adventures and struggles of the medieval heroine
Joan of Arc as she fights to free France by driving out the English.
Terence finds his tranquil existence suddenly changed when he becomes a squire of
the young Gawain of Orkney and accompanies him on a long quest. The 1st of 8
books in the Squire’s Tales series.
Two out-of-work samurai warriors must use their fighting skills when they join a group
of local boys, led by the mysterious White Fox, in resistance to a cruel occupying
force.
During a warlord's drive to unify Japan, two unemployed samurai become
bodyguards to a group of foreigners being harassed by the warlord's enemies. One of
2 books in the Zenta and Matsuzo Samurai series.
This story elaborates on the tale of The Pied Piper told from the point of view of a boy
who is too ill to keep up when a piper spirits away the healthy children of a plagueridden town after being cheated out of full payment for ridding Hameln of rats.
As part of a Spanish expedition to the New World, a Jesuit seminarian witnesses the
enslavement and exploitation of the Mayas and his own seduction by greed and
ambition.
O
O’Dell, Scott
The Hawk that
Dare not Hunt by Day
6.1
8
Medieval England
O
O’Dell, Scott
Road to Damietta
6.3
12
Medieval Italy
o
Park, Linda Sue
Archer’s Quest
4.6
5
Asia—Korea

Park, Linda Sue
The Kite Fighters
5.5
4
Asia—Korea

Park, Linda Sue
A Single Shard
6.6
6
Asia—Korea

Paterson, Katherine
The Master Puppeteer
5.4
7
Asia—Japan

Paterson, Katherine
Of Nightingales that Weep
6.2
7
Asia—Japan
O
Paterson, Katherine
Sing of the Chrysanthemum
5.6
5
Asia—Japan

Pope, Elizabeth
The Perilous Gard
6.3
14
Medieval England
O
Prince, Maggie
House on Hound Hill
5.4
9
Renaissance England

Pyle, Howard
Men of Iron (1891)
9.0
13
Medieval England

Scott, Walter
Ivanhoe (1819)
12.9
40
Medieval England
O
Scieszka, Jon
Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci
(Time Warp Trio series)
3.6
1
Renaissance Italy
O
Scieszka, Jon
Marco? Polo!
(Time Warp Trio series)
3.5
1
Asia—China

Scieszka, Jon
Me Oh Maya
(Time Warp Trio series)
3.6
1
New World—Mayans

Scieszka, Jon
The Not-So-Jolly Roger
3.8
1
New World--Pirates

Scieszka, Jon
Sam Samurai
(Time Warp Trio series)
3.8
1
Asia—Japan

Scieszka, Jon
Viking It and Liking It
(Time Warp Trio series)
3.9
1
Medieval Europe--Vikings
O
Scieszka, Jon
You Can't, But Genghis Khan
(Time Warp Trio series)
4.0
1
Asia—Mongols
O
Skurzynski, Gloria
Spider’s Voice
5.8
8
Medieval France

Springer, Nancy
Rowan Hood
5.2
5
Medieval England

Stevenson,
Robert Louis
The Black Arrow (1883)
9.0
15
Medieval England
Tom and his Uncle Jack live on the edge of danger, smuggling goods under the very
nose of the king's searchers. They come into contact with William Tyndale, who is
translating the Bible into English for the common people.
This book is the story of young, high-spirited Francis Bernardone's transformation into
St. Francis of Assisi, told through the eyes of a young girl who loved him.
12-year-old Kevin Kim helps Chu-mong, a legendary king of ancient Korea, return to
his own time.
11-year-old Young-sup overcomes his rivalry with his older brother, Kee-sup, when
he combines his kite-flying skill with Kee-sup's kite making skill in an attempt to win
the New Year kite-fighting competition.
Tree-ear, an orphan in Korea, who lives under a bridge in a potters' village becomes
an apprentice to a master of celadon ceramics.
Set in feudal Japan, this is the story of a young boy who is drawn into the magical
and mysterious world of the puppet-theater.
The vain young daughter of a samurai finds her comfortable life ripped apart when
opposing warrior clans begin a struggle for imperial control of Japan.
A teenager comes to know himself through contacts with social ills and political
unrest while searching for his father in Japan's capital, centuries ago.
In 1558, while imprisoned in a remote castle, a young girl becomes involved in a
series of events that lead to an underground labyrinth peopled by the last
practitioners of druidic magic.
Soon after she, her mother, and her younger brother move into an old house on what
was once known as Beggarsgate, Emily begins to have terrifyingly real glimpses of
scenes of 17th-century London devastated by the plague.
This novel of pomp, pageantry, and chivalry tells the story of young Myles Falworth
and how he vindicated his father and won the favor of King Henry IV.
The great historical romance by Sir Walter Scott giving reality to 12th-century
England. The story of the disinherited Knight Ivanhoe and the fair Lady Rowena.
Shorter, adapted versions are available.
In their latest time travel adventure, Fred, Joe, and Sam meet Leonardo da Vinci and
try to avoid becoming permanent toilet scrubbers in a late 15th -century Italian army.
The Time Warp Trio find themselves in a desert in China, and, in order to retrieve
their magical book from the court of Kublai Khan, they must pose as astrologers and
join the caravan of Marco Polo and his father.
Joe, Fred, and Sam find themselves whisked by The Book to the main ring-ball court
in Chichén Itzá, Mexico in 1000 A.D., where they must play for their lives against a
Mayan High Priest who cheats.
Joe receives a mysterious book from his uncle, and soon Joe and his friends travel
back in time to a pirate adventure on the high seas.
Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported to 17th century Japan where they infuriate a
Samurai warrior, encounter their great-granddaughters, and save their lives by
reciting an ancient form of poetry.
Joe, Sam, and Fred sail with Leif Erickson, encounter his evil cousin Grim Snake-inthe-Grass, feast on whale blubber, and try to find The Book that always disappears
when it is needed most.
Joe, Fred, and Sam travel back in time to meet a young Genghis Khan and explore
the Mongolian Empire. Will the Time Warp Trio find The Book in time, or will they be
stuck in the thirteenth century forever?
Because he is a young mute person who can hear, Aran becomes involved in the
adventures of Eloise and Abelard, France's most famous lovers, who lived during the
12th century.
In her quest to connect with Robin Hood, the father she has never met, Rosemary
disguises herself as a boy and makes peace with her elfin heritage. The 1st of 5
books about Rowan Hood.
During England’s War of the Roses, a dangerous time of scheming robber barons
and pillaging outlaw bands, Richard Shelton pits his cross-bow and stout heart
against the ambitious and wily Sir Daniel, while attempting to secure his birthright and
win the hand of his fellow orphan, the lovely heiress Joanna Sedley.
O
Sutcliff, Rosemary
The Shining Company
7.1
13
Medieval England
O
Sutcliff, Rosemary
Sword Song
6.8
14
Medieval England

Temple, Frances
The Beduins’ Gazelle
5.5
4
Arabs

Temple, Frances
The Ramsey Scallop
5.6
10
Medieval Europe

Tomlinson, Theresa
Child of the May
4.8
4
Medieval England

Borton de Treviño,
Elizabeth
I, Juan de Pareja
6.5
7
Renaissance Spain

Wallace, Lew
Ben-Hur
9.1
31
Ancient Rome and the
Jews
O
Williams, Laura E.
Executioner’s Daughter
5.5
4
Medieval Europe
O
Wise, William
Nell of Branford Hall
7.0
5
Renaissance England
O
Yep, Laurence
Lady of Ch’iao Kuo:
Warrior of the South
(Royal Diaries series)
5.3
8
Asia—China
O
Yolen, Jane
Queen’s Own Fool
(Scottish Quartet series)
6.0
12
Renaissance Europe

Kimmel, Eric (SC*)
Sword of the Samurai:
Adventure Stories from Japan
4.6
2
Asia—Japan
= Should have in the El Sereno MS Library. O = Don’t have but will order (if requested—and if still in print).
*SC = Story Collection, the short stories section of the library.
In 600 A. D. in northern Britain, Prosper becomes a shield bearer with the
companions, an army made up of 300 younger sons of minor kings and trained to act
as one fighting brotherhood against the invading Saxons.
At sixteen, Bjarni is cast out of the Norse settlement in the Angles' Land for an act of
oath-breaking and spends five years sailing the west coast of Scotland and
witnessing the feuds of the clan chiefs living there.
In 1302, two cousins of the nomadic Beni Khalid tribe who are betrothed become
separated by political intrigue between warring tribes.
Elenor, 14, finds her betrothal to an ambitious lord’s son launching her on a
memorable pilgrimage to far-off Spain.
15-year-old Magda helps Robin Hood's men rescue Lady Matilda and her daughter,
Isabel, from the clutches of the king's evil henchmen.
After the slave Juan de Pareja is willed to the great Spanish painter Velázquez, their
relationship changes from master/slave to equal/friend.
This book depicts the oppressive Roman occupation of ancient Palestine and the
origin of Christianity. Ben-Hur is wrongly accused by his former friend, the Roman
Messala, of attempting to kill a Roman official. He is sent to be a slave.
13-year-old Lily, daughter of the town's executioner living in 15th-century Europe,
decides whether to fight against her destiny or to rise above her fate.
Nell Bullen recounts the horror of the Great London Plague in 1665 and the "Circle of
Death" that was drawn around her village to keep the disease from spreading to
neighboring towns.
In 531 A.D., a 15-year-old princess of the Hsien tribe in southern China keeps a diary
which describes her role as liaison between her own people and the local Chinese
colonists, in times of both peace and war.
When 12-year-old Nicola leaves Troupe Brufort and serves as the fool for Mary,
Queen of Scots, she experiences the political and religious upheavals in both France
and Scotland. The first of four books.
11 short stories about samurai warriors, their way of life, courage, wit and
foolishness.