Books like Johnny Tremain
12 books with a reading profile close to Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes. Outward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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Hawaii
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
James Michener’s narrative begins with the volcanic formation of the islands before chronicling the successive waves of human arrivals.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set in 1757 during the French and Indian War, the narrative follows frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye, and his Mohican companions, Chingachgook and Uncas.
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Sir Nigel
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Set during the opening decades of the Hundred Years' War, this historical novel follows Nigel Loring, an impoverished scion of a noble house.
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The Robe
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Marcellus Gallio, a Roman tribune stationed in Palestine, participates in the execution of Jesus of Nazareth and wins the condemned man’s seamless robe in a dice game.
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The Scottish Chiefs
by Jane Porter
Also clear-cut · history, narrative
Jane Porter’s historical novel recounts the life of William Wallace during the Scottish Wars of Independence against King Edward I of England.
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Quo Vadis
by Henryk Sienkiewicz, W.S. Kuniczak
history, narrative
Set in Nero's Rome, "Quo Vadis" tells the story of the Roman patrician Marcus Vinicius and his passionate, yet conflicted, love for the Christian Ligia.
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Child's History of England (Annotated and Illustrated)
by Charles Dickens, Toby Davidson
history, narrative
In this work, Charles Dickens provides a chronological narrative of English history spanning from the ancient Roman invasions under Julius Caesar to the seventeenth-century Glorious Revolution.
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The Moon is Down
history, narrative
In a coastal mining town, an unnamed invading force led by Colonel Lanser replaces the local government to secure coal exports.
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In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, narrative
In 1879, Lieutenant George De Long led the USS Jeannette toward the North Pole, fueled by the incorrect scientific theory of an Open Polar Sea.
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